Five months old!

Jovie has really grown up this month! She's acting like a "grown up baby" as I call her. This month, she's started to do all kinds of cute things, like:

• Rub my face affectionately (hurts when she grabs with the nails)
• Become captivated by the spots or stripes on her clothing and stares at her own arm or leg
• "Sing" along with music in the car - such a sweet sound! Her soft little "aahhh"s are adorable!
• Recognize and respond to her name
• Grab whatever I'm holding or using whenever I'm holding her
• Move around on her belly to get whatever toys are in front of her, and grab things when on her belly. However, no more signs of rolling over after the one or two times! She seems to have no interest.
• Maneuver her bottle not just hold it. We can be hands free when she has a bottle

Jovie is definitely a passionate baby! When she's up, she's up and when she's down, she's down. Our baby loves to be crazy, and laughs the most when we're being crazy. We think it's so much fun.

She has all kinds of different expressions, and a bunch of different smiles now. Some of our favorites are the "adoring smile" and the "crying smile". The crying smile is when she gives you a big smile right in the middle of a crying fit, and continues crying right through it. The adoring smile usually happens after a nap or when she hasn't seen you in awhile and you pick her up. She pulls her head back so she can see your whole face and just stares at you with an enraptured smile. These usually last for several minutes, and her whole face smiles, including her eyes. She studies your face and just grins and grins. We love it!

We don't have a five month doctor appointment, so I don't know her stats. But she is growing right out of her 3-6 month clothes and is moving into 6-9 month clothes. She's a long baby, and a glowing, healthy one.

I took lots of pictures for her giraffe comparison (and beyond), so enjoy!