5 Months old and I can't believe it.

Julia,

My precious, sweet, laughing, easy-going, lovable little girl. You are now 5 months old! Can you believe it?

I can't. I mean, just mere moments ago you were 0 months old...

And now look at you: you're a wiggle-worm with a sense of humor and a beautiful smile.

You've got such a good spirit, and a good soul. And you make everyone around you happy.

What's new in the life of a 5-month old? Well, you're squirmy! Maneuvering all your limbs all over the place. Makes it quite difficult to put on your pajamas sometimes. When your Mimi and Yaya babysat the other night, it took both of them to get your PJs on.

You still look up to your brother, but you're starting to level the playing field sometime too, grabbing on to his hair, trying to eat his nose a little bit and generally laughing at all his jokes.

You love your toes, especially for holding them, looking at them and trying to eat them.

Speaking of new foods, you got to eat your first solid foods this week. And you did pretty well! But, in true Julia fashion, you started to take the spoon and guide it into your mouth all by yourself. In fact, by the end of your second feeding, the only time you'd open your mouth for the food was when you were holding the spoon too!

You're grasping, talking, eating, maneuvering (we find you in your crib all sorts of cockamamie positions) and most recently, you're really getting the hang of rolling over. No one's seen you do it yet, but TWICE on Wednesday, your Mom turned her back on you for a second and when she turned around you were on your belly!

We don't have any footage or proof of this yet, except first hand anecdotal evidence, but I know we'll catch you on film soon. And, when you're growing this fast- and it's so hard to believe that you've grown so much in these five months- a little bit of proof goes a long way toward making the unbelievable believable.

But...I still don't believe that you're 5 months old. Don't grow too fast, little girl.