Tales from Rainy Seattle...: Our almost 5-month-old...

New developments in the past couple of weeks...

Rolling both ways, and is quickly learning how to just keep rolling towards items.
Sitting up for much longer periods of time, and even leaning off of me or her chairs sit on her own
Making consonant sounds. I will make them for her, and she tries to mimic me, and has made a few small "be" sounds.
An attempt at sleeping in her own room once. After that, she's been back in our room. She wasn't crazy about it apparently. :-)
Attempting to crawl. She can get her booty into the air and scoot very small distances, but not consistently yet.
She can pull her socks, bib, and hair bows off. Hair bows don't come off her head, she just pulls them down around her eyes and then gets mad. :-)
Hugging and kissing (my favorite). The kiss is just her sticking her open mouth on our cheeks and drooling down them, but I still love it!
She can now ride comfortably in the Ergo sans the infant insert, that she's been too big to fit into for awhile now. I'm very excited about this!
Drinking milk (mine) from a sippy cup. She's not crazy about the bottle, so we tried the sippy cup. She did pretty well with it.

I'm so excited to watch Miss Emma get bigger. She has such a personality now, showing me when she has likes and dislikes. She giggles all of the time, and I can tell she enjoys playing with her toys and with papa and I more now. She is such a snuggler as well. She likes to sleep on her side next to me in the bed, all snuggled up to me. That is also her favorite way to nap. If I am carrying her in the Bjorn or Ergo, she is as happy as can be most of the time. She just likes being near us. I LOVE that, and I hope that doesn't end. I'm sure it will as she becomes more mobile and realizes she doesn't have to be near us all the time, and as she gains some independence. But, I do hope she'll want some snuggles at times as well! :-) This is where our almost five-month-old is!

Some pictures for you to enjoy...