Sweet Sounds

Here's what we get to hear throughout our day...

Cutest baby ever

I might be a little bias, but this has to be the cutest baby ever!

Miss Sophie

Annabelle has a best friend...Miss Sophie.  She takes Miss Sophie EVERYWHERE!  Inevitably, Miss Sophie will end up tucked safe and sound under Annabelle's arm.  Just too cute!

I didn't believe the hype on this thing, but now I'm a believer.  She LOVES little Miss Sophie!  Highly recommend to all you mommies out there!

4 months old!!

December has come and gone, and you are now 4 months old!  You just get cuter and cuter.  People come up to me all the time to tell me how beautiful you are!  So many have told me you look just like the Gerber baby.  Of course your dad and I have to agree!  You are getting so much more comfortable around other people.  I think we're getting over our phobia of crowds.  You are such a smiley baby!

You get more and more active and alert by the day!  Such a fun stage seeing you grow and discover everything around you.  You are such a vocal little girl.  We have too many videos to count of you talking, some might call screaming ;-) .  You're daddy is a little scared what's going to happen when you start using words!

A big huge milestone happened this month...you rolled over!  It was so exciting!  Not only did we get it on video, but mommy and daddy got to be there to see!  You rolled from your back to the left onto your stomach.  It took you a week or so to roll the other way.  You haven't quite figured out how to roll back  onto your back yet.  Maybe next month!  You also are beginning to scoot quite a bit.  You haven't quite figured out what to do with your hands in the whole process, but you're almost there!

You're already wanting to stand all the time. Of course mommy or daddy are helping you a little, but you are done wanting to sit up.  You just want to stand.  Your little legs are getting so strong!

You are really starting to get into toys.  Mr Elephant is one of your favorites.  You love to crinkle is belly, and chew on his nose.  Miss Sophie the giraffe is another favorite.  You are usually chewing oh her ears or feet.  ;-)  We pretty much take these two with us everywhere we go.  You are really loving your tummy time.   You also love watching Baby Einstein.

You are giggling all the time.  You love playing games with daddy.  He makes you laugh a lot!  You do this cute thing before you fall asleep, especially when you're in your carseat.  You started cooing and "singing" really quietly.  We know once you start that you're going to be out in about 5-10 minutes.  Cutest thing ever.

You have started grabbing your right toe while being changed.  You are finding your feet more and more.  Anytime we stand you in front of a mirror you immediately start smiling and giggling.  Daddy plays this fun game where he holds you like you're an airplane and flies you toward the mirror.  You just crack up!  So fun!

Your 4 month check up you weighed 17 lbs and were 27 inches long.  You're about the 95th percentile for both weight and height.  I will say in the month of December we took some huge steps back in the sleep department.  The 4 month sleep regression is real!  You are no longer sleeping through the night.  Poor thing, you are teething and dealing with some allergies.  We thought you were getting pink eye, but turns out just a small cold in your eye.  We are all ready for things to go back to normal!  Hopefully next month!

Here are some fun pics from the month!

 Cutest.  Baby.  Ever!

 On the Riverwalk in San Antonio

 Lovin our taggie

 We still prefer to not have our clothes on ;-)

 Helping mommy wrap presents

 Opening our presents!

 Of course we have to see what it taste like 

 All bundled up!

 Love this picture of you!

 And of course we have to put it in our mouth

 We didn't sleep very much, so this is one of the few pics I have of you sleeping this month.  So cute!

Mommy's little helper

Helping mommy wrap presents. 

Our little rolly polly

And we're rolling over!  

Looking back at month 3

Here's a look at the month of November...

 Started playing piano...

 Lots and lots of giggles

 Serious face...

 Tummy time!

 Showin off our skills...

 AND our muscles!

 And we took a couple naps

So, so sweet

Birth Class Reunion

We did a 12 week birth class for the Bradley Method in anticipation for Miss Annabelle.  There were 3 other couples in the class with us.  We joined a couple weeks in, but loved going through the process with other couples.  And it was so nice being around couples with similar goals in giving birth, experiencing the same things, and getting to ask tons of questions together.  I highly recommend the classes if you're wanting to go the natural route.  Three out of four of us were having girls.  We were second in line with due dates, but it turned out we were third to actually deliver.  Out of the four couples, 2 out of 4 were able to give birth naturally. It was fun getting to meet everyone's sweet babies, and share our birthing stories.  So crazy we're all mommies and daddies now!

All the moms with their babies.

All the dads with their babies.  

3 Months

Blogging seemed especially hard this month for some reason.  It was a busy month!  Maybe it's the holiday season taking it's toll, or maybe I just find myself spending more and more time with you!  You are getting more and more fun.  You're talking like crazy, and are such a smiley baby!  A couple days ago you had your first giggle!  Completely melted my heart!  Cannot wait for your first real belly laugh!  You are still eating and growing like crazy.  You are in your 97% for weight and height.  We weighed you at almost 16 lbs!  So in love with our chunky monkey!

You're still a pretty good sleeper.  Maybe I should clarify, you are a great sleeper at night.  Naps...that's a whole other issue.   You do not love taking naps.  You pretty much just want to sleep on mommy these day for naps.  The minute I try to put you down, those eyes pop wide open!  Not looking forward to the day we really have to get you taking a nap.

You had your first day of work this month!  A company called Graco chose you to be in a video shoot for one of the new carseats.  It was pretty fun and exciting to be "on set."  Our call time was at 9:30, but we didn't actually shoot until after 10:30.  You did a great job being patient and waiting!  Here are a couple pictures.

We had family pictures.

You had your first Thanksgiving and your first long road trip.

You slept and slept and slept...so cute

Happy Thanksgiving!

We went Christmas tree shopping.  It was our first real cold day here in Texas, so it made picking a tree feel a little more like Christmas.  

You're always wanting to have me or daddy hold you up so you can sit up, so we finally put you in your bumbo.  You look so big!

You have great head control.  You're liking tummy time, and able to spend more time on your tummy these days.  We're waiting for you to roll over any day now!  

Some more things you're doing these days...

- You definitely recognize mommy and daddy, and smile every time you see our faces

- You are a drool machine!  So much drool all the time!

- You're blowing bubbles like crazy

- You love playing with your taggie blanket

- You love holding your hands together

- You track objects and sounds

- You are more and more interactive with your playmat

- I read to you for the first time this month, and you really loved looking at the fun pictures

Mommy and Daddy love you SO MUCH!