Boy, oh boy -- people have told me how quickly time goes by when you have a newborn, but can you believe it's been 5 months since Katie was born? Yep! This Friday, February 15, will be 5 months already!!!

She's been doing so much lately -- eating "big girl food" like oatmeal, peas, green beans, carrots, sweet potatoes, some fruit (though she really doesn't seem to like fruit as much as she likes veggies!)

She's also been developing her coordination -- she plays on her playgym, grabbing at things and learning how to make things "work". She gets so frustrated sometimes when she can't make the fishy "sing" -- oh how she howls!

She loves to try to sit up like a big girl. The look on her face is just precious when she gets into her sitting up position. She has tried (several times) to roll over onto her belly, and Tim caught one time where she actually made it! We haven't seen any real success since then, but we know it's coming!!
We've had to move up to size 2 diapers!! Day after day, we were having to wash her Papasan seat, since it was SOAKED every morning!!! Normally we consider it a blessing that she sleeps for, like, 10 hours a night, but those days were crazy!! Laundry first thing in the morning!!

The best thing, though, is that she's getting more hair! We were wondering if she would go all through her life with her Grandpa Congdon's hairline. But, since we managed to get some of that cradle-cap off her head, the hair's been coming in beautifully! Of course what's growing is all on top -- we'll still have to wait for the hair in the back to fill in, but it's about the same color as mine, and fine-textured, and it's beautiful because it's all hers!!