Brynley- 5 months

BRYNLEY PAIGE

5 Months

We spent Good Friday at the Dallas Arboretum. This was one of the 1st times she rolled over!

"I rolled over!"

Brynley playing guitar with daddy.Confetti Egg fight on Easter at Mama & Papa's house.

Brynley watching the festivities from her Bumbo.

Brynley finding a couple of Easter eggs (with mommy's help).

Brynley and all her goodies, on Easter morning!

Brynley trying rice cereal for the first time (from a bowl/ spoon).

My Mother's Day gift from Brynley (& daycare). So sweet! Cheering on the Mavs!

Cutie! About to eat some cereal.

Brynley chewing on some frozen peas in her new teether toy.

"I love my feet!"

Brynley after trying solids for the first time. Her 1st food was sweet potatoes!

Brynley 6th month

This has been such a fun month wth the Easter holiday with family, and her new skill of rolling over. Brynley has such a cute personality! She is still a chunly monkey. I continue to feed her formula- 6 oz. every 3 hours. She is doing great at daycare, and loves Ms. Monica. She is such a great baby, and we feel so blessed.

MILESTONES

This month, Brynley just keeps learning new things. She is a very curious baby, and loves to look around. She definitely recognizes mommy & daddy. She really makes my heart melt when she smiles at me. She loves it when mommy & daddy dance in front of her. Her laugh and smile are contagious! Now that she is rolling around, she is able to explore more. She enjoys her toys more, especially rattles. However, I worry she is going to hit herself. She is talking a bit more, especially in the mornings. It is so precious. We just love waking up with her!

Rolling Over
Brynley finally rolled over for the first time from back to tummy on April 22nd, while we were at the Dallas Arboretum. I wouldn't count this as her first "official" time, since she was on a hill and had gravity working in her favor. However, she did roll over on a flat surface the next day, on the day before Easter- April 23rd. The days following, she was a a little rolly polly, and loved this new trick she figured out. She started out, only rolling from back to tummy to the left, but after a few days, quickly figured out how to do it to the right.

Week 18

This was as such a fun week, because we had a 3 day weekend as a family. Thursday, B's daycare was supposed to have a petting zoo and egg hunt, but it got cancelled due to rainy weather. On Good Friday, Jeff and I took Brynley to the Dallas Arboretum. It was such a beautiful day and we had so much fun together. Brynley had her picture taken with a real bunny, and she smiled so cute for the camera. The picture turned out so great! We spent that Saturday as a family to celebrate Jeff's birthday, and then spent Easter Sunday with each of our families. We started the day by going through her Easter basket that the Easter bunny brought. Then we went to Mama & Papa Easler's house. We had a Easter egg hunt in the back yard, followed by a confetti egg fight and a delicious lunch. Brynley enjoyed watching all the festivities sitting in her Bumbo chair. Later that day, we went to Grammy & Pop's house and enjoyed a yummy dinner. Brynley learned how to roll over this week- from her back to her tummy!

Week 19

Brynley continues to roll over and can roll both directions, but only from back to tummy. She has figured out how to roll over in her sleep as well. She wakes herself up and starts crying when she realizes she is on her tummy. I have really tried to get her to self soothe herself when she wakes up in the middle of the night. We have stopped swaddling at night, for a couple weeks now. We have also tried to start putting her to bed at an earlier time, which I think helps. She finally slept through the night again at the end of this week!

Week 20

This week Brynley continues to roll over. She has learned that she can roll over to reach toys. She continues to enjoy her jumperoo and has really grown to like her exercauser, now that she is a little bigger. Daddy spent Saturday with B, while mommy went to work, choreographing dances for ADTS. She was running a slight fever most of the day. I think she is really starting to teeth; poor baby. On Sunday, mommy was throwing some friends a group baby shower. Brynley came along, and she was great!

Week 21

This week, Brynley celebreated Cinco De Mayo with mommy & daddy, as we went out to eat. She is still a little to small to sit in a high chair. Eating out with her is tough, becuase we usually end up holding her (taking turns), because she doesn't like staying in her carrier. She loves to sit up, when held, so she can look around. She is very curious these days! Saturday, B joined mommy & daddy at a garage sale in Addison with Grammy & Pops. We made some good money and got rid of lots of crap. Brynley was great the whole time. Sunday was Mother's Day. Jeff had planned a breakfast for all of us at Breadwinner's with his family. It was delicious, but we had to wait over an hour. Then, we went to cheer on the Mavs for their playoff game, with my family at Buffalo Wild Wings. The Mavs won...YEA!

Week 22
This week was mama's bday as well as Grammy's bday! Brynley isn't sleeping very well at daycare during nap time, because Monica can no longer use the sleep positioner, since it has been recalled. She found that B likes to roll over onto her tummy, and sleeps very well that way. I told her she does the same at home, and we don't mind. So, we are going to try to let her sleep on her tummy more, since she seems do sleep much better this way. This week, Jeff went out of town to Austin for work (Wednesday-Friday), and I went out of town Friday-Saturday. So, Grammy picked up B from daycare on Friday, and then daddy picked her up when he got back from Austin.