5 Months!

My little munchkin is growing up so quickly; she is eating solids like a champ, trying to sit up on her own, attempting to roll (she is so close and sometimes I just push her over so she knows she can do it), she is grabbing at toys and has figured out how to put everything into her mouth. I love feeding her a new food once a week to see her reaction to the new taste. She has had pears, apples, prunes and squash and has eaten all of it with gusto. I have not made baby food yet because I just don’t have the time so Evie is getting organic jarred food once or twice a day along with some very nasty rice cereal (I mix a fruit in it cause it taste so bad). Brian and I have tried everything she has eaten to make sure it tastes OK – I seem to like most of it but Brian makes a face and I have to remind him to smile and say yummy in front of Evie). We did have a little issue when we began Evie on solids – she got constipated and did not go to the bathroom for 4 days- I found out later that Rice cereal and apples can do that to a baby so I gave her some baby prunes and stopped the cereal for a day and poor Marissa got stuck with 3 very gross diapers in a day.
Evie is also making the cutest sounds and giggles! She will push a toy off her walker and laugh at me; she has some very serious conversations with me before bed time and loves to screech as loudly as possible while changing her diaper. She loves to look at pictures of herself – she will smile and coo at the pic and we believe she thinks it is Carly or another baby. She has realized she has feet and has control of her legs – she loves to lift them up and look at them and she is trying very hard to stand on her own (If she had better balance I think she could stand while supported by the couch or a toy). She loves bath time because she gets to splash mommy and play with her ducky. Every day brings a new adventure and is wonderful because of Evie.
One thing I have noticed about myself after giving birth is I have ADHD- I cannot sit still for more than five minutes. I come up with projects and go buy the stuff for them and then realize I can’t do them by myself. I broke Brian’s power drill last weekend while attempting to hang curtain rods. Brian dreads it when I say “So, I’ve been thinking” because it means another project for him but he puts up with my craziness as best he can. I did complete a project this weekend – I painted and cleaned our pantry way, which is really the stair case to our basement, and it looks Great. I am so excited that I was able to do this project on my own and complete it! I am even having trouble reading books, which seems completely wrong to me – I have always been able to rip through a book in a day or so and now I can’t even sit for five minutes to get through a couple of pages. Evie gives us plenty of time to relax during her naps and after she goes to bed but I can’t seem to sit still. If I do relax I just fall asleep and then I feel like I did not get anything accomplished. This is a problem I am trying to resolve but so far it has not been easy.