4 Months!

Happy 4 months my sweet girl! Okay, so she is now almost 5 months, but who's counting? Time has really flown by this last month and I wanted to take a minute to blog how she is doing. Soon she'll be sitting up, crawling, and eating real food and I have to capture these moments before they are gone!

She's changed a lot recently, grown out of her newborn look, which is sad but adorable. This is really a fun age because she has started to engage with her surroundings-reaching for and playing with toys, rolling over, talking and laughing, smiling when she hears her name, and the most important-going to sleep on her own! She also just started getting upset when she can't get what she wants-normally a toy that I took away for whatever reason, or something that is just out of her reach. Well, that is a lesson we all learn I guess! Evelyn is delighted that her baby sister is more interactive and loves bringing her toys. Evelyn even gives Cici her own toys, which I'm sure won't last long!

Cici is smaller than Evelyn was at this age, in the 25th percentile-Evelyn was 50th-and not quite 13 pounds. She still seems to be a bit more attached to me than Evelyn was but is overall pretty mellow-content to just sit by herself and very calm, as long as she is not tired or hungry. One funny aspect that I've been observing more and more of is that she is noticeably different when Evelyn is around. If Cici is by herself, or it's just Bard and I with her, she talks and coos pretty much non stop. But if Evelyn is there, she is quiet and just kinda watches Evelyn with huge eyes and a look on her face that is both confused and amused! I think it's hilarious and wonder how it will play out as they get older.

Another difference is that Cici spends more time with me. When Evelyn was this age, she went to Grandma's house while I worked at the office two afternoons a week. Evelyn still does that, but Cici comes with me to work so that Evelyn can have some special Grandma time. Cici also is with me at church on Sundays. Evelyn was usually in the nursery for both services, but because of Cici's schedule, she usually goes in one service and then I have her in the baby carrier for the other service, while she sleeps. People at church complain that all they see of her is her legs! Cecilia is still a bit more of a mama's girl than Evelyn ever was, still being a bit cranky sometimes for babysitters and even giving Dada a hard time now and then. So it's interesting to wonder cause or effect-how is she affected by spending more time with me?

Even though it can be stressful to have her with me so much, I find myself enjoying my time with her, more (or perhaps differently) than I did with Evelyn. I'm more relaxed about her, and how she is doing, and I now appreciate how quickly this time will go by. Besides, she is such a little sweetheart, how could I not just snuggle her?!