Last week, I think on Wednesday, we found Celia’s second tooth. She is still clearly teething like crazy and the top teeth look like they won’t be far behind as they are very bumpy and bulging. You can almost see the teeth in this shot.
Otherwise we frequently see her like this:
and this:
and this:
Josie has a very good memory. But somewhere along the way she decided to update the story of how Celia got her name and why. Now she tells everyone that she named Celia. She decided that Cecilia was a good name and she decided that would be the baby’s name ‘before she even saw her’. Plus any more children we are to have (a boy has been requested) are also to be named Cecilia. I’m just glad she continues to claim Cecilia as her own sister.
Last Thursday Celia turned 5 months old. I cannot believe how fast time is flying with my two girls and how much they keep growing and changing.
Celia’s biggest trick lately is her solid sitting and her immediate desire to walk constantly. If she’s sitting she will try to grab anything she can to pull herself up to standing, including the baby gym at my parents house, doing a pullup in the process. She loves to walk around the house holding onto our hands and has definite goals in mind now. I need to sit down and get a video of her doing it, but that requires coordinating with someone else to hold her to run the video.
She loves to watch Josie, her favorite entertainment, and she’s always thrilled to be out of the house and be carried around. She rejects the stroller like her big sister, unless it’s the super expensive Bob double where Josie rides along with her when we walk further.
She still likes to play with toys, mostly she wants whatever Josie has got. She has made me feel better about some toys I bought for Josie that Josie ignored, Celia is now playing with them so at least they’re getting some use. Sophie the giraffe is definitely the favorite though and she is very dexterous about sticking all pieces of her in her mouth.
Her sleep is currently terrible (hourly wakings most of the night), but I seem to be better at dealing with it this time. Maybe because I now have the knowledge that some day she will sleep too. I’m also making myself go to bed earlier and we’ve been bed-sharing since day 1. Plus Celia is a quick nurser and so we’re both back to sleep fast. Still, if you watch me during the day you’ll see me fall asleep on my feet occasionally while I try to make my brain think about what’s next.
She’s a pleasure to all those around her, although she’s a bit more wary of smiling at everyone these days, now you’ve got to work harder for those smiles. Might be related to all the teething she’s been doing, only one tooth so far, but there are definitely more coming soon. Lately she’s also stopped her nice baby cooing and instead learned how to screech, which is less cute and harder on the ears. She’s often happy, unless she wants to walk and is stuck sitting on the floor.
Here’s a video of her watching cars go by and squealing.
Yesterday was a beautiful day that finally felt like real spring, we went to multiple parks and I brought along my camera to entertain myself. Here’s my best shots. Josie is above me as you can tell from the photo, and I am not bending down. She climbed up into the tree at Magnolia park that broke with the big storm last year and is holding onto the crevice. Celia is wearing jeans for the first time in her short life, I’ve had to move onto the 6-12 months clothes now.
That nice time when Celia would sit and play with her toys and be happy has ended. It was a whopping three weeks long from when she could sit up independently. Now, at not quite 5 months she sits, bucks, and whines to get up and move. She walks around now with focused goals while holding my hands. And if Jordi is holding her hands, it’s a focused walk to mommy.
Here she is in her first recorded roll.
About time I should finish this project, but I had such a hard time picking a photo for this last day, the future. What will it hold? I’ve already got pictures of Josie in her current chosen profession (doctor) so I went instead with this traditional family reading session in Josie’s bed. We were reading a simple book by one of our favorite authors Mo Willems. While Celia is still trying to eat all the books and will be for some time, she still like the pictures and Josie loves to memorize the stories and recite them back to us. Reading together is always one of my favorite times to day.
Today Celia’s first tooth appeared through her gum! On her bottom front left. I haven’t gotten much sleep for a bit over the last week, she’s been waking up every hour and a half and is sometimes up for the day at 5am! Hopefully the other bottom one will come in shortly and we’ll get back to getting some sleep. I should really be in bed.
Now that Celia can sit up independently for short bits of time, we’ve hooked on the old clamp on high chair so she can sit with us at the table. She loves to be able to see what we’re doing and be included and we’re only getting minor protests so far that she isn’t getting any food. We try to keep books or utensils in front of her so she’s got something to grab and hold onto. She can sit now for about 4 or 5 minutes before she topples when she’s well rested. Great for some independent play while I do something with Josie nearby!
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