"So what if I haven't started her baby book, she is only a few months old" or "I will blog next month" or "It's no big deal, I don't think I started Anna's scrapbook until she was like 6 months old" (not true), and my favorite - "I am SURE I will have time to start it this summer" (also so not true!).
The reality is I really haven't started a baby book of Evie yet and we really don't have as many pictures of her as Anna, and lord knows when I will get to that scrapbook, but we sure are lucky to have two beautiful girls and while our world is really crazy right now, I wouldn't trade it for anything, I just really do hope Everly will forgive us someday for the lack of pics:). And I do think I will get around to it all and I do really try to take more pictures and write down as much as I can. It really is crazy how wrapped up we can get on our day to day life, I find I often have to remind myself to stop, take a deep breath, and enjoy the moments that are flying by ever so fast.
Everly will be 5 months on Friday, so I suppose this update should be more like her 4/5 month update, but I am going to stick with 4 months and try to remember where she was at then. She is doing absolutely fantastic. A few weeks ago, Everly and I flew out east for Michele's baby shower with my mom and Liz and she did great traveling. She is still very easy and go with the flow. She is very alert, active and strong. She started rolling to her tummy around 3 months and now rolls both directions. She started rolling in her sleep a few weeks ago, so we did away with the swaddle and now sleeps swaddle free on her tummy. And we never know what position we will find her in when she wakes up. Unfortunately for us, right around the four month mark she started waking up again around 4 every morning. She goes back down until 7ish or so, but we cant seem to break her of this yet. She often goes down for the night around 7, so it is understandable that by 4 am she is super hungry. It would just be easier on mom and dad if she could stay up a little later at night and sleep in a later in the morning, or if we could go to bed at 7 too :) We will cut her some slack though, because she is just 5 months and pretty stinking cute :)
She is a pretty good eater when she wants to eat, but can be tricky to give her a bottle and will cry like heck if she doesn't want it. She also doesn't tolerate her face being touched. If I need to wipe her nose or face, she just cries, which is kind of strange given how laid back she is in all other areas. We have started giving her solids. So far she has tried rice cereal, sweet potatoes and apples. She does OK with it, but isn't very impressed with it either. She still does absolutely LOVE her bath, whenever she is fussy, which isn't often, but if she is a bath always cheers her right up. Another thing I have noticed, there are times when she might be scolding or fussing, but as soon as Anna comes up to her, she cheers right up, laughs, giggles, and smiles. I absolutely LOVE to see that happen. Melts my heart. I love that I can say I have never seen Anna irritated or annoyed by Everly or the attention we have to give her and that we can tell Everly already adores Anna. They are already the best of friends and we cannot wait to watch that friendship grow!
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| Happy Little Girl |
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| Can't get that finger out of my mouth |
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| "I think I will roll over now" |
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| "Much better" |
