Olivia knew she wanted her party at Sports Connection. Theres a bouncy house room and a game room that she likes best. We did 1 hour in the bouncy house room, pizza and cake, and then gave the kids cards to spend in the game room. We grabbed some pitchers of beer for the parents. Although many parents joked about 10am being too early for beer, most partook and then continued to drink while their kids were entertained in the game room. Seemed to be a big hit for both the kids and parents.
First, Olivia just knew she wanted a mermaid theme - so we sent out mermaid invitations. Then, she saw a minnie mouse table topper and remembered that I had a minnie mouse party when I turned 5 and she just NEEDED minnie mouse decor. Then, she saw an Elena of Avalor cake and she just KNEW she had to have an Elena cake at her part - AND a custom Elena t-shirt with her name on it. THEN she saw unicorn goodie bags so she HAD have unicorn themed goodie bags with flip sequin snap bracelets.
Then - the day of, she decided she wanted to wear her blue dress instead of the custom Elena t-shirt.
LOL - you do you girl.
She also needed a "5" balloon and then Emma chose to sit at the head of the table. Haha!
And for dinner, she requested her favorite meal, lunchables.
They look like sisters. And this month I'm thinking she's leaning more like Olivia. But the most noticeable difference - is that cameras have gotten a lot sharper.
Five. Five is responsible, loves homework, has her own craft box and loves art. Five can draw almost anything she sees. Five loves babies and her baby sister is smitten with her. Five acts tough when Emma messes with her stuff, but then cries when apart from Emma because she misses her. Five is caring. Five is incredibly independent but always wants to be with her friends and family. Five loves parties and candy more than anyone. Five scrolls through Pinterest to come up with party decorations and games. Five is smart. Five is always listening even when you think a conversation might be over her head. Five can ride a bike with two wheels and swim completely across the pool. Five is the biggest helper. Five is such an easy age and we couldn't love our big girl any more!
Height and Weight: I have no idea. We haven't been to the doctor and I never got around to weighing or measuring her myself.
Sleep: Oh my gosh she is the best baby. She sleeps through the night about half of the nights and one night waking the other half. Its a miracle!
Eating: She drinks 5 ounces about 7 times a day.
Milestones: Still not rolling over. She's such a chill baby that she is a little lazier than the other two. She has started laughing some and holding on to things with her hands.
Clothes / Diapers: Size 2 diapers and 6 month clothes. She's a big baby.
Best Moment of the Month: Definitely her first belly laugh. Dan had gotten her to laugh that morning and showed me when he got home from work. I got it on video and it is just the cutest ever. She has the biggest mouth out of my babies and I just love that half her face is a grin!
Parent of the Month: Probably when I went to pick up Sloan from daycare and left her carseat at home. I just had the base. I had loaded everyone in the car. And had no one left to watch the girls. So Dan had to leave work to help.
Favorites: SLOANY!! She is literally the best baby in the whole wide world. She is so happy always. She's a good sleeper. You can set her down on the floor to clean up your toddler's pee and she does not care. She is happy anywhere. Loves to be squished and tugged and rubbed by her big sisters. She loves attention, but is happy to just be part of the action. With the older two, I was excited to see them crawl, walk, talk, etc. With Sloan, I don't want her to do any of these things. I want her to stay this age forever. If she stayed this age forever, we wouldn't need any more kids, and we would always have a baby around. She does still puke a lot, so I'm okay with her growing out of that.
The first two months with 3 kids was really hard for me. I guess I thought one and two were so easy that it threw me for a loop having to adjust to three. Month three we got into a great routine, Sloan was sleeping more, and everything settled perfectly into place. It is still more chaos than with 2, but it is so much fun!
We love the A&A burpy bibs. Sloan loves Sophie the Giraffe - which was funny because it wasn't Olivia or Emma's favorite. She is definitely a fan of her paci. But she's mostly just happy hanging out outside with the big sisters. And I am happiest holding her. And she'll probably never learn to walk.
