five months

Yesterday our sweet girl hit five months.

that raised eyebrow!  

and the chin

I am quite shocked by how quickly time has gone, and just how much she has grown already.  A friend had a baby a couple of weeks ago, and it already seems eons ago since Malaikah was so tiny and precious.  I miss those newborn days!  

Malaikah continues to be a happy, sweet, easy going baby.  Point in case:  On Sunday we went to a little gathering to meet our friends' new baby.  I woke her up from her nap, changed her diaper, bundled her up to head out in the snow, and then promptly handed her off to someone else 'for a minute' when we got to the gathering - and then forgot I'd done that.  There was not a peep of protest or fuss.  I bet we were there an hour before she cried. I fed her and she was happy again.

As you can see here, she has a serious stare-down.  Sometimes she will look at Dexter like this, and no matter what he does, she will not crack a smile.  Which is funny because she does have a wonderful smile.

thinking about a smile

That little smirk, plus the raised eyebrow, makes me think she's up to no good.  

Here is some proof she smiles.

 

I could look at that toothless smile all day!

She also continues to be a great sleeper.  It is 8 PM and she's already been asleep an hour and a half. I will feed her when I go to bed, and maybe she'll wake one more time.  At this point, I know she *can* sleep the whole night through, but waking once seems like no big deal to me, and I don't mind it.  They make me tired, but they are still sweet, precious, fleeting moments.

I'm not really sure what she is *supposed* to have done by 5 months since I've stopped looking at any of those things.  She hasn't rolled over yet, but her doctor kind of helped her along with that at her appointment last month, and knows she can do it.  Just a matter of time, I guess.  I'm in no hurry for that as it means life gets harder. 

This month, instead of getting pictures of her with Kyalo (who was at school) I got pictures with Dexter and with me.  I don't have nearly enough with us, so it was time.

 love

I think most days I still can't believe that she is here, and that I'm loving having a girl so much.  Let's see what happens when she's older!  

Now, who wants to come decorate our poor, bare walls?

non stop snow

So, we have a little snow, perhaps you've heard?  And, I've just heard there are TWO more storms in the pipeline for this week and weekend.  I think Boston is getting hit the hardest, but am sure we'll get some of it.  I take back all my 'if only we would get a little snow' comments from December.

These days have been good, even if we've been home-bound more than any of us like.  At the end of January we went down to Essex because Dexter had a dental conference in Boston.  Worked out perfectly as my parents had just returned from their week-long trip to Kenya so we were able to get the full scoop.  And all the goodies they brought us from there!  No mangos, though.  Shame.

While in MA Kyalo and I met a friend and her daughter for a time running around at the local YMCA.  Running around like crazy and burning energy while I chat?  Yes, please.  Kyalo spent 99% of his time running down a little track and jumping into a pit of foam blocks.  It was really fun to watch him get bolder and more confident as the day wore on.  I really wish there was a YMCA closer to us because something like this in these long winter months would be fab.

After the YMCA, we headed to Nick's, naturally.  I hadn't been there in a while and now I wonder why?  Hot roast beef sandwiches, fries, etc.  Nothing better!

now, I wish this was my lunch!

Other than that trip to the Y we didn't do too much.  Malaikah spent her time looking cute (and serious)

The most exciting thing to me, though, was when Kyalo asked me "How do you spell Mom?"  and then handed me this:

I had no idea he was able to write anything, and the fact that this is basically the first thing he's written warms my heart.

We also spent time looking at all the snow.

This picnic tableis now completely covered - and with a foot or so more of snow on the horizon, I don't think they'll be seeing it for a while

One more picture of Grandma and Malaikah:

Back in Maine, we dug out the Johnny Jump Up for Malaikah.  I don't think she loves it yet the way Kyalo did, but I'm holding out hope!

This is the most common view these days...

I think we'll still see snow on the ground in June at this rate!