5 months!

Whew!  April was crazy, and May is about to be even crazier!  We were busy every weekend in April including: Stephen's parents visiting, a trip to see my parents + me and B staying there for a week, our staff training in Tulsa...then on to May!  We spent several days in Fayetteville visiting friends, then back to Lawrence for a week, Stephen took a day trip to Omaha, and we leave tomorrow for Blakely to meet her great-grandmothers in Newport, AR, then to Memphis for a couple days, then on to Gulf Shores, AL for 7 weeks!  Good thing we bought a minivan!  :)

I seriously never thought I could be so excited about a minivan.  It is so great though.  I can walk back and sit by B easily if she needs some company, nursing is a breeze on the road, plus there is so much room for ALL her stuff!  I feel like a true mom with a minivan. 

Oh!  AAAAAND...Blakely turned 5 months old! 
As she gets older, it gets harder and harder to get a good picture out of her! 

I'm not sure how much Blakely weighs...but I would guess around 13lbs.
She rolls over in either direction occasionally, but not regularly.  I'm not entirely sure that it's ever on purpose.
She can sit up, supported by the boppy and momentarily unsupported.  
She is still drooling like crazy, but no teeth in sight.
She has started reaching for things...everything.  Here's proof:

We call her arm the "flapper" because it seems like she just flaps it constantly now.  No real coordination just flapping everything within her reach.  It's pretty hilarious.

We took a break on cereal, because she took a nursing hiatus.  Then we were back at it.  Now we are taking a break again because it seems to be messing her tummy up.  So we are going to wait until 6 months.


Blakely is still a terrible napper and is not sleeping all night.  She is so unpredictable.  Sometimes she will sleep until 5am, and sometimes she is up at 2.  Will I ever get a full nights sleep again???  But I'm not complaining or anything...

Currently I am making my most desperate attempt to get her on a tight schedule.  It kills me to fight with her, but I am forcing her to nap, even if it means I put her pacifier in 20 times in an hour.  (yes, I did this yesterday.)

Along with reaching for and grabbing everything, she also wants to put everything in her mouth.  This is her trying to eat the camera as I take her picture.  

And just because I think this picture is hilarious: