4 Months!

I can't believe our little munchkin is 4 months old already!!  I've said it before, but, it is truly going by too fast.  She's been such a little angel.  She's mellowed out so much the past two months and although she has her dramatic moments, she's definitely an easy baby.  In a lot of ways, she's even easier than Owen.  She's been sleeping 9-9.5 hours at night since she was 9 weeks and is far more flexible with her naps during the day.  Owen suffers with night terrors and even at this age, if he missed one nap, you were guaranteed a rough night.

Olivia had her 4-month check-up and vaccinations today (she has a temp close to 101 to show for it too!).  So, I have some stats for you:

Olivia-15lb 15.2oz 80% for weight; 24" 15% for height; 42cm 75% for head circumference
Owen-14lb 13.2oz 50% for weight; 25.5" 75%; 43cm 75% for head circumference

I was looking through Owen's pictures for a pose we could reenact for comparison sake and noticed how many sleeping baby pictures we had of him.  I hardly ever take pictures of Olivia sleeping because she's not one to fall asleep outside of her bed.  So, I snuck in and took one of her in her crib...problem being, its really dark in her room and this turned out really grainy...I opened the curtains and she opened her eyes, so, I will have to keep working at it!  Doesn't she look innocent when she's sleeping! ;O)

We FINALLY got Owen's new bedroom set this past week...19 weeks after we ordered it.  Word to the wise, don't buy from the Amish store unless you want to pay 5x the going rate (literally) and wait 6 months to get your order!!  That was our first and most likely last purchase!!!  Anyway, point is, we got Owen's old furniture moved into Olivia's room and she hung out with me while I straightened things out over the following couple of days.  She's getting SO big and is SO sturdy!  It cracks me up!

She's getting pretty adept at using her hands these days and likes to touch EVERYTHING!  Of course, it all eventually ends up in her mouth.  I was making a "Grrr..." noise and told her to "get him" (like I do the dogs) while she chewed on this rattle and she thought I was so funny.  I'm not funny very often apparently, so, I really feel like I've accomplished something special when I am rewarded for my attempts with this beautiful grin! ;O)

These came from our little photo shoot to get a similar picture to Owen's.  She wasn't feeling very cooperative that day and had no interest in her feet like her brother did at this age, so, it was rather unsuccessful.

I LOVE the face in this one!

And for being so good...she got her photo shoot kiss...so gross!!  Max sits on the floor in front of her and just to her left while i take photos.  Every time I make the kissy noise to get her attention or she cries, he's there with these kisses!  I've got to remember to put him in the garage before the shoot starts!!    He waits until I'm in the midst of photo taking before he slinks up and takes his position...so, I'm always caught off guard when he jumps up and kisses her!

My Chevron supervisor gave Olivia this blanket and I wanted to send her a picture with it.  I didn't have much time to play with the blanket as my subject was not amused...but, I think this is cute anyway.  Kind of makes her look like a boy with all that blue/green though (she's in Owen's old pjs which doesn't help!).

O.k., so, now for some long overdue comparison pics...the first two were just ones I came across that I thought were similar enough to compare.  I think these two look the most alike when they are sleeping.  It's hard to tell in these shots, but, I thought I'd share anyway.

She's SO much sturdier than he was...she's even able to sit up unassisted (doing that tripod thing with her hands) for quite a few seconds before leaning over.  Owen was a solid 6 months before he even came close.

These cracked me up.  I had SO many pictures of both kid open trying to find two that were similar.  While I was flipping back and forth, I started to have trouble deciding who was who!  I see a lot of similarities here!!  He looks a little chunkier than he actually was in this one, but, he was definitely closer to being filled out at this age than I recall!  I thought he was always just skin and bone!