Happy 5 months Juliet

My little girl is growing up so fast. We went to the doctors on Monday and Juliet is already up to 15 pounds.

Here are some pictures and video's to show you what Juliet has been up to

We went to Storyville last Sunday with some friends and Juliet had a great time playing with all the other babies, here she is practicing sitting up

Oh Finn, you are so cute I will hold your hand, Flirt!
Let's share the toy ;)

Hanging out with some more kids for the Steelers game

I love tummy time now!

In my jumper and loving it!

Juliet started turning on her mobile on her own a few weeks ago with her feet and I decided to video tape it so enjoy :)

4 months and 3/4ths!

Sweet potato face!

I'm sitting up Mom
I love Quest, but does Quest love me?????

What's new in Juliet's world???

Well I think Juliet will be an Animal lover b/c not only does she love the animals on her Mobile but now she is obsessed with the two cats. She has seen me pet them and now she pets them also, (at times pulls there hair but we are teaching her not to do that!)

She is getting better with her nap times and bedtime sleep. She has been pretty consistence with her daytime naps and is in a much better mood in the evenings because of it. She usually takes three one hour naps and is in bed from 7PM-7am (but still gets up once for a snack from mom)

Juliet has also learned how to sit on her own for a few minutes! After a minute or two of sitting on her own she usually rolls down to her back.

We are still working on solids, she has had rice cereal and sweet potato's so far and seems to really like the sweet potato's. I think more of it gets on her bib then in her tummy but we are trying to teach her how to eat off a spoon but really it not a big deal if she does not get it yet b/c the don't really need to start solids till 6 months but the doctor said we could start now if we wanted.

Juliet's new favorite things is to use her bouncer that Grandma Barb gave the last time we were in Pittsburgh, there is a video of her having fun in it below!

Well...

I guess I keep posting about rolling but when she gets it she gets it! She also rolled from her tummy to her back today so she has now gone both directions all by herself, now we have to baby proof the house b/c she is on the move!!!

Caught on Video

It's been hard to get Video of Juliet rolling b/c she does it randomly but here it is :)

Rolling, rolling, rolling

So Juliet has been trying REALLY hard for the last two days to roll :) She was even having a hard time napping and falling asleep at night because she kept trying to roll. She would go from her back to her side and get stuck there and today she finally got all the way over : ) She still seems confused on how to get from her belly to her back so that way may take longer for her, which is funny b/c babies are suppose to go from belly to back before they can go the other way. Oh well Juliet is going to do things differently!!!

I have had so much fun with her this week that I don't want to go back to work :( BOOOO.

We are going back to Pittsburgh tomorrow for New Years! Juliet is going going to be an expert travel baby :)

Holiday's & Other fun stuff

Above is one of Juliet's Christmas presents (she loves her new seated play area!)

Our first Christmas with Juliet was WONDERFUL!!! The holidays were so much fun with a baby & we were able to make our rounds to visit lots of people. Juliet finally got to meet her Uncle Scott, baby Miranda, Ursula, Jess, Robby, Aunt Helen, Allison, John, Madison & other friends of the family :)

Here are some pictures and video's of our holidays and other adventures we have been having with Juliet.

Here Juliet is meeting baby Miranda for the first time, she gently laid her hand on Miranda's tummy, I guess she remembers what it's like to be a new born and have all those gas pains.
Christmas day at my Mom's house:

Juliet is waving to everyone ")

Meeting Ursula for the first time (she was in love!)

On the Rocking Horse that John's dad made him for his first Christmas, now it's being passed down to her.
Christmas in Pittsburgh & hanging with her cool Aunt and Uncle

Meeting Cousin Allison for the first time, she thought Allison was pretty entertaining!





In the arms of Grandma, a happy girl!
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4 Months :)

John took Juliet to her four month doctors appointment today and she has GROWN a lot since the last time they took her measurements. Here are her stats ;)

She is 13 pounds and 10 ounces & 24.25 inches long, which puts her in the 75% for height and 50% for weight! At two months I think she was in the 25% for both so she has done some growing. My little lady is getting so big fast before we know it she will be 6 months old.

Juliet also got her shots at the doctors and didn't even cry (she is a tough cookie!) & Juliet also suffers from dry skin :( so we have to use this special cream on her and cut back on her baths (which are a part of her bedtime routine) so I hope she still goes to sleep at night without them, since she LOVES her baths so much. Other than that she is a healthy little girl :)

We are off to Pittsburgh for the weekend and I will post picture when we get back! Wish us luck, this is the farthest we have traveled with the baby.