She turns 5 months old in 16 hours so I'm a tiny bit early. :) She is now 26.5" tall and 18.5 lbs. She is barely still in 9 month clothes except for jammies, which have already moved up to 12 months....if you see us out and about and you would like to hold her but feel shy about asking... go ahead and ask. My physical boundaries don't seem to extend to her. She loves being passed around so I do it

... We don't work that way. We won't. We do things properly. I'm still here now because I feel a loyalty. Darius gave me a job when I really needed one, when I was trying to move out in preparation for Shanna to arrive. He's given lots of freedom and paid me lots of wages for a product which, whilst finished, he's not seen any benefit from yet. If I were to leave, then whatever the legal side of it,...

As a true Californian (9th generation you know) her first food needed to be avocado. And it was: From Shanna More if you click through, of course. :)

...night was the kind of night that prompts me to tell people, "If you aren't 150% sure you want children--don't have them." Really it was all my fault. I was out of the house from 10 am till 6:30 pm and Shanna was only able to steal a couple of 20 minute cat naps. Whoops. As a result she had a terrible time sleeping all night. Major booby-monsterage. She woke up freaked out and needed to nurse every hour...

...ever fell asleep on the guest bed (of course, while nursing) about twenty minutes before we need to leave to have lunch with someone. Now tell me, how can I wake up a baby this cute: From Shanna More recent pictures! My kid will have Disney in her life pretty much always it seems: From Shanna With the Boppy she can sit for 45 minutes playing. Without the Boppy she...

I suspect a growth spurt is coming cause we have been nursing or sleeping or nursing and sleeping all.day. This would be after doing it all.night. My boobs hurt.

Cause a friend is having a bad day. From Shanna From Shanna Hope that helps! I've been taking more videos than pictures. So if you want me to put them on youtube Keri, I will. :)

...with now. And my old living room and bedroom, that were a different size, different shape, in a different town, and yet are somehow exactly the same as the ones I have now. My first year there with Shanna, and my second year there without. Things are good though, really. Been to a couple of gigs recently, one for Never The Bride and one for Ezio. Both were supposed to be at Mr. Kyps, but they suffered...

So if I sit her on a chair (with back support) she can keep sitting for a while. When she falls to the side or forward she can push herself back into the sitting position. Very cool. Yesterday she had...inspiration or competition when she sees other kids. I was amused because many of the babies/kids who were much older than her were basically the same size or smaller. That's mommy's little tank. :

After being mocked last night by no fewer than three people I caved in. See, I have this uhm thing. I like for Shanna to actually get too big for her clothes before I move up a size. But then she doesn't look terribly comfortable and she squirms in ways that look like she is demonstrating how uncomfortable she is. I ended up putting jammies on her that were the next size up because that was all I had...