4 months....really?!?!?

I am not sure how our little Ellie Kate is 4 months old! They say time flies, and it is true. We have been busy the last 2 months. When we last left off, Ellie was 10 weeks old and still in our room in her bassinet. She moved to her room at 10 weeks and did great! She started sleeping through the night fairly consistently at 12 weeks old...amazing! Occasionally she will wake up to eat, but does go right back to sleep. Several weeks ago, we realized the need to put her to bed earlier. She was taking a late nap and going to bed between 9 & 10, but was so over-tired that she would cry and cry. She now is in bed between 7:30 and 8:00, fusses a few minutes and then puts herself right to sleep...again, amazing! She sleeps until about 7 am.

Raise your hand if you slept through the night!! First time she did it :)


Ellie is still struggling with reflux, although she is doing so much better the past couple weeks as we found the right dose & frequency of medicine. She is finally more tolerant of her car seat, however she still has random meltdowns in the car. So, it only seemed right to stick her in the car for a 4 hour road trip! We drove to Casper to meet my parents and see my grandparents the middle of April. She pretty much cried for 3 and a half hours straight, but she did sleep the whole time on the return trip. It was nice to see my grandparents.

The following weekend my parents were here for Easter. We had a nice relaxing weekend.

Not spoiled AT ALL!!! :)


Shopping with G-dogg (note the burp cloth in the back pocket!)


Happy Easter :)


This is what happens when dad is in charge!


Ready for more shopping with grandma.


I am not sure what else we have been up to. There have been lots of shopping trips. Lots of smiles, and now giggles! You have to work hard at it, but she will give up some SUPER cute giggles now and again. I can't wait for more of this!! She has also found her voice and her tongue! No more quiet baby :) Will post links below to a few videos of these cute things.

Paul's dad came to visit for a weekend on his way to a conference. Fun to see Pap!


Cheers!


Sweet cheeks :)






Snuggles with mom


Bring on the food!


They won't let me buy anything at the mall :(


Still too little for the exersaucer, but she likes it!


Here is a picture of Ellie wearing an outfit that I had my pictures taken in at 3 months!


Here I am...wonder where she got those cheeks?!?!


Sadly, I returned to work last week :( I just did two days. Ellie stayed with Paul the first day, so it was pretty easy to leave. Then she stayed with our friend Dawn for a half day and apparently did great! She is with Paul for three days this week, and then my parents come this weekend, and my mom is going to stay with us for the month of June to watch her. My dad will stay the first and last weeks to play, too. She will not be spoiled at all!!! It will be nice to be at work and know that she is getting those sweet big cheeks kissed all day long!

Today we took Ellie for her 4 month check up. She is 14.2 pounds (58th percenitle) 24 inches long (36th percentile)and her not so little head is in the 60th percentile (must mean big brains)! Everything else looked good. Healthy baby!! She got the okay to start cereal, so we will try that this weekend! This should be a fun adventure and we should have some good pictures and video. She had to get 3 shots and one oral vaccine. Poor baby! She screamed while she was getting them, but recovered pretty quickly, thankfully!

Sad!




Here are the links to come cute videos! Enjoy and will update again soon :)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pQqx7s66vzU (making new sounds)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ehKZ7jzeEfE&feature=related (giggling)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RlqCNCclXb4&feature=related (singing with American Idol or yelling in the gym)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0j-7XU21Hfg (turning pages)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-rjNgaOiXXU (found my tongue)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JWfrASTfRVI (Chewing thumb, chatting & watching hockey)