Miriam's 5th Month

Oh, ya know, just sitting up to celebrate being five months old today...

It's been a full month for all of us. We traded late summer in for autumn (though the Boston foliage seems to be on the late side this year), and Miriam keeps trading in old habits for new ones. She plays with her feet all the time instead of her hands. She's decided that she maybe enjoys baths now, hard as she tries not to smile. The list could go on and on.

Perhaps most exciting is her new-found discovery of mobility. She started rolling over, at first with timidity, but now she flips over with glee. Then there is the belly-inching. She heaves up her chubby belly and then pushes with her toes to inch backwards - not the most efficient means of movement, but she's working with what she's got. She also wants so desperately to be sitting up whenever she is on her back that she ends up doing several repetitions of baby crunches a day...though still no abs to show for it yet. 

We also got a piano this month! Not surprisingly free pianos in Boston go quite quickly, but we finally heard back about one only to find out that it belonged to someone from my women's Bible study at church. They had to move quickly and needed to get rid of it, so it has found a new home in our little apartment. It is over 120 years old, and needs some love and repairs, but how wonderful to be able to fill our home with music again.

We took advantage of the unseasonably warm weather over Columbus Day weekend to explore some of the urban parkland around Boston. 

Of course we had to visit Ward's Pond, murky as it was.

Testing out her new snowsuit. Thankfully we have no use for it yet.

Showing off her koala hat and her Michelin Man arms.
We think she has a career as a bouncer in her future.

And finally here she is testing out her usual song and dance routine on our new rug...