four months old

first i'd like to start this post with a thank you to everyone who reads and comments on this little blog.  just want to let you know that you all rock and your words brighten my day.  i rarely, if ever respond to comments posted, but i just wanna let you know they are not going unnoticed.  basically this is my way of responding to all past and future comments.  ha.

moving on.  the little miss turned four months old ... so what if it happened a week and a half a go.  she's four months!  how did that happen, and since when did she start looking like this baby and not a new born?  think i said the same thing last month too.  seriously i feel like she just came out of me and that she's been with us always ... all at the same time.  i can't imagine life before her and life with her sometimes feels like a blur.  one diaper filled, pukey, breastfeeding, tummy time, laundry filled blur.  and i wouldn't have it any other way.  unless someone was offering me a full uninterrupted night of sleep.  that would be awesome.  awesome.

to say there's been some tiredness around here this month would be a slight understatement.  between christmas, new year's, ski adventures and tons of family time, sleep was not a high priority.  i was sort of happy to see december end.  and averie started teething.  so much earlier than when liam started.  he was eight months old before he really started teething.  thank god for camilia and tylenol ... the combination seems to work for her.  she also enjoys a good chew on a chilled teething ring.  wish i could make the hurt not hurt so much.  poor baby girl.  damn you teeth.  damn you.

in other monthly updates, averie is finally starting to go longer between feeds on a more regular basis.  we've now graduated to feedings every four hours consistently during the day and she's been going five and even sometimes six hours at night.  this would be a great amount of time for me to get some sleep if i went to be when she did, at 7 pm.  but i'd much rather be tired and do other things, like watch downton abby or blog or read a book or spend time with that guy i married.

little miss is wearing a combination of 0-3 months and 3-6 months clothing.  and man did she get spoiled in the clothing department at christmas.  there are some very cute outfits coming in her future.  she just needs to grow so she can wear them.  this girl has a wardrobe that i even envy.

she's rolling again.  we had a couple rolls from front to back earlier but then never again.  this month she's started up again and is now trying her skills going from back to front.  i can see the days of her being stationary dwindling.  we've also brought up 'the circle of neglect' otherwise know as an exersaucer to most people.  so far she's enjoying it.  averie will grab at the animals and make attempts to spin around.  liam likes to help her out when she's doing this and gets a kick of it.   really i think averie just wants is to grab everything or anything so she can shove it into her mouth and chew on it.

baby girl is a laugher.  she loves to laugh and the littlest things will get her going.  when she's not teething or spitting up on me she giggles and giggles and giggles.  it's adorable and makes my heart melt every time.  every. single. time.  i've even caught myself tearing up listen to her.  perhaps it's the hormones.  perhaps it's a mom thing.  perhaps it's both.

other four month highlights:
~ current weight: 12.5 lbs.
~ current height: 21 inches
~ celebrated her first christmas and new years
~ met her uncle pete
~ went on her first family ski day to lake louise.  no snowboarding for her yet, just a day in the lodge.
~ is "playing" more with liam
~ exploring everything with her hands and then her mouth
~ is finding her voice, this involves screeching at 4:30 in the morning or 3:30 in the afternoon for no apparent reason.  she also like to yell at her toys.  its pretty cute, except the 4:30 in the morning part.
~ averie has her dad's smirk and uses it all the time.  she going to be trouble this one.

i love you my sweet girl.

for like ever.