Ilah, 5 Months Old

Ilah, you are now 5 months old! Here are a few new things that you are doing:

• You loooove to hug and give tight neck squeezes! We cannot get enough of them.

• When we give you a kiss, you lick our face in return! We just crack up! It's so cute.

• You are soooo playful. You love playing with mommy and daddy, but you also do so well playing independently.

• You are starting to reach out for us. It melts our heart!

• You now go down for the night at 8:30 p.m. and you wake up the next morning between 7:30 a.m. - 8:30 a.m. You are a GREAT sleeper! But as for naps, you haven't been feeling them lately! Unless you are sleeping on Mommy, you only do a few short cat naps per day, that last about 30 minutes each. I've been forewarned about this phase : )

• You make little dolphin-like sounds {and when you were smaller, you used to make sounds that a horse makes} - it's sooo hilarious all these little sounds that come from your cute little mouth!

• You are really attached to your Mommy! If I set you down to play, or if someone else is holding you, you follow me with your eyes constantly; you like to know where I am at all times.

• And the biggest milestone that you have reached is that you have mastered sitting up all by yourself!!........

"Ok. So what now?"

"Whoah! Slow and steady...slow and steady....I can do it...."

"Hey Mooom! Are you getting this?"

"Oh. There you are".

"They need to leave some milk bottles down here. Maybe I should suggest that".

"Man, it's getting hot here in Georgia! Do we have plans to go to the beach anytime soon? I need to bust out of these clothes and put a bathingsuit on!"

Ilah, you are the greatest blessing that God has ever given us. We count it such a joy and an honor to be your mommy and daddy and to raise you in this world. We can't get enough of you - and we think you like us a lot too ; )

I pray that {Ilah}, being rooted and established in love, may have power, together with all the saints, to grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ, and know this love that surpasses all understanding, that {Ilah} may be filled to the measure of all the fullness of God". - EPHESIANS 3:18-19