Elise at 4 months old

Elise turned 4-months-old on the 4th,

exactly a year later to the day that we found out we were expecting another little blessing :-)

I took her in for her 4-month-appt yesterday, and here are the numbers:

Weight: 16lbs 5 oz. (85%)
Height: 26.75 in. (99%)
She's wearing size 2 diapers, still size 1 shoe (long, little feet) and 3-6 months clothes. But she is feeling those out, so I bet we move up to 6-9 months before she's half a year old! 

Eating every 3-4 hours during the day; when she has a bottle, she eats about 5-6 ounces

She is sleeping great at night, in a sleepsack! She sometimes rolls to her side and snoozes well :-)

 She naps great, usually 2 long ones (and in her crib some days when we are at home, yay!) with maybe a short cat nap in there. 

Big milestones this month are that she:

• Is rolling back to front (not consistently though, and more often just to her side)
• Has found her feet! Will have pictures to document this with next month's post
• Has found her voice, too! Even her cry is different these days!  And she makes a gurgling sound quite often with a lot of babbling sounds. Girl is LOUD when she wants to be, ha! 

• She is a pretty good supported sitter (no pictures to prove it, like the new-found feet feat), does well in the bumbo and boppy

And, like her big brothers,she LOVES the Jumerpoo!

Elise tolerates tummy time but usually not for long!

Recent happenings:

• She has started to spit up more this month, probably because she is upright more maybe?
• Baby sister has the best belly laugh, and I have the best video that documents it (hope to upload it!)
• She likes to SING back to us when we're singing
• Elise loves to look in the mirror and the funny faces Mommy makes while we singing and talking into the mirror 
• She has a "Popeye" smile, where she closes one eye slightly
• LOVES Peekabo/"where are you/I see!"
• Seems to recognize her name
• We've started doing the touch books, and she seems to like the textures
• She is drool factory and has started blowing lots of bubbles lately! And she likes to chew on her hands, case in point...

• She is trying to gum all things, not just her hands, so we'll see how far behind her little teethers are...

Big brothers are so sweet with her! Melts my heart...

Here is a pic collage of all three kiddos around 2 months old. You can tell they're siblings, huh? But Elise has the biggest eyes of all three, that's for sure. Baby blues:

She wasn't a fan of the backyard pool

One morning we had a play date with some of her (and big brothers') siblings. Here she is with Misses Kenzie and Addy!

Also, as previously posted, we headed to the lake for E's (and Blake's) first camping experience. Here she is with my middle sis, Lynnlee. Love it! She tolerated the outdoors very well :-) Happy 4-months, baby girl!
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