Four Months Old

Who says you can only be patriotic one day out of the year? We decided to pull out the 4th of July duds for her "4th" month pics. Abigail is truly a blessing. We are having so much fun with her. At 4 months she is full of smiles, babbles, and coos. She talks quite loudly at times, and even had a talk with the doctor at her 4 month check up! She likes to sit up with help, and seems to like the Bumbo chair. She is enjoying tummy time. When on her tummy, she picks her head up high and reaches out for toys that are within reach. Everything goes in her mouth, and we thought for a while that she was starting to teethe, but not quite yet. She started daycare, just one day a week for now (working up to three), and all is going well so far. The staff says she likes her swing, calling this her "throne", finding that she is not too happy doing much else; but while in the swing, she smiles and talks. They say this is normal for a child to have a "safe place", and that she is just taking some time to get to know everyone. Mom hates to leave her, but I feel she is in good hands. Luckily, I'm only working part time, so I still have some days at home with my girl!

Triple Playdate

On August 1st, Abigail invited her two friends, Caroline and Emmaline, over for a play date. Their moms, Martha and Beki, are friends of mine from church, and it just so happened we all became pregnant right around the same time. It was great having two close buddies to go through the pregnancy with! Our little girls have a special bond from early on and have had several get togethers already! Abigail, Caroline, and Emmaline were baptized together on August 14th, 2011. We wanted to have one last get together with all three before the big day!

Moms and Babies

By the time we set up the camera for a timed shot and got babies in laps, we weren't able to get all three girls to look at the camera at the same time, but this will do! Emmaline's got the idea, Caroline and Abigail apparently have something to say to one another.

Caroline (14 weeks), Abigail (16 weeks), and Emmaline (10 weeks). This is pretty much it! Once these girls get older, I'm sure they will have a lot of fun actually playing with each another. But look how excited Caroline is. . . she's cheering!

The girls were very good and amused themselves while we ate lunch.

Comparisons

Look at the differences: 3 days and 3 months

One person in these pictures is really changing!

Abigail Update

At three months, Abby likes to:
-grab toys and put them in her mouth
-pass toys from hand to hand
-shake a rattle
-bat at toys with her hands or her feet
-put as many fingers in her mouth as possible, and she has recently been spotted putting her foot in her mouth!
-smile, squeal, and most recently LAUGH!!! We are most excited about this!
-she finally likes reading (thank goodness); she will actually sit in your lap & look at the pages where before she had no interest.
-sit for short periods of time (with someone holding her body) and hold her head up
-AND, for the grand finale. . . she said mama! Well. . . actually she said the sounds "mmmmm" and "ma". . . "ma". . . I'd like to think it was in reference to me!



Who doesn't love warm laundry right out of the dryer?
We had to give Abby the warm laundry experience.

She's at it again!

Abigail is not only getting better at tummy time, but she is rolling over! She rolled over at 11 weeks, but we think this might have been a fluke. She rolled once, then stopped. She hasn't been able to repeatedly roll over until now (this was 15 weeks). It's still very sporadic, and rolling isn't her favorite thing to do, but as you can see here, she's got it down! I love how she looks behind her to make sure the coast is clear before she comes crashing over!