Ella at 4 months!

Sweet Ella, you're already 4 months old! Here are some of the things you are up to right now.

• You are 14 pounds even, and 24 inches long. You are in the 50th-75th percentile for both height and weight..... so overall, you are a very average size little lady. Your head is little like Daddy's.... 25th percentile for that. (Here are Carter's stats at 4 months)
• Sleeping 12 hours at night
• Eating about every 3 hours during the day.... usually 5 times total.
• Smiling, cooing, talking, and giggling more and more each day.
• Still love watching your big brother... and recently you've started to notice Stormie, too.
• Rolling tummy to back, trying REALLY hard to roll from your back to your tummy, and scooting all over the place while on your tummy. I wouldn't classify it as a true "crawl" just yet..... but man, are you close! You've also been sitting up pretty good on your own for a good 30 seconds or so. We've been propping you up with the Boppy pillow behind you, and you've been practicing this new skill a lot lately, so I know it won't be long for that too!
• You love toys! You've really gotten good at grabbing them, and you love to look at them, of course!
• You are still super ticklish. That is usually the way we get you laughing!
• Still sleeping on your tummy and sucking your thumb. You have started to roll over in the middle of the night (even though we place you in a sleep positioner.... you're a little Houdini!), and this wakes you up. I see sleep training in our future, so you will be able to put yourself to sleep on your back as good as you do when you're on your tummy. But for now, we just go in there and flip you back over, usually once a night.
• We got the okay to start you on basic solids (rice cereal & oatmeal), but I think we'll probably wait until closer to 5 months of age to do that.
• Overall, you are a very happy and healthy baby, and for that, we are so very thankful!

Ella Reese at 4 months

Okay Mom, I'm done with this!

Love you, baby girl! So, so much!