Makena is 5 months old and just keeps getting more fun and cuter every day!!
Here are some five month pictures. She can sit up pretty well on the couch and is working on sitting up on her own on the floor. She can balance a lot better on the couch.
Makena loves to suck on her bottom lip. She sucks it way in her mouth.
She got a little wobbly after a while.
We went to Lagoon for Grandma Jensen's birthday. Here are Jenn and Jace. Jace has no fear on the rides!!
I have such a pretty mom! Happy Birthday!!
Sorry Sideways
Makena always has one foot up on the tray. She likes to "munch" on her binky now.
We had fun on the Ferris Wheel!
Grandma Willis came over and got to feed Makena some rice cereal. She was so good for her grandma! For us she slurps and splatters it all over and then puts her hands in her mouth full of cereal and it just gets everywhere! Ha! But she did awesome for her grandma!
Mike and Dot came and spent the night and we went hiking up in the Uintas with them. Makena got to try out her new carrier from Grandma and Grandpa Willis. She LOVED every minute of the hikes.
Makena is well known for her big curious eyes! I looked over at her and just saw one big eye watching me.
Well, then it started to rain and then SNOW!! If you look closely you can see that it is most certainly snowing. I put her blanket over the top and we hurried down to the car.
She was a good sport about it all!
It was so exciting that she was out the second we got back into the car. :)
Here are some fun facts about Makena:
- She has rolled from her stomach to her back several times but it is very unpredictable. Sometimes she just screams and cries when on her stomach and then randomly she will coo and roll over. However, she loves when I play with her legs while she is on her tummy. She also loves when I put her arms in my hands and help her crawl around.
- At four months she discovered her high pitch scream and would use that to communicate. Now she has discovered joy in grunting. She grunts all throughout the day.
- She coos and laughs a lot more now which is so much fun!! Her little laugh is adorable!!
- She loves to suck in her bottom lip.
- She is very good at reaching out and grabbing things and putting them in her mouth.
- We started her on a couple tablespoons of rice cereal once a day.
- We are starting her on peas today! :)
- She eats about 30 ounces of formula a day. Eats about every 4 hours.
- She goes to bed at about 8:30PM. We wake her and feed her at 10:00 and then she sleeps until 7-7:30 AM. She takes a two hour nap in the morning. Fusses a little half way through, but I've come up with a system of binky and her little singing mobile that calms her and gets her to sleep another hour. The rest of the day she sleeps 1-11/2 hours in between feedings. She will usually skip one nap later in the day or only sleep for about twenty minutes.
- She weighs about 16 pounds.
- She has been sleeping in her crib for about three weeks now.
- We have cut her Zantac down to just once a day and she has been doing great!!
- She is a joy to have. She makes our lives so much more fun! We love that little girl!!!
I haven't really posted about our move to Wyoming. It is so beautiful here!! We love it! Tyler started his teacher trainings last week and I interviewed for and got a part time para educator position at his school. So I will be working 3 hours a day. We have a fabulous neighbor who has offered to watch Makena while I work. It is a great opportunity for me to get into the system so I can hopefully pick up a full time teaching job next year. But I will love and enjoy this time when I get to be with Maken most of the day. :) I am so excited for that!
Tyler will be teaching 3rd grade at Uinta Meadows Elementary. He has 16 kids in his class. 16!!!! That is it!!! They seem like a really great school. It's a lot different than our last school, but it seems really awesome. It is a lot for Tyler and so I am really happy that I can support and help him during his first year teaching.
Our neighbors are so wonderful here!! We have felt so welcomed already!! Goodies and Makena gifts keep trickling over. It is very nice and the view from the large back deck is incredible!! We love it here in Evanston! :) Come Visit!! We have a spare room!!
Oooo, I just found out I can post pictures from my phone. So here is our house. Sorry cars are in the way...
Here is the view from our back deck.
Huge Kitchen that I LOVE!!
Within just a couple days treats were being brought over!
She is sporting the beanie our neighbor brought for her!
