The Shoops: Five Months

What a busy month it has been! Isabella is five months old, and she is growing and growing and growing! She likes to play in her swing, play in her activity center, "talk" to everyone, blow raspberries, and roll around on the floor...a lot. She has even started scooting across the floor a little bit. This month she started eating rice cereal during her evening feeding. Now that she has gotten more used to the spoon, she really likes cereal time! Isabella continues to enjoy chewing on (and drooling on) everything in sight...her hands, her bib, her toys, Mama and Daddy's shirts...aahh the life of living with a five-month-old...we love it! The best thing right now is when she reaches out and gently touches our faces...sometimes with a drool-soaked hand!

We spent the Fourth of July with our parents and with our good friends Troy, Sherry, & Jacob. Sherry's sister, Jolene, was visiting from Canada as well, and it was good to catch up with her. It's been awhile since our Disney trip when we first met Jolene.

This month Isabella took her first trip to the zoo! Gram went with us on our trip to the Indianapolis Zoo, and we all had a good time. We got a membership, so we plan to visit again many times. We did not take the camera with us, so we will have to get some zoo pictures next time. Isabella enjoyed being outside, and she watched the people more than the animals!

Last week was an adventurous week as we had a new roof and new gutters put onto our house. It was pretty loud around here, so Isabella and I (Sara) retreated to the peace and quiet of Gram's house for most of the week. But, now we have a lovely new roof!

Another adventure this month was that Isabella went to the church nursery for the first time. I think it was more of an adventure for Mama and Daddy, but so far she's doing fine with it.

Here, of course, are pictures from this month!