Laura Is Five Months Old!

Well, Laura just keeps on growing. August especially has gone by so fast; we feel like we just wrote her four month post! Big changes are ahead for us since Mom goes back to work tomorrow and Laura enters daycare full time. We'll keep you posted about our "new life" as we get used to it. No official doctor appointment this month so we'll be estimating Laura's height and weight.

Height: We measured 25 inches, but clearly she is not shrinking...let's just assume no growth, still 25 and 1/4 inches.

Weight: Unofficial bathroom scale estimate: 15 pounds

Likes: Hearing "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star" and the ABC song, kicking in her crib (this is how she gets herself to sleep; she may have a future in pro wrestling), playing wild with Dad, swimming and bathtimes, putting her toes in her mouth, pulling hair, sitting up (with a little help), scratching her head, talking in her crib

Dislikes: Sitting in her bouncy chair when mom and dad want to eat, being in crowded, noisy places with lots of people.

In other fantastic Laura news, she seems to have learned how to sleep. Although she still takes short naps, from time to time she can surprise us with naps as long as two hours. At night, she falls asleep quickly, generally has a little wakeup before we go to bed, and then continues to sleep until about 5am. After an early morning snack, she goes back to sleep for a couple of hours. Hooray! We can only hope this continues.