5 Months

I am five months old and it has been an eventful week. Opening Chistmas presents wasn't too interesting but I did get some pretty fun toys and some cute clothes. I spent my first Christmas in LaGrande at Great Grandma's house. I stayed in my first hotel and on the way home, got into my first car accident! I did not enjoy "playing bumper cars" as Dad calls it. Because of the accident, I ended up riding in the car for 1060 miles in 5 days! My nicknames this month include Sweetheart, Sweetie and Bug. If I'm on my back, I am always holding onto my feet and on Christmas Day I figured out how to get my toes into my mouth to suck on them. I just started cereal and it isn't too bad, just messy. I am a pro at rolling from my belly to my back so getting enough tummy time will be challenging. I can also sit up with just a little help. My favorite toy is my rainforest mat, specifically the rattle, but I just got a bunch of fun toys for Christmas that I'm sure I will like even better. I had to leave my coolest toy in Boise because after the accident, the rental Mustang did not have enough room for it. It barely had enough room for me! Turns out Mustangs are not family cars. Who knew. 

First Cereal

She wasn't sure if she liked it or not, but overall I think it went pretty well. MUCH better than a bottle. Thanks for the cute bib Grandma!

What I Learned to Do on Christmas

Tasty, tasty!

We Can't be Good at Everything

Ellie has been rolling from her tummy to her back pretty well for a week now, but just tonight figured out how to roll onto her tummy from her back! On the downside, she is now absolutely refusing to take a bottle. You win some, you lose some.

Stocking

Ellie loves her new stocking! Thanks Grandma!

Splish, Splash I Was Taking a Bath

Ellie is finally enjoying tub time. She was just tolerating it until recently, but now she loves to splash and float around in the tub.

How I feel about Grape Tylenol

Other news for the day: at about 4 1/2 months old, Ellie weighs 13 lbs 5 oz (31%), 25 in long (64%), and head of 40cm (15%). 

Finished Product

Yes, half of the tree has one kind of lights, and half has another. Our Charlie Brown trees that we usually end up with don't take so many strands of lights! Apparently you can't buy the cheapo ones anymore, you have to buy energy efficient LED lights!

Blurry, but so sweet.

Lights, Camera, Action!

 Daddy thinks he's funny. Ellie doesn't look that amused.

 She was facinated by the lights.

 Just like everything else, the lights go in the mouth.

Happy baby.

"For Santa, not daddy!"

Can't get enough pictures of this cute little girl!

Start of the Christmas Season

 Annual Christmas wreath for Grandma and Grandpa Lusk.

 Fred Meyer isn't exactly how we usually get our Christmas tree, but it will work this year. Next year we will be back out in the wilderness hiking to find our own! We didn't want Bubs to freeze!

We will be decorating tonight!