5 months old and lots of pics to post!!!

Tory turned 5 months old on March 22nd and its been a while since we posted some pictures. Mommy and Grandma brought Tory to her first pro photo shoot and we posted a few of them below.

Tory has really to started to master the art of grabbing hold of anything within her reach to shove it into her mouth.  She has also gotten the hang of rolling over. 

We enjoyed beautiful spring weather last week and spent every day going for walks at the park. She also enjoyed her first design show in NYC. Mommy is starting her early. She had a great time checking out furniture and art. She stayed awake for the whole thing and made a few friends there too.
She is great with strangers (at least for now) smiling at everyone who comes near her. Everyone always notices her bright blue eyes. They don't show in photos very well though.

Her new fascination is watching people eat. It is almost time to start her on foods. We haven't done so up to this point because of her rashes and allergies. Once her eczema clears up completely we will introduce some food. For now she is doing well on breastmilk and homemade formula.

She will go to the doctor this week for a check up, so we will add another post later in the week....

showing off her new sneakers

Tory and Disney posing for a pic

rolling

is

fun!!!

Tory's new distraction...this buys us about 8 minutes...

Having lunch at the design show.

4 months!!!

Tory turned 4 months old last week and she has really changed so much in such a short time. She is finally is starting to take regular naps. Thank God! She has been sleeping in her room full time for the last month, although we still haven't packed up the cradle yet (we will have to take some pictures of her room for the next post)

She is much more alert and reactive. She loves the telephone and starts blabbing when she sees Mom talking on it. She just started grabbing for things and is starting to play with toys. She finally showed an interest in Disney (the cat) today. He enjoyed her swatting his head but didn't appreciate too much having a clump of his fur pulled out.

Tory celebrated grandpa Stan's birthday last week and her big sisters birthday last Sunday. We are finding out that she has allergies to milk and some other things not yet known. So for the last couple of weeks we switched her to hypoallergenic formula and Mommy has been real careful not to eat dairy.  Its been tough but she is doing much better now. She went to the allergist this week to try to track the source of the nasty eczema rash she had. She had to get blood drawn and was so patient and didn't freak out too much.

The best news of all.....Tory has a new cousin, Dmitri who was adopted from Russia and on his way home with his new Mommy and Daddy to Ohio! Hopefully we will get pictures of him soon.

                       poor rashy baby

                                   

watching Mommy in the kitchen

I didn't do it!

Happy 19th! Birthday big sister!!

 

playing with Grandma and Grandpa

 

Happy Birthday Grandpa!!

 little cuteness..