I am FIVE MONTHS OLD! I'm an old lady now. I told Daddy that I should be allowed to drive and vote. I reminded him that the primary elections are coming up in Maryland and he and I could carpool together. He didn't seem to think that would be a good idea. Oh, well. Soon enough, I suppose. I thought it would be fun to put up a progression of how big I'm getting. The first picture is me at one month old. The second is me at three months old, and then the last one is me at five months. I'll have long since outgrown that bunny before long!

And look how straight and tall I'm sitting lately! Don't tell, but I'm still using the sofa to prop myself up a bit. I can sit for a few seconds but I'm not sitting up really straight and I tend to fall over. Mommy says it's coming soon, though. But she says she wouldn't be surprised to find me crawling and standing before I master sitting. She and Daddy let me hold on to a box and stand up the other day and I stood for five whole seconds!

I'm a total pro at rolling now and no matter what position I start out the night sleeping in I always end up on my side like Mommy and Daddy. I'm drooling a lot, and everyone says I might be teething. Mommy rubbed her fingers over my gums and couldn't really feel anything, but I took the opportunity to gnaw on her fingers a bit so who knows. I'm due to start cereal the week of Valentine's day, Daddy and Mom say that bananas, squash, and avocados can't be far behind. Mommy's been working hard making my food and freezing it so it'll be all ready for my gourmet palate. Do you think I should have a red wine or a white to go with my mashed bananas?

I'll save the rest of the updates for the next post. I wanted to say thank you for the comments, Mommy always reads them to me and I giggle and smile. Here's one last picture of me from my five month photo shoot, I felt like a model! Here I am demonstrating my new fine motor skills by untying the bow on the bunny's ear. I probably followed that up by putting it in my mouth, everything's better when it goes in my mouth!

And in the last one? Well, I just can't help but giggle sometimes and this is proof.