5 months

Ashley is now 5 months old. My time does fly. Currently Ashley is trying to sit up on her own. She is not very good yet but we prop her up with pillows or sit her on the couch next to us. She likes being able to sit up and look around instead of laying on the floor. Something she has been doing is playing with her rattles. If she drops it, she tries to pick it back up so that she can play with it again.

The last few weeks Ashley has become really playful. She really likes it when people make funny faces or even just talk to her. You know that she is happy because she gives you this big smile and then lets out a high pitched squeal. Also, she likes to try to reach out and grab you. Logan, Ashley and I play a game where I hold Ashley, help her touch Logan and say "got you." This is now Logan's favorite thing to do. He will come up to Tim and I, say got you and laugh. The other day Logan, Ashley and I were sitting on the couch (Ashley was working on her sitting skills) when Ashley reached out and grabbed Logan's shirt by herself. Logan didn't quite know what to think of this and gently tried to pull away from Ashley.

Ashley is learning that being on your tummy is not so bad. She started rolling from her back to her tummy a few weeks ago and it started to disrupt her sleep. We have been trying to show her how to roll from her tummy to her back but she has not caught on to the concept yet. So for now she has been spending more time on her tummy because she put herself that way.