Holly is Five Months Old Today!

Holly is doing great. She now rolls over in both directions (belly to back, and back to belly); she grabs things and can transfer objects from one hand to the other; and she has begun trying to sit up on her own, though she doesn’t quite have the hang of that yet. When I say she is trying, I really do mean that she is trying. I don’t try to make her do it. Before, she would let me lean her into the corner of the sofa to get a picture. But now when I try to do that, she leans forward like she wants to sit or crawl away. Check out the three-phase sequence below…

There was a fourth phase in this sequence — a face plant onto the sofa cushion, but I opted to rescue rather than photograph. Emrick nearly made himself sick laughing about it, though! “Do it again,” he said through mad giggles.

Holly weighs 14 pounds and 13 ounces, and measures about 25 1/8 inches long. She has brown hair, blue eyes, and pink skin.

And her brother enjoys her trmendously.

Happy first five months, sweet Holly Belle. Here’s to the next 1,195. We love you lots and lots. ~muah!~