Valentine Pics

Mommy took some pictures of me for Valentine's Day. Here are a few.

Four Months Old

I am four months old today! I have my four month check up tomorrow where I'll get weighed and measured so I'll update that stuff tomorrow. For today I'll tell you what I'm up to now.

Sleeping - I'm still a good sleeper but I'm not real consistent. I usually go to bed sometime between 8:30 - 9:30 p.m. and wake between 6-7. Sometimes I wake around 5:00 but I eat and go back to sleep, same if I wake around 6:00. If I sleep until 7:00 or after then I'm up for the day.

I nap about every other hour. I sleep about an hour, awake for an hour - repeat that all day long except I do take a long nap in the afternoon. That's the one when my belly is full, the lights are off and my fan is on. Then I sleep for about 2 hours.

I'm starting to eat a little bit more at a time and less often. I eat anywhere from 3-6 ounces at a time but most of the time I eat 4 ounces. I have a 6 ounce bottle when I first wake up, then about 4 or 5 bottles throughout the day and a 5 or 6 ounce bottle right before bed. Now that I'm four months old I'll be able to try some rice or oatmeal cereal. I'm kind of excited about that. I'll be sure to have Mom and Dad take pictures to post and share with you how it goes.

I still am only rolling belly to back but I'm getting closer to rolling the other direction. I told you about a few of my accomplishments of grabbing toys and using my voice more and more.

I love to watch Cohen play and do just about anything. He and Marlie can both keep me entertained for quite some time.

Mom said I'll get to try out some new toys this week - the excersaucer and jumperoo. They sound like fun and Mom and Dad think I'm really going to like them. Again - I'll have them take pictures so I can share the fun with you.



I'm a very content and happy baby. I like to swing in my baby swing or lay under my play mat and kick and grab at the toys hanging down. I wake up happy and smiley and Mom and Dad can just lay me in my bed awake most of the time and I will soothe myself to sleep - sucking my thumb of course. Once in awhile I require them to snuggle me a little before I'm ready to settle in and neither one of us it mind it a bit. :)

I do like to snuggle. I like to lay on Mom or Dad's chest with a blanket over me. They love to snuggle me too.

I am going to admit I'm a bit of a daddy's girl. I can't help but smile when I see him and love when he holds me. Mom calls him my "hero" because he pretty much does whatever I want him to when I want him too.

**UPDATE** I had my appointment this morning. I weighed 12 lbs 1 oz (9th percentile), was 24 3/4" long (61st percentile), and my head is 40 cm (31st percentile). I got 2 shots and one oral vaccine. I wasn't too pleased about the two pokes. I really wasn't impressed with my Dr. checking me over either. I was trying to hold it together by just sticking my pouty lip out but I eventually broke and turned on the water works.

 Me and my favorite brother two days shy of 4 months old.

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The monthly pic with my very first doll from Uncle Brent and Aunt Kari. 

 My baby doll I got for Christmas from Grandpa and Grandma Cota.

I love this snuggly bunny I got from Uncle Brent and Aunt Kari for my baptism. 

Another snuggly doll I got from Granny for Christmas. 

My very own monkey I got from Mom and Dad for Christmas. 

Now Cohen and I both have a monkey.

Talking Away and Reaching

This past week I started "talking" even more. Friday morning when Mom got me up for the day I just started jabbering more than ever. I love to coo and jabber and I think Mom and Dad love to listen to me. :)

I also started trying to reach and grab for things. When I lay on my play mat there is a toy I can reach. Sometimes I hold onto it and sometimes I just push it. I also try to grab the toys on my swing.

My Baptism

Last night was my baptism. Mom and Dad had it at St. Ann's St. Joseph's in Harpers Ferry. Fr. Moser baptized me and my Great Uncle and Aunt, Dewey and Danette are now my Godparents.

Mom and Dad had a little celebration for me afterward in the church hall. They served lasagna, Cesar salad, garlic bread and cake.

Everyone thought I was such a good girl and told me I looked so beautiful. :)

Getting Chrism Oil Cross on my Chest

Cleansed with Holy Water

Chrism Oil Cross on my Head

Lighting my Baptismal Candle

My Family and I on my Baptism Day

 With my Godparents, Dewey and Danette

Me with Fr. Moser

With my Parents, Godparents, Cohen and Fr. Moser

With my Uncle Brent, Aunt Kari and Cousin Reese

With Grandpa and Grandma Cota

With Grandpa and Grandma Dahlstrom

With Great Grandpa and Grandma Cota

With Great Grandma Jones and Granny
(Great Grandpa Jones wasn't feeling well so he couldn't join us)

With my Great Uncle and Aunt, Ron and Brigid

My cake made my Jules Bakery in Marion

Party Supplies :)

In the baptismal gown we borrowed from Kaylee.

Little flower details on the gown.

Friday Night Fun

Friday night we went to Daddy's cousin's house to meet their new baby, Ryland. We all had a fun spending time with them. Mom and Dad thought I'd look so big next to him but they were surprised I really didn't. We actually are very close in length - despite being about 3 months apart.

Ryland and Blythe

Kaylee, Ryland, Cohen and Me

Three Months Old Today

Today I am three months old. Mom can't believe three months has gone by already and when she and Daddy were talking about it last night he thought it was "crazy" too.

Let's see....what have I been up to in the last month? Well....I told you I started rolling. I'm doing that all the time now. So far just from my belly to my back. I haven't figured out how to to go the other way yet.

I'm sleeping like a champ! My bedtime now is usually around 9:00 - 9:15 p.m. Sometimes I wake around 6:00 because I'm hungry. If I do I get a dry diaper, eat and go right back to sleep....usually takes about 20 minutes. But some nights I sleep right on through until 8:30-9:00 a.m. Mom and Dad said they don't know how they got so lucky to have two babies that are such good sleepers but they did. I guess Cohen was a good sleeper too when he was a baby.

I nap about every hour. Usually just for 30-40 minutes except in the afternoon I still take my big long one that's usually about 2 1/2 -3 hours.

I'm eating a little more now. Mom switched me to the #2 nipple for my bottle so it comes out a little faster and I am tending to finish more of my bottle now. I am eating about 4 ounces every 2-3 hours. I just eat until I'm done or I let Mom and Dad know I'm done by spitting out the nipple. Once I'm done they sit me up and I usually burp right away. Then I'm good for awhile.

I enjoy sitting in my bouncy seat and laying under my play mat. I am in the swing less and less now that I'm moving more. I still like it but I'm enjoying some of my other toys more now.

This past week I learned how to control my voice so I'm making more and more noises and coos. I love to talk and I will have a 'conversation' if anyone talks to me.

Cohen is starting to play with me and talk to me more and more. I think he likes it that I'm starting to do more, like smile and make noises. Sometimes he really gets laughing at me. I LOVE to watch him play. I could sit and just watch him play with his cars or do whatever for the longest time. I love my big brother.

I also have started watching our dog, Marlie too. She kind of fascinates me.

That's about all I'm up to right now. It's been a great three months. I think I've learned a lot already. I wonder what I'll learn in the next month. We shall see I guess!

Three month old baby toes. 

Drooly lip.

I'm DONE!

Bumbo

Since I'm doing so well at holding my head up Mom and Dad decided I could give the Bumbo seat a try. At first I wasn't too sure because I can't kick my legs very well in it but today I kind of liked sitting in there for a little while. It made me feel like a big girl!