four months

This little lassie's four months and two days old! Stats: 13 lbs. and a shade under 25 inches. Pretty much exactly like her cousin Gracie, who is one day older than Maeve. We got the measurements in metric (6 kg. and 63 cm), but luckily I'm brilliant at looking up the conversions on the internet. Apparently, she's on the tall, skinny side. 31st percentile for weight, and above 60th for height. But looking at Bran and Nuala, that's no surprise!

She's all sorts of fun. Really grabbing at things, interested in everything, belching with the best of them, drooling up a storm... Here's a small glimpse into the life of Maeve: Four Months.

Everyday when Z gets home and holds her, Maeve zeroes in on his hair. Then her little eyes travel down and check out the rest of his face. Lately, her hands have totally gotten in on it. She grabs his nose, his chin... it's really cute. Like she's reeeeally making sure it's him.

She loves to ride facing out in the baby carriers. She likes facing in fine, IF she's asleep. Otherwise, even though I wear her so she can still see out and about just fine, she wants to be facing the world!

She does NOT like having stickers on her face.

She doesn't like being on her tummy for long, either. Like I said in the last post, she's a roller now, but only back to front. Once she rolled from her tummy to her back, but it wasn't part of her plan. She pushed herself up too high on her arms and accidentally tipped over.

She DOES like being on her tummy (for a little longer) if someone is entertaining her. She loves Nuala and Bran. They get awesome giggles from her. And they are soooo good with her. I love it.

And, look! What is this?! Yes! It IS a thumb! Going into the mouth!

That's right! It looks like we may have another little thumb-sucker! Which is 100% A-OK by me! It's been super easy to get Bran calmed down when he has his trusty thumb (and blanket) around. I hope she decides to stick with it... and it's just really cute.

And she loves her exersaucer. Lucky girl... doesn't have to take turns with anyone! AND, she's a little thrill-seeker already. In four-month old terms. She flings herself back and forth and round and round in the exersaucer, just laughing away. Another favorite game of hers is the whole drop-and-catch game. You know, just drop her for a second-long freefall and then catch her. Oh the squeals! That sounds so unsafe when it's actually said... you know what I mean!

As cheesy and cliche as it sounds, it's true: She really is such a joy. A happy, happy baby who we absolutely adore. I'm so thankful that she is ours! On that note, I'm in the market for something, anything, that makes time slow down. So...keep an eye out.