Five Months Old

The bebe, or Cindy Lou, which I might start calling her, is now five months old. Such a big girl, and still just practically perfect in every way. Her hair on the sides has really been falling out--when she stirs in her sleep she turns her head back and forth, and there is a collection of fine brown hairs in her bed at the head end--so she has kind of a mohawk, with extra wispies over the ears. Not a style I'd necessarily pick for her, but I'm curious to see how it plays out. Yesterday I took advantage of the light streaming into my bedroom (on the west side of the house) to take these natural-light shots. The light varies some from clouds passing in front of the sun.












I managed to get Mr. Middle (how's that for a blog name? I'm still thinking of possibilities, and neither Odin nor The Hammer seem to fit him all that well) to pose with her a bit, but he was being extra squirrelly and kept having to be cajoled back to the pillow: