4 Months

Happy 4 Month Birthday Daphne!

Today is my sweet baby girl's 4 month birthday. She is spending her day celebrating with her Grandma Jasmer and Uncle Gabe. I sure do miss her when I am at work but glad she has such wonderful family to spend such a special day with:)

Tomorrow is her four month check-up. Dan and I are both excited to see how much she has grown...she sure seems to be sprouting like a weed lately! She is still petite, but has grown more the last few weeks than ever before. We both guessed that she weighs about 13 lbs. We shall see:) ***UPDATE: She weighs 13 lbs 1 oz! We did a pretty good job guessing! She is in about the 30th percentile for her weight. She is 24.3 inches long, which is about the 60th percentile.***

This past month of her life has been my favorite thus far. It is so much fun to have a baby that interacts more and more each day. She loves to talk, squeal, and giggle at herself every waking moment. My dad says that many of the noises she makes sound like a dolphin. She is quite the noisy little bugger. She is such an independent girl. She usually plays by herself in her crib for a a good half hour before she realizes that no one has come to get her. She will just talk, giggle, and and roll every which way. This morning she played by herself from 5:30 am until about 6:45 am while I got ready for work before she realized that she was hungry and wanted out!

This past  Sunday she was squealing throughout all of church. Dan and I were trying so hard not to laugh at our noisy baby. We kept on saying “Daphne…shhh! Be reverent!” haha. Then in Sunday School she was rolling 360’s all across the floor in the front of the classroom while Dan was teaching. I am sure she wasn’t a distraction for him at all. 

Some other fun tidbits from this past month:

- She smiles at everyone she sees. 

-She rolled in laughter for daddy the other day but has yet to do it for me. She prefers to giggle to herself.

-  We took her swimming for the first time and she seemed to really enjoy it. She was overly tired when we put her in the pool, so she was pretty still and quiet. We did get a few smiles out of her and there wasn't any fussing so we considered it a success. We look forward to taking her again!

- Daphne also got to ride a pony for the first time…well not really, we more let her sit on the pony at “This is the Place” and let her pet it while we took lots of pictures. She was quite memorized by such a strange creature.

-Has officially grown out of all her newborn tops and pj's. She can still fit into the bottoms though, but pretty much wears 0-3 month clothes now.

-Wears size 1 diapers.

-Still loves to suck on everything.

-Found her toes! She loves holding onto them, especially while we change her diaper...I am sure it is only a very short matter of time before she begins sucking on them as well.

-Is officially sportin' cloth diapers when we are at home. It was a little bit of an adjustment but we are getting more used to using them and enjoy the money we are able to save!

-She was blessed in the LDS church on June 3rd, 2012.

-Loves playing in her jumperoo...she loves being able to stand up in it and take in the world. She is so observant and can be entertained for hours just taking in her surroundings while sucking on something.

- She is also quite fond of grabbing and holding onto anything she can find. She loves any toy you give her and especially loves things that make crinkly noises like water bottles, the spinach bag, etc.

-Loves talking to herself in the mirror.

-Watched the fountains at the Farmington Station Park.

- Still eats about 5 ounces each meal...when she chooses to do so. She eats about half of her bottle until she is is no longer starving then has to take a break to play. Most often, within the half hour, she will totally freak out and act like we have been starving her to death, realizing she never got to finish her bottle.  We love our crazy girl:) 

-Likes to help hold her bottle during feedings but needs someone there to help keep in in place while she wiggles every which way.

I can't believe she has only been here for a mere 4 months. Love ya bugaboo.