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Olivia hit the five-month mark a few days ago. She celebrated by cutting a second bottom tooth, and I don’t think her top teeth are too far behind.

She’s spending a lot of time scooting around her on belly, and when that doesn’t get her where she wants to go fast enough, she’ll just roll. She still loves to nap and manages to squeeze in about four a day. When we lay her down, she rolls over on her belly and buries her head in the fitted sheet. She’d prefer to nuzzle up to a blanket or soft toy–she has a penchant for situating highly-suffocative objects right next to her nose. She allows just enough room to cram her thumb into her mouth.

When her thumb’s not there, Olivia is constantly trying to find other things to put in her mouth. As Ava almost always has something on hand, they make for a dangerous pair. In the past few days, I’ve caught Ava trying to give Olivia a rock, a Cheddar Bunny and sip of milk. Needless to say, there’s a lot of supervision going on around here.

As predicted, Olivia has lost most of her hair. The mop left on the very top of her head is getting lighter by the day. She may not be as blond as her sister, but I don’t think she’ll be a real brunette, either.

I’m a little sorry to note that she’s discovered there’s a world beyond her mother. While she used to spend hours just staring at me (while I was staring at her), she’s now realized that there’s always something a tad more interesting to check out, and besides, she knows what I look like anyway. So instead of being unable to nurse because she’s too busy smiling at me, now she’s unable to nurse because she’s trying to crane her neck around to see what exactly is making that noise. (It’s almost always Ava.)

Still, I’m a pretty lucky mom–she’s a delightful baby.