5 Month Clara

August 6th

You are a teeny, adorable, easy baby.  You love sticking your tongue out.  It just barely hangs out most of the time but sometimes you stick it all of the way out.  You do it a lot when you're happy but sometimes I think you're just bored and wanting to see what that funny thing in your mouth is.  I love it.  Mama says I stuck my tongue out most of the time when I was a baby.  Once I had teeth, I almost bit my tongue off and Mama had to hold it together for a few days so it could heal.  I think about that every day and really hope you do not do the same.


You can ALMOST sit up.  If I balance you just the right way on my lap, you can do it.  If you are laying down and you feel like you are at an angle that you feel like you could possibly sit up from, you try so hard to pull yourself up.  You want to sit up!  When I tripod you on the floor though, you topple over in seconds.

You are a happy baby.  Everyone asks if you are "always this easy".  You have even gotten better in the car.  We took a long drive today so that you and Henry could take a nap.  You woke up before Henry and happily played with your car seat duck for a long time.  Sometimes you still have issues with the car, but we took out the head pillow that keeps your head from bobbing around and you have gotten much better.

Some day you will let your Daddy sleep in his bed.  By 3 (ish.  I don't know.  I don't wake up enough to focus on the clock.), you have come to bed with us and effectively run him out of bed.  I wake up in the middle of the bed with you comfortably in either his or my spot.

You have a "Mama Time" still.  Come 8, it is time for me to hold you.  Sometimes you will hold off 'til 8:30, but once it's time for me to hold you, it's time for me to hold you.  I love snuggling with you during Mama time.  This is the only time of day that I can just hug you.

You LOVE Henry!  You think he is the funniest, most fun person on the planet.  You watch what he's doing from the minute both of you are awake to the minute you or he goes to sleep, you are checking to see where he is.



When Daddy comes home from work, you give him the biggest grin.  You let him hold you and play with you for a couple of hours and then it's Mama time.  Poor Daddy!  Some nights I just can't hold you and Daddy gets you to sleep.  When this happens, he loves to hold you.

Speaking of holding you while you sleep.  You, like your brother, sleep hot.  My p.j.s always smell like sweat.  Especially the left side, where your head is.

You started blowing spit bubbles and doing a lot of raspberries recently.  You are pretty proud of this skill.  You have practiced pretty hard at it and have become very good at it.  It's adorable.

You went swimming for the first time in July.  You made some funny faces, but eventually fell asleep and took a nice nap, floating in the water.  Daddy was right beside you the whole time.

You like to watch everything.  It seems like you pay close attention to anything you find interesting.  It looks like you study everything I'm doing.  I wish I could know what you are thinking.

We love you so much!  And we are so glad you came to be part of our family!