Well, time really flies by. Eliana is already 5 months old and so grown up! She likes to sit up like a big girl in her high chair and this walker thing we have. she can't sit up on the floor unsupported but she tries. We can't use the "baby" chair that sits her reclined. She won't have that. She loves to just sit and watch everything. She's so observant and quiet. She's really the best baby anyone could ask for. She is so content and relaxed and sleeps a lot. She has been like that since the day she was born, I love it. She loves Ethan and only really laughs at him, there's just something about his face, all he has to do is look at her. She is also kind of trying to crawl already which is just crazy fast. If I put her on the floor she rolls right over and then pushes up on her feet with her face in the floor and just scoots forward. So even though she's not really crawling, she gets from one place to another pretty quickly. Gone are the days of knowing that she'll just lay in the same place while I go about my business.
From the beginning she set her own schedule which is just great. I think babies can just do that. I didn't have to do anything with her. She has about 1.5 to 2 hours of wakefulness between naps, and she's really predictable. Wake, eat, play, sleep, repeat, it's wonderful.
Ethan is the best big brother in the world. I am so proud of him. I wondered if there'd be any jealousy issues since he and I have always been close but she's just his baby as much as she is ours. To this day still after 5 months, when she wakes up from any nap, he is SO excited and comes running into the room shouting "Eliana's awake? Let me see her" and then he runs over to talk to her and lay next to her on the bed. It is so darn cute. He loves her so much and is very protective of her and always draws attention to her "look at Eliana Papi". And when she is fussing and I am busy, I can count on him to entertain her while I finish. It is great .Things couldn't be better right now. I pray that he is always so loving and nice to her. I'm sure he will be. They are growing so fast.