Happy 4 Months

Amelia celebrated her 4 month birthday last week on Friday the 13th. In case you are wondering, she will not celebrate her first official "Friday the 13th" birthday until 2017, when she will be 9 years old.

I am having a hard time believing that she is already four months old. This came up quickly. I realize we have several milestones just around the corner - rolling over, starting solids, and her first laugh. We have come real close to a first laugh, however the sound doesn't quite come out yet. Amelia has had what I call "silent" laughs - it looks like she is laughing, but I don't hear anything. Maybe she takes after me since I tend to have a silent laugh too.

Amelia is sitting in her Bumbo chair. At first she didn't care for it, however she is doing much better now. It is nice to be able to put her in the chair and free up both hands. Amelia can watch me work when I get dinner ready and it seems to serve as a nice change of scenery for her.

Amelia has been waking up in the middle of the night as of late. I knew I shouldn't have said she was sleeping through the night and hex it. I'm thinking that she may be waking up and wanting to play. I want to try one night not giving her a bottle, but rather putting on her musical soother in her crib. However, she is very loud when she wakes up. She likes to lay in her crib and "sing." I am afraid that she is going to wake up Allison and we will then be dealing with two kids awake in the middle of the night. Hopefully this doesn't last much longer and she goes back to sleeping through the night (like she did last night).

Amelia's hair is lightening up a bit. She still has a full head of hair though. As you can see from her picture, Amelia has a full set of cheeks; the girl likes to eat. We have bumped her up to 6 ounces of formula per feeding. We will find out how much she weighs at her and Allison's doctor's appointment tomorrow.