5 month update

Wow, time really does seem to be flying by with our sweet Morgan! I can't believe our sweet baby girl is already five months old. 

Morgan continues to be a fairly happy baby. She only gets fussy when she's really tired or hungry. She's such a smiley girl and we love seeing her huge dimples when she's grinning at us. She's laughing now also, but Matt is the only one that can get those great big belly laughs from her! Morgan also started rolling over from back to belly this month and in the past few days has gone belly to back too! She can sit up unassisted for short bursts of time, but I'm not thinking she'll be sitting up on her own for another month or so. No doctor appointment this month, so I have no idea how much she weighs! She's a solid girl though ;)

Morgan is still eating like a champ and is so quick with it too! She typically nurses 5-6 times a day when she's with me (only eats for 3-5 mins per side!) and 3 times on daycare days plus 3 4oz bottles. She doesn't love taking the bottle from me anymore but does fine when anyone else is feeding her. I've also finally weaned myself from the middle of the night pumping session I had going on- it was slow and kinda painful but I'm so glad it's over! Now on my off days and weekends I don't pump at all, wahoo!!

Sleep seems to be going okay. We finally started letting her fuss it out when she wakes up during the night. We'll replace the pacifier once, but don't go up every hour like we were doing! She typically gets her bath at 7:15, nurses, then is in her crib between 7:30-7:45, depending on how long she wants to snuggle. I feel like she kinda wakes up at midnight most nights for her paci and then sleeps until between 6:30-7:30. Naps are still a battle--she thinks after 30 mins she's good to go! It's exhausting!

Daycare is still going well. Her teachers like to tell me she's the ringleader of the class; when she's mad everyone should be mad too! Little stinker. This month we celebrated our first Mother's Day together! This coming month we'll be going to the beach with my family for a week, so that'll be an adventure! So thankful for our girl!

Likes-

Still LOVES bath time with dad!! 

Toys + the bouncer thing

The dogs

Eating

Being outdoors (including running with mom in the Bob!)

Rolling 

Her toes

 

Dislikes-

Sleepiness

Hunger 

Fun in the sun!

Here's a two weekend update--wahoo! Starting with last weekend...

Saturday morning I tried for a solo run, but Morgan refused to nap so she came along. We did 3.1 miles and it felt kinda good! This week did not feel so good--the 2 miles I attempted Friday scarred me for a few days. Yikes. After our run Morgan napped and I sat in the sun for a bit before getting ready and heading into town for some "fun" shopping (aka not grocery shopping), before heading over to the Thomases for dinner. 

Sunday was church, lunch, nap for Morgan, then pool time! I bought a small inflatable pool and she loved it! It was quite boring for Matt and I since all she can do is sit in a lap, but we had fun anyway. She splashed around for nearly an hour and loved watching the dogs jump in and out too!

This past week I worked Monday-Thursday and it kicked my butt! By the time Friday rolled around I was exhausted, and so was Morgan. I didn't feel fully recovered and not quite so tired until yesterday, but at least I feel ready for this week! This weekend we didn't do much, which is exactly what we needed. I ran Friday which zapped my energy for the remainder of the day, so all I did was laundry and vacuuming. 

Saturday morning Matt headed into work for a meeting so Morgan and I went on a 40 minute walk with the dogs. Later on in the afternoon we went to Bluffton for a late lunch with Karmen, then I  swung by the baby boutique but found nothing that I wanted, which was a bummer. Matt and I had dinner and I was a goner on the couch again by 9! 

Yesterday was the usual- church, lunch, grocery shopping. Matt went fishing in the afternoon while Morgan and I piddled around the house, then it was dinner time, bath time, our monthly budget planning time, then bed time for us! Sounds boring, but I love weekends like this!