5 months old!

Dear Shiloh,
I've been keeping note of things you have been doing throughout the month so that I could blog about them later. You only continue to sleep better and better. God is helping us with this one for sure-we pray every night for our sleep to be sweet and it is very much so. You sleep so peacefully that at first, mommy and daddy would come in and check your breathing and if you weren't convincing enough, I'd give you a little poke just to be sure. One of my favorite things to do is come peek at you before we go to bed. You are so cute when you sleep! (or when you do almost anything!) Thankfully you can sleep through us tiptoeing on our creeky boards. I must admit, I sometimes miss you because you go to bed before us and then you nap a long time during the day! But it's nice to get things done around the house too.
Another favorite thing for you and I to do is play on the big bed. I'll lean over you and make ridiculous faces and sounds and you LOVE it! This is the only time I can get a laugh out of you at this point, so we do it a lot:)
People often comment on how alert you are-again, I interpret this as "Wow, your daughter is a genuis!" But really, it is so fun to see you take in the world around you. You seem so fascinated by new things. Like we went to the zoo this past month with Pops and you loved looking at the animals-especially the fish at the aquarium. You were wide eyed and growing in your intellect-I just know it!
Other fun things you did this month-finding out that you can put your feet in your mouth. This, of course, is very cute.
Things we find funny: Daddy created a song a while back that we often sing. Simple lyrics: "eat, eat baby, eat, eat, eat baby" And repeat that over and over again. It's more of a chant than a song, but we think it is funny when we do it.
And final funny thing is when we try to get your attention and you want to look everywhere else except for at us. Daddy will make crazy noises in an attempt to get your eye contact, but often to no avail:) But don't get me wrong, you LOVE your daddy! You get to sit with him almost every night at dinner because he has missed you all day while he is at work. Isn't that sweet of him?
Now for the past month in pictures...

Getting ready to go to the Homecoming Bonfire

So, we made Shiloh an adorable "Lil' Bear" shirt, but she was not excited about showing it off:)

I think all that crying from the aforementioned photo shoot, wore her out for that evening:)

One of my most proud moments of the month: homemade donuts with Nutella on top!

Love having a pile of pink laundry

SO SWEET!

So, I hear Shiloh crying unusually hard before a nap the other day and this is why. She could not get her lovie off of her face. This is why they have the "Back to Sleep" campaign people:)

Bundled up for a walk

Fun with Daddy!

Shopping at Round Rock to celebrate Abigail's birthday!

Reading with Daddy before church

Q: Courtney, can you enjoy a latte at a cutesy coffee shop and feed Shiloh at the same time? A: Of course!

Q: Does that make you cool? A: Probably not.

Good company

With Nani, G-Nannie, and G-Papa before Mimi's concert in Dallas

I think the shirt steals the caption:)

Shiloh loves her great grandmommy!

And her great granddaddy!

At the zoo in the aquarium (photo courtesy of Pops)

Know why this picture gets on here? Not just because it looks delicious (and it was), no. This picture is on here to show you what Sam made for us so I didn't have to cook (which made it taste that much better!)

5 months old!!!

She's getting better acquainted with her mermaid:)

She still loves her thumb!

4 months today!!!

Today marks the 4 month point! Only 2 more times of what we have been through and you are a whole year old! Way to grow Shiloh!
I've been taking note of things you did this month so that I could share them with you (and everyone else reading this blog). Some of you might find some of this monotonous and uninteresting, but these are little things that Sam and I enjoy so much currently and want to be reminded of them in the future when Shiloh is doing all kinds of other things.
1. You are SO chatty! We love hearing you talk! Sometimes it really sounds like you say "hi" and I wouldn't be surprised because I say this to you constantly. Because you are so chatty and because you are mine, I assume you are a genius. I also think the prenatal DHA/fish oil I took and Daddy's 4.0 combined made you extra brilliant. (I am kind of serious about that:)
2. Mommy rarely cuts your nails. But thankfully, this fact is the cause of something else we enjoy about you. As you struggle to fall asleep at times, you will scratch your hands on the sheets and it is funny to only hear that coming from your room at night. It's a cute sound, not scary:)
3. My absolute favorite is the way you eat now-very social! You will look up at me while you eat and flash me the biggest smile! Your smile is so sweet!!! I also enjoy watching your eyes roll into the back of your head as soon as you start eating like you are in milk heaven. Foodie from the start, just like your momma. Atta girl!

People ask us if we can see any personality coming out yet and we decided on a word to describe you: Spunky. Yes indeed you are. And we love it!

And guess what you started doing this week-not only are sleeping through the night and sleeping longer, but you fall asleep ALL BY YOURSELF and WITHOUT YOUR SWADDLE BLANKET! And all of this because your thumb is your new BFF. After a couple of weeks of trying, you were finally able to coordinate your thumb to your mouth perfectly. Trust me, we are not complaining about that! 

Unfortunately, our computer got stolen a couple of days ago, so we are without pictures from the beginning of the month because I did not have them backed up:( But enjoy the following event's pictures starting from Oct. 19th to today. I still feel hopeful that our stuff will turn up again or that a Mac will fall out of the sky to replace the one that was taken:) Hey, you never know! If you are wondering how I am writing this blog, it is because now I get to have "computer time" at the public library-it's so fun!

 Shiloh found her feet!

 At the zoo again with momma and friends-look at that sly smile!

 Too cute not to include.

 This is a picture of a good, serving husband. Yes, he is cutting out felt leaves for a garland I made. Yes, he offered. Yes, he is amazing.

 Cute footie pajamas! She can wear them now that she does not need her swaddle.

 We got to meet cousin Ryder finally! Ryder was born 6 days after Shiloh.

 We celebrated Uncle Frank's 30th Birthday this month-Here we are with all the Binkleys!

 So, we get out of the car and this is what Shiloh has done to her head band. And this is not the only time for this to happen.

 Shiloh attending her first baby party hosted by our midwives-they had a petting zoo.

 A visit with Nani and Mimi-Shiloh was freaking out, but was calmed by the bumblebee song.

 Going outside to spend time with God and daddy

 Helping mommy with laundry

 We celebrated Auntie Sheryl's golden birthday at Homestead Heritage

 And the food was AMAZING!!!

 The beginnings of finding her thumb

 Trying out the bumbo more and more

 Mom and dad got to enjoy some boba tea by themselves

 We love boba!

 We traveled to Bridgeport to attend the First Baptist BBQ. This is Shiloh and Nannie playing piano there.

 Dressed up in our very homemade Halloween costume-dressed like her mermaid. She had pigtails, a shell bra, and a felt flipper. All of which fell off as soon as we got to our destination. But we tried!

 I found my thumb!

 And now our 4 month pictures. They are not so good this month because she was #1 Chatty

 #2 Tired

 #3 Cranky

#4 Mesmerized by daddy

For not having all our photos for the month, I think I managed to get a quite a few in there. 

See you next month at our next computer time!