4 Month Update

We all made it back from Minocqua yesterday afternoon. Macayla and I had a wonderful time at my parents house. It was full of lots of people and excitement! My sister Tricia and her husband Jeremy were in town from Monday to Friday and during the week my other sister Melissa turned 21 so she had a bunch of friends come and visit. Although we stayed with my parents, Macayla got to see her other grandparents during the fireworks on the 4th, they came over for dinner on the 5th and then this past Friday Macayla and I went over to the campground for lunch.

We just got back from Macayla's 4 month doctor's appointment. Here are her "stats":

Height: 26 1/4 in, 96th percentile
Weight: 13lbs 5 oz, 34th percentile

During the past month Macayla has:

• made many more sounds...I swear I heard the "mma" sound last night, although of course she didn't realize it!
• graduated to 7 oz
• graduated to a faster bottle nipple
• been found all over her crib...she is mobile to a point!
• roll from back to belly
• giggled a few times
• shows excitement by kicking her legs, flapping her arms and gasping
• if she is on the floor she will change her position to be able to watch tv ...not the best thing in the world, but fun to watch her manipulate her body position so she can see the tv
• great upper strength...I think she will be an early "sitter"
• smiles very easily
• is a very content little girl
• occasionally gets up in the middle of the night, but not often
• gnaws on anything she can...we are still determining if this is just because of her being in the "oral exploration" stage or if she is starting to teeth