A Little too Close for Comfort

So...about 1 month ago Makaela started getting up on all fours (and by all fours I mean her hands and her toes.) She would push her little butt up into the air while balancing on her hands and her toes. a few weeks ago she started to pull one leg up under her so she would be up on both hands, one foot and one knee. We are in the full-fledged rocking stage now. I keep begging her to just let me have about 2 weeks so we can get moved and semi-unpacked before I have to start keeping up with her. But right now...we are a little too close to crawling for comfort:

5 month stats

So I updated at 4 months(ish) without the actual stats because Makaela hadn't had her doctor appointment yet. But we went to the doctor two weeks ago and stats were as follows:

weight: a whopping 10 pounds 1 oz (chunker she is!! :))

length: 23.5 inches long

**I just have to say at this point that a friend of mine from high school--his wife just had a baby on the 17th of July who was born at 10 pounds 1 ounce and 23.5 inches long. Can I just say I cannot imagine giving birth to Makaela now at her current size!!

Her weight and length both dropped on the percentile chart, but doctors still aren't concerned. Her body is all very proportionate to her weight. And, I've started to supplement with formula as well as cereal and baby food so she'll start putting on some pounds here before too long.

It is funny...her weight is so low for her age that she is no longer on the percentile curve...she is below it--but again no concern (on the part of the doctors of ours).

She has been sleeping on her tummy for about the last month which means that generally speaking she has been sleeping through the night--YAY!! Every now and then she wakes up because her pacifier falls out during shifting but for the most part she is sleeping a solid 8-10 hours.

So far she loves:

~Green Beans

~Peas

~Carrots

~having her feet played with

~being tossed in the air (not too far, of course :))

and probably some other things i am not thinking of right now.

August...what?

Where have June & July gone? It has been a crazy few months for us. June consisted of exactly 1 night where there wasn't something going on. So I guess that means June flew by and now here we are in July...or wait here we are mainly in August.

Makaela wasn't sure what to think of the fireworks on the 4th. Her only reaction was her eyes getting very big. Bella on the other hand...Bella was very interested in them. There weren't a ton of loud fireworks so she didn't really react that much but the sparklers--oh the sparklers. Bella decided she would like to try a taste of the sparklers...while they were lit. I suppose we should have expected this but for some reason we didn't. This video is hilarious...probably a small amount of animal cruelty, but we didn't make her eat the sparkler...she bit into it all herself. And just for the record...she was a bit shocked but she was fine. Here's the video and again...This action was not forced so don't turn us in to animal control :) We already had one encounter with them...and they are pricey!!

For some reason, the video didn't upload with sound but thats OK because I don't really say anything except for "oh bella" at the very end.