4 months

Miss Lyla,

It is crazy to me that you are 4 months old!  I admit I'm a little relieved the newborn stage is over and I am loving seeing your personality unfold.  You add such an important part to our family.  I am loving the stage our family is in right now.  You adore big brother and brother is so sweet with you.  He gives you kisses on your head several times a day and he tries to play with you and talk to you in a super high-pitched voice like mommy does :)

I'm having a hard time pegging your personality, because it seems like much of the time you are quiet, mostly because there is so much going on around you to watch!  But when I am with you one-on-one, you love talking and being talked to.  You are most definitely a smiley baby and I love that about you.

Extrovert?

Introvert?

or

 -You have a wonderful baby giggle these days, especially when mommy kisses your neck.  You love the anticipation when you can tell I'm going to do it.

-You have learned to shake your rattle.  It's cute because your whole arm goes up and down.

-You still love that baby in the mirror.  Maybe you are starting to realize it's you?
-You love bath time and have discovered you can splash with your hands and feet.
-You have discovered how you can grab your feet in the past week.
-Daddy has spoiled you by giving you tastes of fruit, so now when you sit on our laps for dinner, you fuss and "root" until we give you tastes.  We probably won't start solids anytime too soon though.
-Unfortunately, you have decided to reject the bottle.  We are working to fix this though.
-At your 4 month appointment you were 14 pounds, 24 1/4 inches long, and your head was 16 inches around.  You are finally proportionate at 50th percentile across the board.  Last time, your head was in the 25%!
-At your 4 month appointment we also found out you have an ear infection :(  I didn't even suspect it yet, because you were happy and didn't have a fever.  I think we may have caught it early.
-You still don't roll much, but you go from your back to your side quite a bit.
-We took Emerson to see his first movie this past weekend and consequently, you got to see your first movie too!  We saw Despicable Me 2.  You did awesome.  You sat quietly on Grandma's lap and stayed very fascinated by the big screen. And you napped soundly for the last 30 minutes.

Little Fishie

Early Mornin'

Goofing off with Daddy

You are a joy and blessing.  I thank God for you and pray for you always.

Love,
mommy