Likes: Whispers, jumping, getting dressed and undressed, watching my parents eat
Dislikes: Being left to go sleep, being told it is naptime, being told not to fight off sleep

Today, I am 5 months old! This month has had some good adventures! I celebrated my first high holidays and got to hear my daddy lead a Yom Kippur Neliah service from our living room. I’ve been a star traveler on our family vacation, and I’ve now been to more states than months that I’ve been alive: Maryland, Virginia, Delaware, Pennsylvania, Ohio, and Michigan (parent/editor’s note:  he’d have one more if DC were a state…). I don’t expect to get to all 50 states by the time I am 50 months old (which is also the day my cousin Ella turns 4). My parents told me that Beary couldn’t come with us on our trip because they are likely to spend many future years making sure that my loveys come with us on trips and so he should save up for those times by staying home this time. I hope he is having as good a time with all the other animals on his “vacation” as I am having on mine!

My mommy thinks that I’m going to be a foodie and a fashionista, because I think that getting dressed and watching grown ups eat food are hilarious! I also laugh when mommy whispers, so maybe she should try shouting if she wants to calm me down sometimes.

My parents think that I rolled from back to front once, but as is my custom, I did so when neither one of them was looking, so they haven’t seen me do it. I still enjoy eating my toes and surprising my parents when they discover that my socks are wet from doing that.

I hear that tomorrow we might go see some birds. Maybe mommy and daddy can decide then which birds I sound like when I practice using my voice. Or maybe I can sing along with the birds! I guess you’ll have to wait until I turn 6 months to hear more about that though.