4 months old!

Emily is 4 months old today!!  

She's getting so big...we had her 4 month check-up today (yes, shots too) and she weighs 15lbs 10oz and is 24.5 inches long!  That puts her in the 75th percentile for weight and 50th for height.  She still cried when she got her shots but at least I was a little more brave.  We knew she was somewhere between 14-15lbs but 10 more ounces, wow!  Guess I shouldn't stress out about her maybe not wanting to nurse for one session! She's sleeping pretty good at night but not taking long naps but the Dr. said that was fine.  Overall she got a good report-yay! 

Her newest favorite thing to do is squeal and squeal LOUDLY.  She literally takes a big breath and gears up for it.  She laughs so cute too and thinks that anything you say with inflection in your voice is funny, I just love to hear it.  She's discovered herself in mirrors too which is funny. I'm not sure if she realizes its her but she'll laugh at herself laughing sometimes.  I've caught her a few times looking at this mirror on her playmat and cooing to herself, precious!

She also likes to chew on her burp cloth and gets it on top of her head and doesn't know how to get it off so she kicks her legs like crazy which is really funny to me.  I of course get the cloth off her face for her.  

She chews on her hands fervently but I don't think she's teething (Dr. says yes, but I think it's too early).  She'll get both hands in there sometimes and will also suck on her thumb while the paci is in her mouth.  She sometimes tries to get her fingers in her mouth while she's nursing too!

She's definitely more aware of her surroundings now.  She'll really startle when someone clears their throat. Not sure why but she just does.  She plays on her play mat (Blaine calls it her game) with more toys and will reach for them and grab them and pull them off. This is when she squeals the most!  

I want to just freeze time and soak up all the little things that she does as much as I can.  Watching her grow not just in size but developmentally too is just SO cool!

Blaine set up our tailgate tent in the back yard over the weekend so we could hang out while he was working in the yard.  Here we are hanging out with our shades on (she really doesn't like them on though).  She even took her afternoon nap out in the shade.  I must add that we also had her hooked up with a fan and an Off! clip-on fan to keep the bugs away.  She's quite the diva!

After church on Sunday we spent some time at Blaine's parents house.  Here's what we were doing with her hair...she was already having a bad hair day :)  Her hair is getting lighter and lighter and so very long.  I can put it in a little pony tail on top and I'm pretty sure our next hairstyle will be pigtails!

What a sweet little baby...we love her so VERY much.