Brenna is 5 Months Old!

Brenna is 5 months old today!  She can now roll to both sides and is quite steady on her forearms.  She loves to smile at familiar faces, but is becoming increasingly insecure being held by those she's not familiar.  If you are holding her - beware - any finger or hand that comes in the vicinity of her mouth will get attacked and sucked on by our drooly baby.  The past week or so I have given Brenna a few things to taste, such as cucumber, kiwi, tortilla and strawberry...(and chocolate...sshhh).  Ellen loves to make Brenna laugh and Brenna loves to watch Ellen.  As Jeff just put it, "She's a boo and we love her."

The Exotic Zoo

This afternoon, the girls and I went over to the Lawley Community Centre to see animals from the Exotic Zoo.  I wasn't sure how Ellen would respond to seeing "exotic" animals, but I couldn't believe my eyes! She held and touched every animal that was shown around, which included:

Two cute, fluffy baby skunks... to my Ohio family and friends, can you believe skunks are considered to be exotic?!

A baby crocodile... her favorite animal she held today.  The look on her face says it all.

A millipede... I squirmed in my seat the whole time "Millie" was out

A massive snake

A chameleon

A very cute and fluffy meerkat

  

...And a tortoise (but I didn't take a picture of that)
Meanwhile I got to hold an exotic, but cute little monkey goober

And yes, I washed her hands very thoroughly after this!