4 Months Old!

Happy 4 month birthday, Emily!

We celebrated Em's 4 month birthday with her first meal- yummy rice cereal! We spent some time at Target today picking out a special bowl and plate (the plate is a little premature but they matched so I got both. They're super cute- ladybugs!!) and little Take and Toss spoons from Gerber. Then, we had a Family Date in the kitchen and Em wore her special "food bib" (all plastic for easy wiping off!) and had her first rice cereal experience. She kept spitting it out at first but towards the end was actually eating!

She is still oh-so-close to rolling over, but continues to hold out on us. She has also discovered her voice- we will post a video of this too. She makes this very loud, very shrill "pterodactyl" shriek that can be heard all over the house!

Perhaps the most exciting (for me, anyway) development is new trick of sleeping from 11pm (when I feed her while she's sleeping) till 4:30am! I feel like I am rejoining the human race again when I get to sleep for 5.5 uninterrupted hours!

New Camera!

Paul and I bought a digital SLR camera so we can take better pics of Emily (well, and other things too, but mostly just Emmy). It is amazing and we love it already. All the pics from now on will most likely be with this camera...see if you can tell a difference!

The Pterodactyl....

Here is the pterodactyl scream, in all it's glory!

She Comes By It Honestly....

Newsflash: Emily is a thumbsucker!! As much as Paul and I wish she wouldn't suck her thumb, she is doing it! I keep replacing it with her paci (after all, you can take away a paci but you can't take away a thumb!) but she spits out the paci, makes a "hitch hiker hand" and shoves that thumb right in her mouth. Paul and I both sucked our thumbs, so who can blame her?!

2 Feet Tall!

We had Emily's pediatrician appointment today and we are proud to say she is 2 feet tall! :) She weighed 12 lbs 8oz, so she's about to double her birth weight within probably the next week or so. And I was so excited to see her length improve- she went from the 5th percentile at her 2 month shot to the 25th percentile today. Thank goodness! I was getting worried for my short little muffin.

She had 3 injected vaccinations today and the oral rotateq as well, and hardly even cried. What a big girl! I was so proud of her.

Laughter IS The Best Medicine!

I caught Emily in a great mood tonight and she laughed up a storm! Sorry she is not in the center of the screen- you'll see at the end of the video that she stopped laughing as soon as she saw the camera! Click in the lower left side of the video below and enjoy!

3 Months Old!

Where does the time go? Miss Emily is now 3 months old and she is such a funny, happy baby. Paul and I marvel at her all the time. She's incredible! Here is a list of the things she can do:

- Focus on a face
- Respond to noises by quieting or startling
- Vocalize (she coos, gurgles a little, and sighs)
- Holds her head steady with very minimal assistance (really just when walking with her)
- Smiles in response to smiling or compliments (she loves compliments!)
- On her stomach, can lift her head 90 degrees
- On her stomach, she's beginning to raise her chest using her arms
- Grasp and hold toys briefly
- Say Please and Thank you (kidding!)
- Brings both hands together
- Can track an object with her eyes up, down, left, right, and in a circle
- Turns when her name is called
- Hold weight on her legs when standing up (supported)
- Is beginning to keep her head level with her body when sitting
- Sleep UNswaddled
- Sleep for up to 6 hours at a time (unfortunately, not on a regular basis!)
- Bats repeatedly at objects hung above her head
- Rides in her stroller like a big girl (in the stroller part, not the car seat)
- Added 2/3/07-- LAUGH! :)


Can you believe all these developments? It seems like just yesterday we brought that cuddly baby home who just wanted to look around, eat, or sleep.

We don't have an appointment this month, so I attempted to weigh her and measure her length. The approximate measurements are 23 inches long (thank heavens- I was getting worried!) and roughly 12 pounds. She's a growing girl!