{5 months!}

Ahhh! The 5th month has been the golden month for Miss Ruby. It seems like she's growing out of all her "newborness" and all the issues she had with her G.I. tract. She can now get her own toots out (which is huge--she's so much happier), her reflux is so much better, and she is a much happier traveler (she magically doesn't hate her car seat anymore!!!). Go girl! It's so fun having a low maintenance baby right now. I feel like I can kind of get back on top of things...sort of. :)
Ruby has been such a treat. Seriously, I just want to eat her up. She is such a yummy baby. I really love this age on her. A few things about our little 5-month-old munchkin...

• She's always super happy to see you and gives you a great big open mouth grin whenever you talk to her.
• She makes all sorts of funny little girl noises these days.
• She gives huge, slobbery open mouth kisses and I love them!
• We discovered she is ticklish on the inside of her thighs, her collar bone, her armpits, her sides, her neck, and her feet. We are loving all the giggles we get out of her.
• She isn't scared of other people(yet), which is fun. She'll smile at most people. Everyone at church gets a kick out of her. 
• She is such a content and pretty chill baby for the most part, except when she's hungry. :)
• Ruby digs rice cereal and baby oatmeal. She is always grabbing at our food. I was eating pizza one time and holding her and she grabbed my hand and pulled it toward her mouth. I barely caught it before the crust reached her mouth. She is definitely wanting the food. 
• She loves to grab and pull Lucy's and my hair. Not cool Rubes. She has a death grip! She pulled out a huge chunk of my hair the other day.
• Still teething and no teeth to show for it. She always has to have something in her mouth, a toy, binky, a finger(hers or someone elses), hair, blanket, etc.
• She loves to kick her chubby little legs when she's excited, especially when we read books.
• She still doesn't have much interest in the rolling thing. She did roll from her back to her belly today. Go girl!
• Her hair is longer and still as fuzzy as ever and she has some nice rosy cheeks. Her face gets so red after she eats and when she gets upset.
• She is still taking only 2 to 3 catnaps a day. I figured she sleeps from 8pm to 5am, eats, and sleeps until about 10:30am most days so she gets most of the sleep she needs in that big chunk of time. But it's enough to drive a mama lady crazy some days! Let us pray she learns to take longer naps as she gets older. :)
• She really is such a blessing to our family. She is our little ray of sunshine. Miss Lucy just adores her and loves to make her laugh. And you can tell Ruby loves her big sissy to pieces. It melts my heart to see my babies love each other so much.
• Lucy can get the best belly laughs out of Ruby that neither Trey or I can. It is just too stinkin' adorable. The other day I was holding Ruby and Lucy came up to her and gave her a big hug and very quietly said, "I love you." I about died. It was so precious. These are the moments that make all those not-so-great moments/days/weeks soooo worth it. :)

Trey and I always talk about how we just want to munch on her all day long. It sounds weird but if you're a parent you totally get what I mean. She just keeps getting more and more squishy and lovable the older she gets and the more her personality shines through. I'm pretty sure I kiss her cheeks 100+ times a day. Can you tell I'm obsessed with my baby? :) Okay, enough mama gushing.

Happy 5 months little monkey!!! We sure heart you baby girl.