Girl of many "words"

4 months photo with Pooh Bear

I realized I have not taken very many photos of her lately or video either. She has done so many new things. Grandma Lala and Papa James were here to see many of her developments. She started reaching and grabbing things with more force and bringing them to her mouth. She talks A LOT. Such a sweet sound. She went that week without rolling over though. But finally, this past weekend she rolled a couple times for Blake to see. Sweet!

Nov. 12 Blake and I went to Riverside Christian School Banquet. My mom came to babysit. Thank you so much. We had fun eating a good meal and hearing the kids choir, other speakers, and laughing at Ken Davis. Emma and Mom did great for the first time being left.

This past week I found that it is one of the worst things to be sick and a mom. Worse is being sick and a mom of a sick baby. I had a fever but she did not. Yay! I'm still coughing a little. She never got over her cough from her last cold but it worsened with so much phlegm that came with this particular cold. Her left eye got runny and gunky again, but seems to be better. She needed lots of extra cuddles. We slept in the rocker/recliner in her room a couple nights. Her voice was hoarse too. So sad and pitiful. It seems like we're both on the mend now though. She slept in her bed from a little after 10pm to almost 10 this morning. She woke up to eat at about 2 and 4. Not bad. She seems better. Through it all she usually was pretty happy and smiley. She did finally do a little giggle this past weekend. Another sweet sound that she won't do very often even though her face looks like she's giggling.

Emma loves to balance on her tummy. She looks like she is swimming...kind of. heh! She also can turn all around. If we lay her one way, she will move until she is facing another way and can make it all the way around on her tummy. She looks like a slow version of a spinner from a board game. She is getting quicker at it though. Soon she will be more mobile than I realize. Get out the baby gates!!!

Here is a video of Emma trying to crawl over the boppy pillow. She usually likes doing this over my leg. She got pretty frustrated after I stopped videoing. I think it was too slippery. Usually she'll get her head onto the floor and then not know what to do. Funny!

4 months old

Emma's 4 month old appointment was on Monday, Nov. 9, 2009. She was 17 lbs. (95th percentile) and almost 25 inches in length (80th percentile). Big healthy girl! She checked out fine. She also got shots. She did well. Of course, she cried. She has done pretty well with it other than some fussiness.

Emma has still been sleeping well during the night. Dr. Greek said that was great because his kids didn't sleep through the night until they were about 9 months old. We weren't even really trying to get her to. I was just glad she was napping and sleeping at night in her own bed.

She has been "talking" a lot these past few days too especially when she wakes up or first sees one of us for the day, like when Blake comes home from work.

Emma also reaches for things she wants to grab and bring to her mouth.

She squeals and smiles with her whole body.

Our little pony

On Oct. 31 we went to Riverside Christian School for their Funanza. Emma dressed up as a horse.

Emma is still as smiley as ever. She lifts her head and chest up while leaning on her hands. She loves for me to hold her hands when she is lying down. Then she wants me to pull her to a sitting position and all the way up until she is standing. I'm only holding onto her hands. She looks so proud of herself.

We weighed her about a week ago and she was 16 lbs. 4 oz. Getting big!

She has rolled a couple more times from belly to back, but she doesn't realize how to do it.

Emma slept through the night Nov. 6. I put her down to bed (Nov. 5) at about 11:30. She woke up at midnight to finish eating. I woke up and checked on her once. Next thing I knew she was waking up at about 6am. yay!

We are really enjoying interacting with her now. She is grabbing for things. She likes to bring anything she grabs to her mouth...links, books, blankets, and other toys (bunny, elephant, rattle). We have a plush Larry the cucumber by her head on her changing pad. She grabs it and tries to put the hard-plastic eyes in her mouth. She's quite ravenous about it. It is funny.

She's not a newborn anymore...