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Grandpa Bill decided he wanted to get Veronica a high chair for Christmas. He instructed me to pick one out and basically send him the bill. Aren’t grandparents the greatest? So I got her this nice Graco high chair, and here she is enjoying it. Not only does she enjoy eating in it, but when I put toys on the tray for her she’ll pick them up and wave them around, and often bang them loudly against the tray (this amuses her to no end). She also kicks and bounces her feet non-stop, even while she’s eating!

It was a weekend of big milestones for our girl. She turned five months on Sunday. Over the long holiday weekend, she ate a variety of baby food in addition to her formula: squash, carrots, sweet peas, and rice cereal. She really seems to enjoy eating from a spoon now, where just a few weeks ago she grew impatient when I tried and cried for her bottle. Now she opens her mouth, grunts at me if I’m not spooning fast enough, and smacks her lips if she’s really enjoying something!

We also let her roll around on the floor on a soft blanket quite a bit, and she can roll herself from side to side. She can almost roll herself onto her tummy, and from there, onto her back, all by herself. With a little help from us it’s a breeze! She can’t quite crawl or creep, but she has figured out that if she lifts and swings her legs back and forth, and rolls to one side or the other and back, she can maneuver herself around the blanket pretty well.