Five Months!

Our little gal is already five months old! She is laughing, talking, spitting, chewing everything in sight and sits up pretty much on her own! She still doesn't have much interest in rolling over...she does it but not without complaint. :)

She weighed in at 15 lbs 1 oz today, and measured at 27 and 1/4 inches! She's officially off the charts for height and still around the 50% for weight. She's a healthy and happy little kid!

And her hair continues to grow in RED!

What a doll...

Fun in the Sun!

It has been unseasonably HOT here lately so we decided it was time for Penelope's first pool experience. Think she liked it??? Take a look:

And, of course, no new toy...no matter how big or small...has to pass the taste test:
I think we can safely say that she loved the pool! I took her again yesterday and she got an even better feel for the water. With the help of her ladybug floater, she got on her belly and kicked her little feet! She didn't exactly propel herself around the pool but I don't think it will be long before she can do so!!

The attack of the bodily fluids

I just took my second shower of the day. Why, you ask?

As I was changing Penelope (a somewhat significant chore as I am still getting used to cloth diapers and how they work), she grabbed her feet and fffftttt......POOPED all over the place. I threw a cloth diaper over her booty but it didn't help much! This came after she peed all over her activity gym, despite the fact that I put her down on a cloth diaper (was trying to "air her out" to avoid rash).

I laughed, she laughed...it was quite funny. Poop is no big deal, right? I mean, everyone poops. So I cleaned her up and all was good. Until I picked her up and...yuck...she barfed in my hair and down my face and chest. I didn't laugh this time...although she did. Of course she did.

Motherhood is not for the queasy, is it?