Elise at 4 months!

Elise Micaela

4 months and counting...

This week Elise had her 4 month check up. It's hard to believe 4 months have come and gone so quickly!

She's getting SO BIG! Here's her measurements:

Weight: 14 lbs. 15.6 oz. (71%)

Length: 24 1/2 inches (51%)

Head Circumference: 16 1/4 (52%)

Here's what she's been up to:

~Almost 2 weeks before she hit 4 months, her first tooth broke through!

~She is able to sit up with a little support

~She's got STRONG legs and stands often (with help of course!)

~She reaches for things and grabs them

~She reaches for toys and they head DIRECTLY for her mouth!

~She talks a lot

~She laughs a lot!

~She's very ticklish!

~She sits in her Bumbo and plays with her toys

~She grabs her toes (and sometimes gets them in her mouth!)

~She loves to smile (some folks can get more smiles out of her than others!)

It seems like everyday brings about something new that she's learning or doing!

After her Dr. appointment, she started her first solids, Rice Cereal! Yum. Below are some pics of her first time trying it out.

I love that sweet face!

Posing with Big Sis, getting ready to try out Rice Cereal

She grabbed the spoon right out of my hand

She moves so much that it's hard to be clean about it!

I stole this from Steve's Blog

Hey, you need to check this guy out. What an amazing pianist! I love this arrangement!

Life

So, here's a bit of what we've been up to. Nothing extraordinary has been going on.

Tim's been working a lot of hours at Staples. His current boss is a bit crazy (in my opinion!!) So, Tim never seems to get away from work. So, he's looking for other options. Please be praying that God would provide him with a different job!

Nora is doing new things everyday!! Last week I bought a potty! I'm being pretty casual about it right now, but the 2 days that we worked at it, she went! The 2nd day she told me 3 times that she had to go! She did a great job! The idea still freaks her out a little, so she sort of fusses and laughs at the same time. It's pretty cute!

She's talking more and more! Here some of the words she says:
Mommy
Daddy
Poppy
Mimi
"Tizzy" (Lizzy)
Cole
"Kai" (which means Spencer, the only thing we can think of, is that she watches Caillou and Cole and Spence do look like him!!)

Abby (both Rachel AND Abigail are Abby!!)
Potty
Pee-Pee (what do you tell kids to say when you are getting them to go???)
Night- Night (she says this in a peculiar manner! It involves a kissing sound!!)
Ball
"DE" (TV)
Juice
"Peas" (Please)
"Tang Tou" (Thank You)
"Eat-eat!" (she always says this when she's hungry)
Hat (she LOVES her hats!)
Puppy
"Crackey "(Cracker and Cookie Combination)
Bye
Baby
Shoes
Eye
"Quacky" (Duck)
Amy (this has TWO meanings! Amen...and our dear friend Amy!)
Car

Anyway, here's a video from the Farm Show. It's very cute! I'll put pictures from the Farm Show soon.


Here Nora is begging for Daddy's Cream Soda!!

Our trip to Columbus

Here is some video of the kids in the park by Aunt Jill's house! They loved being outside, running around and dragging sticks! Who needs high tech toys!?!?!