Almost half a year, seriously???

Morgan turned 5 months old yesterday. We had a busy day with church, family pictures (that hopefully turned out decent!) and before I knew it, I was in bed remembering that Morgan's "month-day" was today! Oops. Excuse the picture. I think it's kind of blurry, the lighting was weird, and Morgan had some chest cleavage!

I feel like she has really grown and gotten stronger in the last month. She can hold onto toys. In fact, she reaches up and actually pulls down the soccer ball thingy that is attached to her carrier (you'd be so proud Kelly!). The first couple of times I thought it was Mallory playing with it! Speaking of Morgan's grip and Mallory, she pulled Mallory to the floor a couple of weeks ago...by her hair! The poor girl was in tears. I made Morgan tell Mallory sorry:) Now, everytime Mallory gets close to Morgan's face, she kind of cringes like she knows what is coming. Although, Mallory accidently payed Morgan back by stepping on her forehead a week ago! We waited about 30 seconds too long to pick her up off the floor, after repeating "be careful" to Mallory numerous times whie she was walking around her. It was a pitiful site. Mallory burst into tears and then Morgan followed. Brad and I just laughed at them both. Back to Morgan...she loves to play with connecting rings, anything that rattles and basically anything she can put into her mouth. Her other new love is her feet. They immediately go in her mouth anytime she is on her back or reclined ever so slightly.

We are still working on our sleeping. She is doing great at 2-3 good naps a day, but night time is still a struggle. There are nights where we put her down and she will sleep for 6 hours without a peep. Other times, we are up at least 3-4 times putting her paci in or re-swaddling. I think it's time for tough love. We did it a lot earlier with Mallory, but now there are issues. Will she wake up Mallory? Her room is warm at night, and if she is swaddled, will she overheat? Does she still need to be eating in the middle of the night (by the look of her thighs you wouldn't think so!)? BTW, I really know all the answers to these questions already, I'm just being a softy!! I really wish she would fall asleep like this everytime:

This girl is on the verge of crawling we think. She raises her bottom up in the air and pulls her knees up to when she's on her tummy. It's hilarious to watch. She does it when we hold her now too. And, she can sit in a little tripod for a while before falling over. The chair picture was next to impossible to get because of this new trick.

We had her dedication at church on Mother's Day. It was kind of ironic, since that was the day last year we told all of our family we were pregnant with little Morgan. Of course we didn't know she was a Morgan yet. We were calling her "Froggie" since that is what her first picture looked like!

Morgan got to meet lots of family at her first family reunion. She did great and loved being held all day long! This is her and cousin Johnathan. He is 6 weeks younger than Morgan. They bonded immediately.

That's our sweet girl in a nutshell. We're figuring her out more and more as she grows.