Selah's 5-month update

Here is a horrifying scientific fact: 5 months is almost 6 months, which is half a year. This is especially horrifying to me today because as I write this, Selah is not only 5 months old, she is 5 months and 10 days old (thanks procrastination), meaning she is closer to half a year old than ever before. GULP. I am not ready for her to grow up!!

Christmas Eve

This last month with her has been truly interesting. In it, she experienced Christmas, New Year's Eve, a visit from my parents, a visit with Adrian's parents in Wyoming and much more. She rolls over like a champ most of the time now, can almost sit up on her own, and has developed SO much personality.

 We spent a couple of weeks in Wyoming, and while we were there, I really felt like she turned into a child with oodles of personality! It was more than a little scary and I confess - I kind of feel like I don't know her as well anymore. Maybe it was just that she suddenly developed these funny habits that I didn't expect, but she's kind of a different child these days.

For example, she LOVES to be upside down. I mean seriously loves it. It started with her pushing herself backwards off the Boppy with her strong little legs, until her head is hanging over the edge of the pillow and she can see from a new perspective. She also thoroughly loves it when Adrian grabs her by the ankles and holds her up in the air. She arches her back so she can see him and the ground and smiles and coos.

I also have a feeling Seh is going to be mobile much quicker than I'll be ready for. She already scoots herself around in circles with her legs when she wants to. One night during her last bottle, she pushed herself off the Boppy (headfirst) and ended up about 4 feet away on the bed, just scooting on her back. She stands up for several minutes at a time, as long as we hold onto her hands.

Her sleep is so-so. She doesn't wake up to eat, but she's not sleeping solidly through the night either, like she used to. She'll wake up and have her arms stuck halfway out of her swaddle or wake when she wants her pacifier back in. So, we're currently trying to get her transitioned out of the SwaddleMes that she sleeps in. It's been rough going, but she is slowly getting the hang of it. I'm going to try a Snooze Sack when it gets out of the landry. A few nights ago we also moved her bedtime up an hour. This means last bottle at 9:15, and bed around 10. Glory be - she still sleeps till 10 or 10:30! Maybe that means if want her day to start at 9:30, she should go to bed even earlier?

It's been a rough month with her sleeping less well and being more fussy. I know I keep saying it, but I seriously think she's teething. She loooooves her Sophie Giraffe that Grammy and Papa Don got her for Christmas, and freaks out if she drops it. She has also had a couple of "Mama only" meltdowns - once when Adrian wanted to play with her and then Monday night when we had a bunch of people over for his birthday. That was fun :/

Speaking of fun, her vocal range is hilarious. She has ramped up with even more screeches and squawks in (nicknaming her Pterodactyl and Screech), has continued gurgling and cooing, and has added in blowing bubbles and making tooting noises with her mouth. It started really cutely with her cooing and smacking her lips together, then she began spitting every time she did it, and now she just spits a lot and tries desperately to blow bubbles. This, naturally, leads to lots and lots of soaked clothing. She is still in some 3-month stuff if it's long enough, but mostly in 3-6 month and regular old 6-month stuff. Length is the key!

Though she's more mobile, more fussy, more tiresome and more stubborn - she is still a fantastic baby. She rocks at her daytime schedule, is SO smiley the majority of the time and is truly a joy to have around. We love, love, love, love her, so much.

5 months old!!

The Passing of Time

Over the last month, I have had several times where I thought I should blog, usually about the passing of time and the new experiences and goals it brings with it.

For example, Selah turned 4-months old last month. Right around the time she hit that milestone, she began rolling over (not always, but she definitely can) and stopped sleeping solidly through the night. I freaked about a 4-month sleep regression and Adrian told me to calm the heck down. Long story short, we dropped a nap and added a feeding and she's back to generally sleeping through the night, with wake-ups to be reswaddled and have her pacifier put back in. I've had every intention since my surgery of getting her on a slightly modified schedule from where she's at, but with each night that she doesn't go back to 11 hours solidly, I get wary of messing with anything. We do not do well without sleep.Anyways, her 4-month appointment brought good news of her health! She's doing great, gaining weight well, has super head control and looks really good. She was 14 lbs, 11 ounces and 25.75 inches long, aka, still long and skinny, but fully within the healthy range.

Four months old!

Also, I turned 29 recently (ah, yes, I blogged that morning :) ). Following in the footsteps of my friends Erin and Lindsay, I thought about doing a "30 by 30" kind of post, with 30 goals I have before I hit the big 3-0 next December. However, as Adrian and I drove around and I bounced my goals off of him, I couldn't figure out 30 to write about.

There's my desire to get my nose pierced. I wanted to do it just for quitting my job and no longer being in the corporate world, but A said I should have a better reason. So my motivation became to lose 15 pounds and then get my nose pierced. So there's 2 goals. I figure I can work on losing 15 pounds (which, as of last weekend, I was down 4, probably from puking a lot Saturday) by trying to run a 5k. So, 3 goals. I want to go on a banging anniversary trip with Adrian in October, but that is complicated by the fact that I would also like to be pregnant again by my next birthday. Sooo, another baby or an all-inclusive vacation? Goals #4 and #5, which may or may not be mutually exclusive.

In no particular order, here are the goals I have thus far:
1. Get my nose pierced.
2. Lose 15 pounds.
3. Run a 5k.
4. Have a fantastic 5-year anniversary trip.
5. Get pregnant.
6. Go skiing at least 2x this season.
7. Get our family healthier.
8. Go to a concert at Red Rocks.
9. Get paid to take some pictures.
10. Decorate our bedroom and make it cozy.
11. Be a confident and frequent baby-wearer.
12. Family beach trip.
13. Buy a new computer.
14. Read my Bible more diligently.
15. Go to a Rockies game as a family.
16. Cook 5 nights a week most weeks.
17. Get a kitten or puppy :)
18. Develop a weekly housecleaning schedule.
19. Do some crafts I've been delaying (i.e., wall art for our bedroom).
20. Find a couple of local beers I actually like.
21. Go paddle boarding this summer.
22. Eat at some of the local, legit Hispanic restaurants in our neighborhood.
23. Work up to walking to the zoo regularly to use my zoo pass.
24. Get a library card and use it.
25. Get my hair cut more than once this year.
26. Try a new restaurant during Restaurant Week.
27. Have a veggie garden again this summer, and actually harvest and eat the produce.
28. Go for a hike.
29. Eat at Civic Center Eats this summer.
30. Go to Jazz in the Park once.

So, there ya have it. Selah's 4-month update and my 30 by 30 goals. Since almost a month has passed, I feel like I should post my progress, but sadly, I'm not exactly notably progressing. 4 pounds down and once to the zoo so far...So, here's to a year of getting stuff done in 2014!