5 Months Old

I'm a little late, but I want to start blogging about Tori each month about the things she is doing and the progress she is making. Tori turned 5 months old on January 2nd. We are loving this stage in her life. She is so much fun and gets cuter by the day!

At 5 months old Tori loves to:

1.Take baths

-She's always loved the bath, but has a lot more fun now splashing around-

She looks so cute in her ducky towel.

2. Play with her toys, play in her bumbo, and of course play with US!

-She's getting really good at grabbing things and putting them to her mouth-

-She laughs A LOT-

-She loves to talk talk talk (mostly cooing and blowing bubbles)-

Her jungle gym Grandpa Monsen gave her for Christmas

Shoulder ride with Dadda!

Tori is getting really close to rolling over. You can tell she wants to, she just hasn't quite figured it out yet. It might be our fault in part that she hasn't rolled over yet, we don't give her as much tummy time as we should. We're in no hurry though, we know she'll do it when she's ready.

During Tori's 5th month of life we've also started to introduce rice cereal. She hasn't quite got the hang of it yet either, but I know she will soon. She is always watching Tyler and I so curiously while we eat. Here are some Tori's eating attempts...

The first attempt didn't work out so well, so we ended up feeding it to her through her bottle.

The 2nd time was a bit better, she ate more, and didn't get as frustrated. She sure made a mess though! :)

As a 5 month old Tori has also become very ticklish. Tyler and I love to tickle her (sometimes a little too much). She definitely has a temper on her though, and if we're doing something she doesn't like, she lets us know :)

Tori is also sleeping through the night, she usually wakes me up around 6/7 AM and then she goes back to bed after she eats till 9/10 AM. She loves to sleep in like her momma. 

Right now she is wearing 0-3 months clothes, and 3 months. She's still our little girl, but we are very proud of her progress and growth.

Here are a couple more pictures from this month:

Tori with her boyfriend, Sully :)

One of the whole fam

It's the most wonderful time of the year!

As our first Christmas together as a little family, I was determined to get a real Christmas Tree. Tyler wasn't so up for it, but with my crafty ways (and maybe some begging) I got my way. A real tree it was! 

Sadly, the tree was dead probably 2 weeks before Christmas. You couldn't really tell though unless you touched it. Haha, it sure was a mess. I have a feeling Tyler won't be letting me get a real tree next year. It sure looked pretty when it was lit though!

Then we went and saw Santa Claus at the mall. The picture turned out pretty cute, and Tori was such a good girl!

A Christmas Tradition I look forward to every year is getting together with some family and performing the Nativity Scene. I had my fair share of having to dress up year after year, and it's nice to finally be able to sit back and watch all the little cousins dress up instead. :)

Oh, Santa Claus was there too, but Tori wasn't too happy to see him this time. ;)

Here we are as a family.

Baby Girl was in a great mood once she was in her jammies.

We just love her!

 

We spent Christmas Eve with Tyler's cousin's. We ate yummy food and mingled. It was a nice relaxing day that was much needed since Tyler and I were busy doing last minute Christmas shopping on Christmas Eve-Eve. Hopefully we learned our lesson this year not to procrastinate Christmas shopping. It was so stressful! Here are some pictures from Christmas Eve before we went to bed. Sorry there are lots of pics of Tori, but there are just too many cute ones to just pick a few!

                                   

                                              
                      
                                                                       She can stand! ;)

Christmas morning we sure had a lot of presents to open (we went a little overboard for Tori). Surprising Tori acted interested in the presents for most of the time! She just sat in her bumbo and watched. It was so cute.

Tori and Dadda looking in Tori's stocking.

She loved the wrapping paper!

Tori is the best Christmas present ever!

All done!

Then we headed over to my mom's house. We opened more presents, ate some food, and Skyped with my little brother, Jordan. He is currently serving a mission in Chile. Skyping with Jordan is definitely the highlight of Christmas for my family. We are so proud of him, and are excited for him to come home in a short 2 1/2 months! We cannot wait!

Then, later in the evening we went to my dad's house. We ate some more grub, opened a couple more presents, and relaxed. It was a long day!

Aunt Taylor and Tori were pooped!

Tori and her grandpa -how cute!

We hope everyone had a great Christmas, we sure did!

A list of events :)

Well, it's official that I'm the worst at updating this blog! I feel like I can never find time, but here it goes...

We stayed in Utah for Thanksgiving this year. We went over to my Grandma and Grandpa Monsen's for Thanksgiving dinner. It was super chill and low key, which is nice to have during this time of year.



Here we are Thanksgiving Day :)





Our bug eyed girl! :)



Tori and her Great Grandpa Monsen



 Then, late Thanksgiving night Tyler's family came into town. Tyler's parents and 2 brothers stayed with us, and Tyler's sister, Jacey, and her family stayed with their friends. It was so great to have everyone around, and we were excited that they were all able to make it for Tori's baby blessing. We definitely missed Tyler's brother's family though, they were unable to make it because they live in Ohio.

The first day we all just hung around Provo and went to the BYU bookstore and the Creamery on 9th. We also tried to do a little Black Friday shopping, but that lasted about 40 minutes. It was way too crazy, and there was nothing I wanted bad enough to have to be apart of the madness.

The next day we all went up to Temple Square. As usual the lights were beautiful, but man was it super packed. I've never been to Temple Square when it was that packed. It was still a lot of fun though.

And thanks to my friend, Heidi, Tori didn't have to freeze her buns off! The bear suit is seriously the cutest thing. Tori looked so adorable. People were totally doing double takes on Tori just to make sure there was a baby in there and we weren't just carrying around a pink teddy bear haha :)



Baby girl and her Dadda







Our cute little family






Me and my little teddy bear girl





Tori with 3 of her cousins.
Cambria, Micah, and Jonas.
Too cute!




Aunt Jacey, Tori, and Cousin Cambria


 Then on Sunday we blessed our baby girl. The blessing was so beautiful. I can't believe how emotional I was, but the spirit that I felt there was very special. I'm glad we finally got to bless our baby girl, and had family there to share that special moment with.

Tori wore my baby blessing dress. Isn't it pretty?! I really was amazed at how great of shape it was in. After all it is almost 22 years old! :) Our sweet girl looked so beautiful.





Tyler's family, minus 5

Here's my immediate family, minus 2 brothers.




Pretty Cambria, Handsom Micah, and Sweet Tori



 Cute!

Cousin Cambria rocking Tori



Oh, so sweet!



Grandma Cheryl, Cambria and Tori



We can't wait till they come visit again!