Five Almost Six Months

Since I have a moment (and feel like writing), I might as well update everyone on Leah's growth. The pictures will have to come later since she's not officially six months yet (not too much longer though) and well, if you read the previous post, you know why.

Scott and I have finally admitted that Leah is indeed crawling. As a friend pointed out yesterday, Leah's actually been crawling for the past month or so, but Scott and I have refused to call it that. After all, it looks like she's just scootching about.... even if she's gotten rather fast. (We now have to train ourselves to keep the doors to the basement and laundry room closed. And of course we also have to work on baby-proofing.) Plus, it doesn't really even look like the true military crawl; she primarily uses her arms. What opened our eyes to the truth? Leah's now starting to use her knees (and did I mention she's getting really fast?). We've only witnessed her doing this here and there, but we know it's only a matter of time before she really starts using them. She's quite adept at crawling to what she wants, whether it's a toy or a hug (when she wants us to pick her up, she'll crawl over to where we're sitting).

She's also become quite the chatterbox when the mood strikes her. There were a couple mornings when we were on vacation that Leah wouldn't stop talking from the time she finished breakfast until the time she took her first nap! Now that we're home, she's not as chatty, but she does have her moments. Interestingly enough, she tends to be more talkative once Scott gets home from work. Guess she just wants to tell her dad about her day!

Like most babies, she doesn't limit her conversations to us. I'll regularly hear her talking to her crib friends (Harley bear, momma bear, Lambchop, and seahorse), and then, when I pick her up from her nap, I see that she's also rearranged her friends. This evening, for instance, she talked with her animals for the longest time before settling down for a nap. When I went in to get her later, I discovered that three of the four animals (she never messes with her seahorse) were in the middle of the crib rather than in the corners. (Other times Scott and I have peeked in on her to see that she's flung Harley bear from his corner so that she can nestle in his spot.)

Hmmmm, other new adventures in this journey? Well, we recently started rice cereal. She's not eating much of it just yet, but I can't say I don't blame her. After all, have you seen it? It certainly doesn't LOOK appetizing. Hopefully next week we'll start her on some other foods, too. (Crazy me, I'm actually going to make her food. We'll see how that goes. Perhaps it'll be good fodder for a future blog.)

Keep checking back for pictures. I'm hoping our computer issue will be resolved within the next week so that I can finally clear out the camera (and camcorder).