Five months and more

Landry found her hands late this summer.  She loves to play with Millie the monkey attached to her car seat.

First road trip to Fort Worth 

Scored big time at the Fort Worth flea market.  Looks like Landry is my good luck charm :)

Taking a break from the pool

Cristina (our nanny) loves to play dress up with Landry

She can't get enough of her new giraffe from Nana and Grandpa

Play date with Mary Margaret

Such a happy girl!

Recent ad for a new local mom magazine. Yep, that's me bottom right. 

Lunch play date with my friend Bianca.  Landry loved storytime with B! 

Ride home from brunch with Tracy and Van

See why I waited as long as possible to buy this toy? 

Admittedly, I have been bad about blogging this summer.  We have had such a jam-packed calendar -- and an anti-napping baby on our hands -- that it's been tough to sit down and write.

I can't believe Landry is five months and four weeks today (thanks to my weekly baby progress update, I know her exact age).  This stage is so much fun!

She is so interactive and loves to smile.  She giggles around the clock and often belly laughs when Michael or I make funny faces at her or tickle her ribs or feet.  She's getting so big!  She's mostly wearing outfits size 6-9 months because she's so long.  She has total head control and is now working on her core to sit up on her own.  She's not there yet but making a lot of progress.  She's also trying to crawl during tummy time but not able to figure it out quite yet.

Over the past couple months we have been logging lots of play dates with my friends and their babies.  We have had a lot of fun with Ari and Leila and have paid several visits to J.R. down the street.  Even though he's almost five, he has fun loving on Landry and reading her books (the sweetest thing ever).  My friend Megan recently introduced me to her sister that lives a couple blocks away who has a daughter born just a week after Landry.  The girls will be in the same class so it was fun to get them together.

This weekend was a lot of fun.  Friday night we had dinner at our friend Joslyn's house (Tracy and Van were there, too).  Her two daughters were home and they loved on Landry all night.  We are so lucky Landry isn't too stuck to a schedule to be able to enjoy evenings with friends.  

Saturday we bought her a jumper and she just loves it.  I had been holding out on buying one because they are so big and ugly (somebody would really make a buck if they replaced the primary color palette for softer tones).  But during our play date this week she tried one out and loved it so I had to cave in.  Michael also finally built the high chair now that she is able to sit up with some assistance and she loves eating her homemade applesauce inside it.

We spent a lot of the weekend in the pool, too.  Landry is such a water baby (she is a Pieces, after all).  She could spend hours in the water if we let her.  Michael and I take turns holding her in the water and playing with her in a star-shaped tube toy we bought.  She just smiles and splashes the entire time.  It's one of her favorite activities right now by far.

With my flea market less than two weeks away, my schedule is getting very busy these days.  In addition, Michael and I leave for two weeks the day after the flea to celebrate my 30th birthday.  We are visiting Madrid, Paris, and Morocco.  We are so excited but I'm very anxious to leave Landry that long.  Luckily, my mom is taking her to California for the entire time we're away so I know she'll be in loving hands and have lots of people spoiling her day and night.

We have her six month appointment next week.  Stay tuned!