5 months!

Cate is 5 months!!

At 5 months:

~Cate is the happiest, most content baby.  She's very easy-going and rarely gets upset--just when she's hungry or tired.  She laughs and smiles all the time, and she loves attention and being talked to.  

~She's only slept through the night a handful of times this month.  She's been getting up once or twice a night--mostly just once now.  But she's definitely growing and changing so she must need some extra calories.  She still sleeps between every feeding, but she'll usually take one big nap in the morning and one big one in the afternoon.

~She weighs right at 15 pounds right now.  She was only in the 25th percentile for her height so it makes her look extra chubby!  Cate has the chubbiest cheeks and thighs.  It's really hard not to constantly pinch them.  But thankfully she thinks it hilarious when we pinch her thighs!  She can still fit into some 3 month clothes, but the 6 month clothes are still a little big on her.  She wears size 2 diapers.  

~She doesn't seem to have any stranger anxiety yet (Luke had it really bad starting at 4 months).  Cate seems to like attention from any one who will talk to her.  She doesn't seem to prefer one of us, me or Cory, over the other (Luke was a big momma's boy at this age).  She's equally as happy to see/be held by both of us!  

~Cate loves watching Luke play, and she thinks he's hilarious.  I can just tell she taking it all in, and will be ready to keep up with him once she's mobile.  I can lay her on the floor next to him while he's playing, and she'll be content for quite awhile.  

~She still isn't rolling over.  I think it may be a little longer.  We do lots of tummy time, and I try to show her how to roll over, but honestly she really is so heavy that I don't think she has the strength yet!  I'm not worried about because she still immobile for the time being, and I know it will eventually come!  

~Cate's very content when we go out and about.  She doesn't just love being in the car, but as long as we crack her window a tiny bit, she's fine.  She and I run lots of errands when Luke goes to preschool, and she's the best little shopper already.  

~She LOVES eating rice cereal!  (Luke always hated it.)  She would just keep eating and eating if we let her. And she gets fussy if we don't get it in her mouth fast enough.  She sits in her high chair at dinner time now, and knows that it's time for her to eat too.  We gave her the tiniest taste of Luke's applesauce the other night, and she made THE worst face ever and spit it out.  It was really funny.  Guess we'll stick to rice cereal for now!

~Cate is such a joy to our lives and we can help but smile when we look at her.  We are so thankful for our sweet baby girl!

Here's her monthly pics.  I put her in a little summer bubble to show off her 'curves'.  Doesn't she look so cute??