Kate: 5 Months

5 months with our Kate!

Kate has grown and changed a lot this month! We are finally pulling out 3-6 month clothes. She loves to smile, gurgle, and giggle. She gave her first full laugh while we were in the middle of meeting with a doctor for Sarah, and we all had to stop and listen to her. Her happiest times are always when she first wakes up. As happy as she is, when Kate is sad, the world ends. She has the most incredible sad face and pathetic cry. She has discovered toys and loves to grab everything and stick it in her mouth. She also snags anyones hair that gets too close. Her hair is growing in (blonde like our other two), and you just can't help rubbing her fuzzy head. She wants to be held more than she used to, and she wants to stand up on her feet. She is very interested in everything around her. She always has to be held facing out, and if you try to lay her on your lap, she will spend the whole time trying to sit up. 

 Kate hates tummy time so much that she is learning to roll from front to back in order to avoid it. She rolled for the 2nd time ever right after I snapped this photo. 

 Defeated tummy time! Ha!

 These two love their little sister. Sarah insists on picking out her clothes every day. It's like having the cutest baby doll ever. Chris loves to talk to Kate and try to make her smile. 

 I am so grateful to be their mom! (and I'm pretty impressed with Sarah's skills with my DSLR camera.)

 Kate's been modeling some more of my 1980's baby clothes. Chris was channeling Uncle Jeremy's overly long toddler hair too.

With nicer weather coming, Kate has finally been able to spend some time outside. This was her first time playing in the yard, and she loved it!

Kate loves to sleep. She went through a few weeks of sleep regression earlier this month, but she is back to sleeping through the night most nights. (This alone may make Kate my favorite child. Don't tell the other two.) She is also a great napper. When we went to the library last week, Kate fell asleep in the car, slept through 1 1/2 hours of library time, slept all the way home, and then slept for another hour on the patio. I wouldn't mind taking a nice nap on the patio!

We love you, Kate!