...for each hour it brings something new. On Thursday, Juniper turned five months old. She has changed so much in the last month, it's hard to remember all of the new things that she's learning. Here are some snippets from a five-month-old Juni:
- Every once in a while, she will emit a joyful, high-pitched screech for no other apparent reason than the fact that her happiness has overflowed.
- Her silly giggle fits are much longer and easier to provoke - with kisses, tickles, phantom-tickle-fingers.
- She is thoroughly capable of rolling over and will, on a rare occasion, actually accomplish the task completely on her own, albeit with the panicked expression of a person throwing themselves into the abyss. Most of the time, she gets about 85% of the way through the roll maneuver and then chickens out.
- She is requiring less and less support while sitting and can even sit up by herself for a few moments before slowly toppling over.
- She is much more grabby. She will grab anything that enters her perimeter - faces, jewelry, hair, dirty public restroom surfaces (argh!).
- She is so incredibly in interested in the world. There's nothing like a baby seeing things for the first time to remind us how completely lovely the world is.