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What I love about you at 5 months....

(These posts originally took place on Mom's blog, but since she's been so busy to keep up with it, she's moving them here... thanks Mom!)

Dear Sadie, my sweet girl, you are five months old today, and here's what I love about you...

  • That you have started raising your legs up when we change your diaper
  • You grab our lips and try and stick your hand in our mouths when we hold you
  • When I hold you at my shoulder and you try and "eat my face off"
  • How you've started opening your mouth wide when we feed you your cereal
  • You learned how to roll over! (And your dad and I both missed it!)
  • You keep trying to sit up when you're in your seat
  • You love to grab and pull hair (ok, so I don't really LOVE this one)
  • That dad and I finally learned how to use the swing - and you love it
  • When you swat at things hanging in front of you - like the laughing elephant on your car seat
  • How you want to stick everything in your mouth
  • Bringing in the new year with you sound asleep in your crib
  • That you'd rather sit-up (supported) like a big girl than lay down like a baby
  • That you have a really good night-time routine that starts at 7:30 - rice cereal, nursing, night-night
  • And because of this really good routine, you missed every single minute of the National Championship game
  • That you were the good luck charm for Alabama getting its 13th National Championship
  • Watching you swing and turn around in your Jenny Jumper
  • When you stretch out your arms to be held
  • You have started making "kissy" noises with your lips
  • That you're another month closer to "getting in trouble" with Grampa
  • When you make a weird "screeching" noise
  • You let us sleep in until 8:30 yesterday!
  • That you know how to purposely drop items, your "Quack Quack" softbook
  • You have found your feet, and love to grab them
  • How I can tell you're absorbing so many new things everyday
  • Your smiling face when we come get you out of your crib in the morning... this NEVER gets old
  • That you had a growth spurt and now only eat 4-5 times a day
  • Listening to Livvy carry on a conversation with you in the car after daycare one day - she loves you so much!
  • That sometimes you'll wake up in the middle of the night and actually go back to sleep on your own
  • You really know how to blow bubbles and razz
  • That you snore when you are in a deep sleep
  • Magically, you started "talking" one day when I came home from work
  • I know specific ways to make you giggle
  • How Mamaw says she's never seen a sweeter face
  • You laugh when I tickle you under your arms
  • Now that we don't swaddle you anymore, you're never in the same position in the morning that we left you in at night
  • You now sleep 10 hours straight at night, and even go 11, 12, and even 13 hours straight sometimes
  • You're adjusting to being held and watched by other people, especially when mommy and daddy have a date night
  • That the guys at the firehall love holding you (and giving Dad a hard time about everything!)
  • You are aware of Rascal and even reach out to pet him
  • Trying to figure out what you're thinking
  • How you bury your face in our chest when get really happy - like you're playing shy
  • That the ladies at daycare talk about how sweet you are
  • That for every one thing I've listed here, there's another ten things not listed here
  • That everyday you seem to do something totally new for me to be in awe about

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What I love about you at 4 months...

Dear Sadie, my sweet girl, you are four months old today, and here's what I love about you...

  • that your hair is still blonde and your eyes still blue
  • that your hair is getting longer, and you are still hanging on to your long Charlie Brown hairs
  • letting you "stand" in my lap
  • that you have already had your first snow
  • doing "super Sadie"
  • that you look like me more and more every day
  • how you bury your nose in the crook of my arm when you're tired
  • that you give me a big smile and hug when I pick you up from daycare
  • that putting my hand on your chest or letting you hold my fingers calms you down when you're upset
  • that Grami and Grandpa take more pictures of you than I do
  • that you've seen Santa twice... and you didn't cry once
  • that you are so good at daycare and all the women love you there
  • that you love your bumbo seat
  • when you don't cry around family and friends
  • that you know who me and drew are and you'd rather be with us than anyone else
  • how I could listen to your babbling for hours on end (but I prefer not to at 2am)
  • that you are petite, but have barely there fat rolls
  • zerberting you to make you giggle
  • that you got to spend lots of time with family at Dad's family Christmas
  • when you calm down if I sing "you are my sunshine" to you
  • that Alabama won the SEC Championship, and you watched the whole thing
  • that you are awesome at holding your head up and looking around
  • how you are so close to rolling over (to your credit, we don't put you on your tummy enough - our bad!)
  • that you are photogenic
  • that in less than a week of eating off a spoon, you can actually get most of the rice cereal in your mouth
  • that we are about to celebrate our first Christmas together as a family
  • listening to you play with your "crinkle book" when we are in the car
  • how everyone says you are beautiful and adorable
  • how fast I can get you to sleep by holding you in my arms
  • your smiling face in the morning and watching you stretch when I unswaddle you
  • calling you "Sadiebug"
  • that we make you a part of everything we do... decorating the tree, shopping, lazy days at home
  • when you look up at me and stare into my eyes while I'm feeding you
  • your infectious, adorable smiles
  • that you sneeze twice at a time, like me
  • everything

Love, your mommy

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What I love about you at three months...

Dear Sadie, my sweet girl, you are three months old today, and here's what I love about you...

  • That you are going to bed earlier and sleeping later
  • That you are slowly getting yourself into a daily routine
  • You aren't peeing on us anymore when we change your diaper
  • How you spit your paci out half way then suck it back in
  • You are starting to realize we want to comfort you when you're upset
  • You like to hold and touch my fingers
  • How you smack your lips together after I give you mylicon
  • How you wrap your arm around my neck when I hold you
  • You can go to bed on your own, without "props"
  • You cry less and smile more
  • How happy you are on your changing table
  • That you are on the verge of a giggle, I just know it
  • How your personality shines through more and more everyday
  • I can make you smile all the time
  • Taking you on walks around the neighborhood
  • The super long hairs on your head, that must have started growing at conception
  • When you "talk" to me with your coos
  • How content you can be at times, just looking around
  • The noise you make when you smile, that isn't quite a giggle
  • Your smiles, and how I can't get enough of them
  • Your sleepers that have little animals on the footies
  • That you like watching TV, just like me
  • That you like watching football on TV, just like daddy
  • You smile at me when I come to get you out of your crib in the morning
  • The way you smell after a bath
  • How you put your arms to your side when you're ready to be swaddled
  • The way you smile & stretch in the mornings when I've unswaddled you
  • That you have found your thumb and love to suck on it
  • Seeing you take naps on daddy's chest
  • That you are such a good baby
  • That you were such a good girl at your trial run at daycare You know that I can comfort you
  • How you can reach out and grab things

Love, your mommy

What I love about you at 2 months

Dear Sadie, my sweet girl, you are two months old today, and here's what I love about you...

  • You calm down easily... Most of the time
  • Watching you learn how to smile
  • Watching you when something catches your eye and you stare at it forever
  • Hearing daddy sing and talk in baby voices to you
  • Enjoying you get mesmerized by things
  • How your newborn outfits finally fit you at one month old, and sadly how fast your are outgrowing your newborn outfits
  • When you raise your head to look at the world around you
  • How your yawns make me yawn
  • How your smiles make me smile
  • Your noises: poots, sneezes, yawns, grunts, blowouts, giggles
  • When you "squeak"
  • Our laps walking around the pool to calm you down
  • When you breathe in my ear
  • Holding you while we swing on the porch swing
  • That you are already independent in your own way
  • That you love being on your changing table
  • Dressing you up in cute outfits
  • Taking tons of pictures of you, and you actually smiling for them
  • How curious you are about your surroundings
  • Wiping your tears away
  • Wrapping you up in my arms
  • When I know you're at the end of a growth spurt
  • When I touch your chin and nose while making funny noises to make you smile
  • When you look up at me while you're feeding
  • The way you're confidently holding your head up already
  • When you're in a "cozy" mood
  • How everyone says how beautiful you are, and they mean it
  • How you reach out for the monkey and the rings on your activity mat
  • The way you make grammi and granddad light up when they're around you
  • How great you are on car-rides
  • How you've taken to a very specific paci
  • The way you look when you're swaddled, like a little burrito
  • When you smile at me, like you know who I am
  • That you're on the verge of giggling
  • Watching you grow before my very eyes

Love, your mommy

My baby is a month old!

Dear Sadie, my sweet girl, you are one month old today, and here's what I love about you...

  • How you wrinkle your forehead and raise your eyebrows when you stretch
  • How you reach for my hand when I put the paci in your mouth
  • How you raise your head and gaze into my eyes when you lay on my chest
  • The "drunk" look on your face when you get done feeding
  • Your snoring and heavy sleeping that is just like daddy
  • Kissing your chubby cheeks over and over again
  • Your fuzzy ear hair and the baby hair on your arms and back
  • Your fat rolls that are only going to get bigger
  • When you nuzzle up to my face when I'm trying to burp you over my shouder
  • When we can nap together
  • Watching you spasm in your sleep
  • The gulping sounds you make when you're feeding
  • How you stretch when you're waking up
  • Your long fingers how they wrap around mine
  • That when you're hungry it means you need me
  • That swinging on our porch swing instantly puts you to sleep
  • How you are so interested in staring at my face and fuss when I don't stare back
  • How you make daddy's heart melt
  • That you've already learned to use your own hand to hold your paci in
  • How you shake your head side to side when you don't want the paci
  • That your burps sound like they are coming from an adult
  • Seeing you snuggled up in your swaddler
  • How your eyes get heavy when you're tired
  • How you made everyone fall in love with you instantly

I'm sure there are a million more things that I love about you... this list is just getting started.

Love, your mommy