happy 5 months Carys!

 At 5 months Carys weighs a little over 13 lbs and is 24 inches.

Time goes by sooo fast! I can't believe Carys is already 5 months old. When she was a newborn it seemed like forever until the days she would do more than sleep, eat, and poop. I was literally counting down the hours until she could actually interact with us, and for me to feel like more than just a milk machine... and now look at her, she is growing into a little lady. Looking back, I sometimes miss the days when all she would do is sleep, eat, and poop b/c now Carys needs to be entertained allll day long and I am her entertainer! I find myself asking her "Carys, aren't you sleepy... don't you want to take a loooong nap like you used to?" :) But it's okay, I love taking care of her and watching her grow, and even though I have very little free time, I am happy to entertain my little Boo Boo Bear all day long. She really is so much fun. She gets smarter and more lively every day!

Last month I talked about Carys' diva personality... she's still feisty at times but for the most part she is a wonderful  baby. Usually when she starts getting upset now we can figure out what is wrong pretty fast so there is less screaming and crying :) She still smiles so much, and now she even laughs hysterically... I can already tell that she is going to have a good sense of humor.

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here are Chris and Billy with the babies... Carys and London, these two don't know it yet but they are BFF (Carys is so cute... she is trying to reach out to London to comfort her..aw!)

 this is Carys' crib which she hadn't really slept in until recently but....

here she is fast asleep in her crib! however, right now she is back in our bed sleeping next to me b/c i'm trying to maintain our nursing relationship (yup, after she started taking the bottle she doesn't like the boob as much anymore, which has left me devastated). She still wakes up at night to eat and when i have her snuggled next to me while we sleep she will breastfeed (during the day she pretty much only gets bottles). I am soooo not ready to wean Carys from the boob so I'm doing everything I can to keep at it... even if it means only at night.

the many faces of Carys

here she is drinking out of a sippy cup... most of the milk went all over her, but she did good for her first time!

she loves sitting here and playing with her toys

here she is just hangin out... playing with her paci of course

she is also getting much better at sitting up... pretty soon she will be able to do it unsupported

(sorry the pictures are kinda blurry, I'm going to start using a real camera as soon I get a new battery charger for it)