Dear Aydri - Five Months Old

I can't believe I let this much time pass without writing about Aydri's five month mark. I guess we're just having too much fun.



You are about 15 pounds. You've been chunking up a little more. You've learned how to play with anything you get your hands on. We can keep you entertained with toys now. You actually prefer to play rather than be held. You could sit and watch Kendi all day. You get both legs swinging when you sit in the bouncer. You get excited when you get it going really fast. You will laugh very spontaneously. Mostly at sudden new sounds. It catches everyone off guard and then they try to repeat it over and over. You get bored with it a lot faster than we do. You rarely cry. Even when you're hungry you just whine a little to let us know. We took a trip recently and you've come to dislike the carseat, but if we play music and give you something to play with you're fine. You're very quiet in your crib. We never know if you're really asleep in there or not. Even after you've been asleep and you've woken up you don't make much noise. You just play. You started cereal a couple of weeks ago. You'll eat it, but you act like you don't care for it. It takes a while to feed you because of how lackadaisical you are about it. You can sit up by yourself, but sometimes you'd rather not. We still have to be careful about sitting you up. You like to go after things. You can scoot, roll and maneuver your way anywhere. You mostly go after the binkie and you've figured out how to put it in you mouth by yourself. We love how happy and cheery you are. You brighten every ones day. Your whole face lites up when you smile.