A Laugh to Cure the Common Cold

Well it may not cure the common cold but it sure makes us happy and I think laughing and being happy helps more to stay away from the doctor than an apple a day.  Now I know our dog is licking her in the face but I checked all the parenting guideline books and it only breaks 7 rules.  : )

4 Months

Four months old.  Wow.  Each month that goes by I am just amazed at how fast time flies.  Everyone always tells you "Enjoy this time, it goes by fast!"  I always smile and say "Oh I know, I can't believe she is this big already," but what I am really thinking is "Ummm I know please stop reminding me because I want time to stop!"  Being a parent is still awesome and I love having her as my precious daughter.  She is so much fun.  Doing all new things as a family is different than what we were used to but I sure enjoy it all.

Weight: 15.2 lbs, in the 90th percentile

Length: 25 1/4 inches, in the 90th percentile

Favorite Toy: Anything she can put in her mouth.  She got a little monkey for Christmas and Chris named her Chewy because the first thing she did was put it straight in her mouth and start gnawing on it. 

Favorite Food: Formula

Favorite Game: She loves when we pretend to nibble on her toes.  She loves when I dance with her.  We twirl around like crazy, bounce, make funny noises together, dip her.  She loves it all.  She is so fascinated by the dogs now and of course Maggie, our female dog, loves the attention.  She constantly tried to lick her and when she succeeds we get the cutest little laughs from Brielle.

Sleeping Habits: She was sleeping through the night and then her mouth started bothering her and she would wake up during the night.  We left her sound machine at Chris' mom's house also over Christmas so we tried other things at night to make noise or play music, nothing worked as well as the sound machine we had before.  When Chris' mom mailed us her machine she started sleeping better.

New Skills:She is giving us big laughs now, not just giggles.  Each day it is more and more.  She is holding toys a lot better and pulling everything to her mouth which has been kind of nice because she can chew on them instead of me holding everything in her mouth for her to chew on.  She can sit up here and there for about 15 to 20 minutes at a time.  She sat up almost the whole majority of her 4 month photo shoot.  When she is laying on her back at an angle she sits up straight from the laying down position.  You would think she would have a nice flat stomach as much as she does it.  ; )  She can just about roll over from her back to her stomach and rolls over from her tummy to her back a lot more now but has been doing that for quite awhile now.

Size of Clothes: 3 month to 6 month size.  Size 2 diapers but we have found a few more size 1 that we are finishing up.

  

A Belly Laugh

Brielle just had her very first BIG belly laugh.  Chris was holding her facing me swaying back and forth while I was dancing and singing in front of her because it was making her smile so much.  Who can resist numerous baby smiles?  I was singing a song with her name in it like we usually do and when I stopped to drum on my leg we got a fabulous surprise.  All of a sudden she just belted out a huge laugh.  It was so cute and high pitched.  We thought it was so funny and unexpected we immediately started laughing so loud with excitement.  It scared and startled her because I don't think we have ever been that loud or laughed so hard in front of her so I had to help wipe away her little frown.  It was so priceless!  Wish it would have been caught on video but I am sure we will one day.  Can't wait to hear her laugh again.  She has been giggling for awhile now but no huge laughs like this time.  Sometimes we can tickle her a little and she will giggle or the dogs with run around like chickens with their heads cut off chasing each other and she enjoys that but nothing as great as what we witnessed dancing and singing to her.  Chris now makes the most awkward and annoying sounds he can muster up trying to hear that sweet laugh again.  Lets hope he finds a sound soon that works before I get a headache listening to him ; ) 

Earlier in the night we had date night with Brielle.  I thought it would be fun to go to Barnes and Noble, get some Starbucks but I can't say no to $5 drinks (I swear they put crack in them) and read some cute books to baby girl.  As I came back from the Cafe this is what I witnessed, baby and daddy time talking about books.  He wanted to show her a book called "Who was Elvis Presley" but it was for older kids and didn't have pictures so she wasn't too interested in it.