Just a Little Squirt

This is the scowl you get when you wake her up and throw her in the shower at an hour she deems entirely too early (7:00 am) and then you make her feed herself a bottle while you go get yourself ready. She's sort of like having a teenager around sometimes - she really doesn't do the morning thing!

Gabriela had her 5 month check-up this morning. (Here in Brasil, you go in every month for the first year.) She's still healthy as can be, and the doctor and secretary are both always so impressed by what a calm, happy kid she is. Gabs laid on the charm as usually giving big toothless grins and a little giggle, but otherwise didn't make a peep the whole time.

And while she's a good eater, good sleeper, and all the way around a great kid, she's just a little thing. Her stats this month put her at 24.8 inches (50th percentile) and 13.8 pounds (25th percentile). That's up from 24 inches and 12.9 pounds a month ago, so she's growing but she won't be winning any giant baby awards. And of course, given that 4 of her 6 grandmas/great-grandmas never made it too terribly much over 5' tall, I suppose there's a chance she's just going to be petite.