Our little sweetie is 5 months old! Clara is a joy. At 5 months she is just starting solid foods though at the moment she only likes bananas. We've tried rice cereal and applesauce, but she is not a fan of either of those yet. She is so close to rolling over. She flings her legs to the side and arches her back - I think rolling will happen any day now. She loves to chew on everything, but most of all her hands and her favorite cloth nubby toy. She just got over a bout of pneumonia which was seriously not fun - lots of nebulizer treatments and a mixture of a steroid and anti-biotic got her over it. After 2 1/2 weeks of fussy sickness we were SO glad to see her happy gummy smile again. She is such a happy baby, quick to smile and laugh. She absolutely loves "Itsy Bitsy Spider" and "Head Shoulders Knees and Toes", though really any song with actions that you can help her do are favorites. She thinks me doing "Popcorn Popping" is hilarious.:) She loves it when I read
Chicka Chicka Boom Boom to her. She loves to stare at the bright and colorful pictures in that book. She is still waking up at least once a night and sometimes twice. We are really hoping that she will sleep through the night sometime soon. Fingers crossed! Her nicknames are Clara-Beara, Baby Cakes, Cheeks, and Cheeky-Poos (sometimes Adrian calls her Drools - she does a lot of that!). Oh how we love our Clara. She is a bright little light that makes us so happy. We look forward to Clara being sealed to our family in the temple very soon (when she's 6 months old). It will be a such a special day.
Here's Clara not especially enjoying her first bites of rice cereal.
I think she is the most loved baby ever. We save her from being smothered by love frequently.:)
Her favorite cloth nubby toy. Many happy moments are spent chewing on this toy everyday.
Oh my sweet girl, we are so blessed to have you in our family.
