Chris and Ashley Burton: March 2012

Penelope has been 5 months old for a little while now (close to 2 weeks) and she is growing and getting so strong and smart and is still so beautiful. (wow that was a lot of "and"s) She can roll from her back to belly and from her belly to her back and has even rolled over completely quite a few times (back to belly to back). She can hold quite a bit of weight on her legs now, she pretty much just needs us to keep her balanced. She sits pretty well too, she can sit by herself for like 2 seconds before falling over lol. She'll sit in the bumbo for a little while but she likes to sit in her high chair more. We've started feeding her but not a ton really she'll only puts up with trying to eat for so long before she's done and starts to get fussy. (not a ton = a couple of spoonfuls) Obviously she still gets all her nourishment from nursing but she's learning to open up for the spoon really well... she just isn't sure she likes actually food yet. We're working on it. She's mainly practicing eating right now. We've started her with pumpkin, from research we've done and from what our doctor told us that is what we choose to start with. She still laughs and smiles daily. She is still a loud little girl. She loves to squeal, jabber, spit and make motor boat noises. She loves to watch her "Baby Signing Time" video she's learning to sign eat, drink, water, milk, cracker, mom, dad, grandma, grandpa, hurt, and several different animals. She doesn't do the signs yet but she does smile and get excited when she hears the music for the video and will turn her head toward the TV. I think that's probably all that's new really.

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