Lily Playing Peek-a-boo

Lily recently started playing peek-a-boo. Here she is playing with Michael tonight. She tries faking me out once and tries being sly another time:

Our New Mazda(notaminivan)5

My dad and I (Michael) went to pick up our Mazda5 yesterday near Columbus, OH. It rode great on the way back and looks like it will have plenty of room for us for years to come. (Most importantly, Michelle likes it.) A couple of pictures are below:

5 Months Old

This month, Lily has been spending a lot of time practicing rolling over in her crib. Once she rolls onto her stomach though, she can't turn herself back over. She flails around and yells for us to help her time after time, so we are hoping she learns to roll from her belly to her back soon! She recently started waking up in the middle of the night to eat again after months of sleeping 10 or 11 hours at a stretch, so we are trying rice cereal. Eating with a spoon is very new to her and will take some time to get the hang of. She is a very active baby and is learning new things everyday.

Pajama Party

All dressed up

Playing in her new exersaucer

Lily's Tries Cereal

Lily "ate" some rice cereal yesterday!

Visit From Cousins

Lily's Aunt Christy came to visit Fort Wayne this week with her 2 year old Ella and 5 month old Madelyn. It was fun for the cousins to spend some time together!

Maddie and Lily together as newborns the first time they met

Maddie and Lily at 4 and 5 months old

Maddie, Ella, and Lily

Great Grandma Smerik with the girls

Lily Rolled Over for the First Time

Lily rolled over for the first time today and Michelle luckily caught it on video

Four Month Doctor's Appointment

Lily is four months old now and she has grown a lot in the last few months. At the doctor's today we found out she is 24 inches long and weighs 14 pounds, 2 ounces! Her weight and head are in the 75th percentile and her length is in the 50th percentile. She has been turning onto her side and trying to roll over, but is not quite ready yet. She coos, squeals, shouts, and tries to imitate sounds we make.

Lily is very aware of everything going on around her and doesn't want to miss a thing...which means she doesn't want to take naps. It has been very hard to get her to sleep this past month, but we are are working on establishing a routine. Babies have a basic rest and alertness cycle that is 90 minutes long. At the end of a 90-minute increment of awake time, they are primed to sleep. We have been keeping track of when Lily's windows for sleep will be and it's really helping.