Time keeps flying by

I've been back at work over two months now, which means there isn't a lot of free time for things like blogging. Which also means I haven't been updating all of the exciting things that have been going on.

First of all, Aviva is almost 5 months old. To the left you'll see a picture of her at 4 months, holding on to her dear Blinky. Does she really love Blinky more than any other toy? I have no idea. He was the easiest to grab on to from a young age so we assume she likes him.

But now she's able to grab much tinier items, such as smaller toys, teething rings and my mascara. I used to be able to hold Aviva while putting on my makeup if she was getting fussy, but now she has learned to grab for everything in my hand, which makes this a little difficult.

So what else is she doing? Laughing, that's for sure. Most of the time she's quite a happy little girl, with a huge grin and an infectious laugh. Unfortunately grabbing that smile on camera is never easy. As soon as a phone gets in front of her face she goes blank and sticks out her tongue. But we still try.

Tummy time used to last for about 30 seconds before a big crying jag, but now Aviva is able to push herself up just like the books say she's supposed to do around this time. Any minute she'll be rolling over, and then we're in for a treat.

I actually think she rolled over once in her crib, which is a problem because we were still swaddling her. Since that time we've started to have her sleep with her arms out, just in case it happens again. That incident was about a month ago, and now I'm wondering if I didn't actually see it in my sleepy stupor.

This picture on the right is just from a few days ago, while we were watching the Bears most recent loss. About a minute after this Luther had Aviva's foot in his mouth, so that was the end of that fun time. Hey, at least they noticed each other?

Aviva is also "talking" up a storm, though she isn't really actually saying anything. But she makes lots of fun noises and attempts to have her own form of a conversation.

In just four days we're going to hit 5 months! And then in another month we'll be starting solids, yet another new adventure.

Stay tuned!