4 Months Old

Ally celebrated 4 months on Saturday with a fun filled day playing with Aunt Sue, Grandma Sharon, Grandpa Hank and the three dogs. This month she experienced a few first including her baptism into the Catholic church, rolling over and a cold/ear infections that needed antibiotics. When we took her to the doctor for her cold she weighed in at 13 pounds, 14 ounces so we will see if that has changed any when she goes in for her 4 moth appointment next week (it was supposed to be this week but her pediatrician had to cancel and change it to next week). She has her own little personality now and is very vocal and loves to reach out and grab onto anything and everything. She loves to put her toys in her mouth and has to hold her bottle or your fingers while you are feeding her. She tries to put her bottle in her mouth herself but hasn't quite mastered that yet because she often insists on having both her finger and the bottle in her mouth at the same time. She makes a lot of new sounds and her latest and most frequent one is a crazy sort of gurgling/spitting sound that causes drool to run down her chin constantly. She reacts to faces and voices and gets the biggest smile on her face when you talk to her. She has also discovered her dog and loves to reach down to pet Ella and will wrinkle up her nose in anticipation of a lick from her when she gets close. Ally has rolled over a few times from tummy to back but I still haven't seen it yet so I hope to catch her in the act soon.

We have really lucked out in the sleeping department and I have been pretty successful with a bedtime routine of a book or two followed by a few ounces of milk from a bottle and rocking. This usually means I get her into her crib between 10 and 10:30 and she sleeps until I need to wake her up for day care between 6:45 and 7:30 depending on my morning schedule. She naps like a champ at day care and has gotten better about napping during the day at home on weekends. She really only fusses for 10 minutes or so if we put her down for a nap when she isn't already asleep and will nap for anywhere from an hour to three hours during the day. As far as day care is concerned, she seems to really enjoy it and aside from the awful cold she got we are very happy with it. Its good for her to spend time with her friends during the day and the staff there just loves her.

Ally is growing so fast and is so much fun. She is a very happy baby and her noises and funny faces just seem to get better every day. I didn't do as good of a job taking photos this month but here are some favorites to enjoy! Now there is no 30th of February so when do we celebrate the next milestone??