Lake turns five months, Merdi learns to dance and mom learns that cooking with kids is not easy.

Lake turned five months old today. Isn't he the cutest thing ever! Not much has changed since the 4 months post, except he now eats some fruits, babbles more and sleeps a lot less. Long gone are the days where he slept more than he was awake. He is very observant and loves to watch what his sisters are doing.
On t.v. and in the magazines you always see the cute pictures of moms cooking with their kids. The kitchen is always spotless and the mom has a big smile on her face. It was our turn to bring dessert to the family dinner and the girls wanted to help make brownies. No problem until they started fighting over the aprons, Hannah didn't wait to read the directions and Meredith threw a fit because she couldn''t do it by herself. I found myself counting to ten several times in the 20 minutes it took to make the brownies.



Is anyone else lucky enough to have the Bella Dance Video or the Bella Cheerleading Video? It comes with its very own dance mat and accessories (and the most annoying songs in the world). Goes a little something like this "Bella Bella, Bella Dance A Rella." Hannah has the cheerleading one and Meredith received the Disney one for Christmas. Meredith absolutely loves hers. She dresses up in her dance clothes and follows right along. Hannah would kill me for telling anyone, but she actually likes to do the Disney Dance moves also.

I love this kid!

Ok, I'm sure every mom feels this way, but Lake is seriously one of the best babies ever. Does he sleep through the night? No, but I don't even care because he wakes up smiling at you. You feed him and he goes right back to sleep. Does he sometimes get fussy? Rarely. Is he always smiling? Yes. Seriously, he never quits smiling. His cheeks have to hurt. He is just so laid back and happy about everything. Check out these pictures. They aren't staged or anything. I should probably worry because this most likely means he is going to think he is funny like his dad :)