4 Months Old

Genevieve, you're four months old today!!

What are you up to these days?

• You weigh roughly 14 pounds (according to the bathroom scale, which isn't the most accurate thing in the world).
• You are 24 inches long...I think. You are pretty hard to get stretched out long enough to measure.
• You are wearing a size 3 diaper.
• You wear 3-6 months clothing. The plain 'ole 3 months outfits don't fit anymore. Neither do the 6-9 months Gerber onesies...
• You tried to roll over a few times (with just a little help from Mommy), but when you figured out that you were rolling over onto your tummy you decided it wasn't worth it!
• Your eyes are still blue with a light blue ring around the pupil. When you look into the sunlight, the ring looks like a light green. Although, the other day, our friends said your eyes looked purple. Interesting, to say the least!
• You've gotten into a pretty good sleeping pattern. You go to bed around 8 p.m., I feed you right before I go to bed around 10:30, and you sleep until 7-ish.
• You have discovered that you have things on the end of your legs, called feet. However, your rolls prevent you from actually touching these delicious things. Just like your daddy, you are not very "bendy."
• You have been sleeping in your own room for several days now. You are still trying to adjust--a couple times during the night you call for me and Daddy, just to make sure we're still here. I adore these middle of the night greetings as much as the next sleep deprived mommy, but when I go back to work I'm not sure how I'll feel about them. So, I'm hoping you will feel secure enough by then to be able to sleep through the night again. You have 5 days, kiddo!
• You make Mommy and Daddy laugh and laugh and laugh!
• You are extremely camera shy! I have been trying everyday for the past three weeks to catch you talking on camera, but as soon as I pull out the camera you stop talking and stare intently at the camera. I get it though--it's a bright, shiny object--very interesting!
• You still find your hands fascinating and YUMMY! You have now figured out how to put your fingers in your mouth to sooth yourself.
• You have a birth mark on your right thigh. Mommy thinks it is cute...and she definitely did not try to scrub it off, thinking it was dirt!
• You still have the cutest smile in the world.
• Mommy has enjoyed spending the past four months at home with you. Soon we will enter the next chapter of our lives. I'm sure you will be a very big girl, and adjust well to the changes. I will try to be a big girl!
• You still love being swaddled when you go to sleep. But when I go into to check on you, this is what you look like:
• You have good head control now. You can sit fairly well while supported.
• You love watching Mommy and Daddy cook.
  
• You have just recently become ticklish.
  
• You love to talk! You are constantly experimenting--you move your mouth in different ways just to see what kind of sound will come out of it.
• I can't believe how much you've grown!