Germantown Festival

Elia outgrew her infant car seat and it was hard to get her in and out of it, so we got her a big girl car seat. We ended up with this one after trying a great one that was given to us and three others before we found one that fit in our tiny car.

Five months old

Elia is five months old today! I just can not believe how fast it is all happening. Every day she does something new. She stays sitting up when we put in that position. She loves to stare at her hands and will play with her fingers. She has an affinity for texture and pattern (wonder where that comes from). She is in constant movement. I would like to say that while she is sleeping she is still but she even moves in her sleep! She is a chatty catty while we are home and has discovered several new noises. I think she is desperate to talk. However when we are out and about doing our many new activities, she is rather quiet and just stares bright eyed at everything. People are always telling us how "alert" she is. Are five month olds supposed to just sit there and do nothing? She wants to see and learn everything. She loves to be with other kids and still loves to be outside. People are also always telling us how pretty she is. I tell Josh that people say that about all babies but he thinks they go out of their way to tell us. He says "she brings Joy to the world!".
We are now making that her theme song.

Trying to get Elia to pose with the number block is proving a little more difficult this month. Like I said, she never sits still.

Lazy morning

On Sunday mornings Josh makes pancakes and we sit on our porch and read magazines. Since Josh had a three day weekend we did it this Labor Day morning.

Elia LOVES her Daddy chair.

This is Elia's new face she likes to make where she sucks in her bottom lip. There is a hilarious noise that goes along with it that you can hear in a previous post.

Tuckered out

We took Elia on a walk on Labor Day. She got all tuckered out.

Fun with boxes

I think we have way too much fun with Elia! Josh likes to put things on her head. These were one of the first toys we got Elia even before she was born. She really now can enjoy them. She likes to watch them fall over.

Maybe NOT the sweetest sound you ever heard

Animal Planet Event

Last weekend we went to the Animal Planet Event here. There were surprisingly few animals but lots of people. Which is what Elia likes to look at anyways. She LOVES to people watch. She chats up a storm when we are home and has discovered she can make all kinds of noises. When we are out however, she is so quiet and just stares at everything.

We did see some amazing Frisbee dogs.

My little Meerkat.

Whatcha doin Dad?

Elia reading

Elia enjoys her Spot book quite a bit! She is sitting up like a champ these days.

I went to a clothing swap with a bunch of mothers I have met here. It was great. You bring clothes that don't fit your kid anymore and swap for sizes you do need. Elia is already in 9-12 month stuff!! We got this adorable sleep outfit. And we probably have a little too much fun at her expense, but do you remember Violet from Charlie and the Chocolate Factory?? HAHA. We couldn't resist. She is really going to hate us when she is older!

Best Sound Ever!