Jemma - 5 months

Sometimes I feel like it was just yesterday that we brought you home from the hospital. Somehow you are now just one month away from being halfway to your first birthday!

You have started showing significant interest in your toys this month. You love reading your soft books, chewing on sophie the giraffe and looking at your stuffed zebra that Jade brought you when you were born! You love grabbing at anything and everything. It makes me laugh when your foot touches Jade and she says "Jemma, don't kick me" or when you touch her arm and shes "Jemma, don't push me"!

You are starting to enjoy your tummy time more and more and you scream less and less. You are getting close to rolling over and sitting on your own. 

You are totally a mommy and daddy's girl. Being held by an unfamiliar face generally bring out your pouty lip and tears. Your sister adores you and whenever anyone asks what her baby sister's name is she sings a speical song..."Jemma, Jemma, Jemma Rose" :)

Happy 5 months sweet girl! 

Gymnastics

Monday was Jade's first day of gymnastics. She is enrolled in a 10 week parent tot class at a local gymnastics club. She loved it and I loved it. Her favorite activities were the balance beam and trampoline. My favorite activity for her was hanging from the trapeze and dropping into the big foam block pit! :)

Warming up!

Obstacle course, in action!

Stepping over cones on the big balance beam. She got to kick cones off the real balance beam pictured on the right (I was holding her hand). She thought that was pretty fun!

Finished and waiting for her stamp!

Frozen on Ice

One of Jade's Christmas gifts from us this year was tickets to see Frozen on Ice on a special date with mommy and daddy and no baby sister! :) I created a paper chain with a link for each of the days leading up to the show to help Jade understand when we would be going. Every morning Jade got to take a link off the chain. She loved that idea and started getting super excited when there were only a few links left.

The day is finally here, and she is ready to go!!

We're here!!!

And seated with our overpriced light up wand! ;)

Ready for the show to start!

The show was really entertaining...

Jade seemed to think so too! :)

We finished our date with lunch at Jade's favorite place, Culvers!!

Jemma - 4 months

Four things about you at 4 months old:

- you weigh 14 lbs and are 24.75 inches tall

- you love watching everything your sister does, and you seem to think she is pretty funny

- you are a good eater, sleeper and are happy pretty much all the time

- you bring a smile to my face every single day