Picture of the day...

Can you tell I'm so ready for Spring and Summer? I had to try on one of her outfits today. I think it's darling and so is she!

Picture of the day...

I took this yesterday right before a playdate. I love her little smile.

I love my exersaucer!

Hangin' with her bro!

Watching Leap Frog together

He loves his sista!

Picture of the day...

Picture of the day...

Gracie's First Cereal!

Yesterday I gave her rice cereal for the first time, and she really liked it! As soon as I would take the spoon out of her mouth she would start wailing. I guess my girl likes to eat! She spit out the first two or three bites, but she quickly got the hang of it and was swallowing it down. Today I fed her some for lunch, and I mixed 1 tbsp of cereal with about 4 tbsp of formula. And she ate about half of it. I imagine she'll finally start to put on some weight!

5 months old!

Time flies when you've got 5 kids! Five months, I know that's not that long. But when I think back to September, it somehow seems so long ago. I guess because Gracie has changed so much since September 17th. I just realized that I'm actually doing a monthly update on the correct day. Gracie just had her bath and is nursing herself to sleep. Her brothers are taking naps, so I'm blogging with one hand. This sure gives my right arm a workout. Well, here is her update:

• She has a new nickname, Sissy.
• She's so long. Her legs hang over the arm rests on the computer chair now. She's quite snug in 3-6 months. 6-9 month clothing is quickly approaching. I can't wait to dress her in all those cute spring dresses.
• She tried rice cereal for the first time today. Mommy finally got around to buying some. Blog post coming soon all about that.
  
• She giggles now which is the cutest thing! I tickle her belly with my nose and that makes her giggle.
• She still likes playing in her exersaucer. She likes her playmat more these days. Before when I'd lay her down she stay on it for a minute and then start to cry. But this afternoon she laid on it for at least ten minutes while I did laundry.
  
• She finally started reaching out for toys!
• Her other big news is that I finally found the courage to let her sleep in her crib at night. The past two nights she's done fine. We have the monitor on, and we leave the door locked so that her brothers won't go in there and jump in the crib with her!
• She got her pictures made for the first time, and she did really well. The photographer had her sit in a basket, and she smiled so sweet for her. I get to order the pictures tomorrow and I'm very excited!

Sweetness

Tassles

Today Gracie was on her playmat, but she didn't want to play with the toys that are dangling from the mat. She kept looking over at the tassles on the skirt of her crib. So I laid her next to them to see what she'd do, and boy did she like playing with them! She must have laid there for 15 minutes. Surprise, surprise, her mommy took a bunch of pictures of her!