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.

  

Three Months Old

Three months old already, only nine more months of being a baby and it is going by so fast.  She is such a blessing to have and I can't go on enough about how lucky I feel to be her mother.  How could God give me such an adorable and sweet little girl to love?  Everyday she seems to be learning something new or doing something different.  Listening to her little laughs and seeing that little smile must be is definitely the highlight to mine and Chris' day. 

Weight: 13.4 lbs

Length: 25 inches
Favorite Toy: She loves her teddy bear, her little turtle that hangs from her car seat and her linking circles. 
Favorite Food: Formula

Favorite Game: She loves when we pretend to nibble on her toes.  She stills loves us to sing and dance with her.  She is starting to like "peek-a-boo".

Sleeping Habits: Sleeps until about 5:00 or 6:00 every morning.  It is very nice.  On the weekends she when she wakes up we will feed her a few ounces and she will go back to sleep and we can sleep in a little longer.

New Skills: She is talking up a storm to us a lot now.  She tries to sit up on her own all the time.  We can hold her and she can stand on her feet.  One morning Chris and I were playing with her in bed.  He was holding her and she just began taking steps all the way to me.  We did a little swap and then she began walking to Chris while I held her.  We both just sat there quiet looking at each other in amazement. 
Size of Clothes: Pretty much out of newborn size clothes.  Some 0-3 month clothes but mostly all 3 month pants and onesies.  Size 1 diapers still but getting close to outgrowing them.

  

  

Zzzzzzzz

8 hours, I repeat 8 HOURS.  Ummm did you hear me, 8 HOURS!!!!  Why am I repeating myself, because that's how long Brielle slept last night!  WOO HOO.  Of course I constantly woke up through out the night to make sure she was still breathing (don't worry all you people who don't have children yet and will one day, you will understand why sometime in the future.)  It was amazing.  She is starting to eat more ounces at a time so she stays more full longer which means more sleep for her which in turn means more sleep for mom and dad.  Watch, tonight she will get up more than once ; ).