TEAM Hardison: 4 months

This past Saturday Avery turned 4 months old! As in 1/3 of the way to a year. Your Daddy and I cannot believe it! Better start planning your 1st birthday party now!! :)

I know I'm a tad late in posting, but I wanted to wait until we went to the doctor today so we could get accurate stats on Avery's length and weight... and a little bit of the fact that Mon-Wed I'm barely surviving between getting up early, work, and coming home to take care of Aves. Who has time to blog?!

Avery, here are your stats at 4 months:

Length: 26 inches! (95th percentile)

Weight: 13 pounds 11.5 ounces (50th percentile)

Sleep: About a week after you turned 3 months old, you started sleeping through the night consistently! Oh happy day! Currently, you are going down anywhere between 7:45 and 8:30 and sleeping until around 5:30.... Recently however, you have gotten into the habit of waking up in the middle of the night once, sometimes twice, and even a couple of times three times because you wanted your paci... Silly girl. The pediatrician said today that starting you on solids might help you break out of this habit. Soon and very soon, Mommy and Daddy might start letting you cry this out :( Right now, it's so much easier to just go give you your paci and you're back out within 30 seconds. But what's even more of an accomplishment is that you have finally started to learn to nap in your crib! You used to only nap in it for about 20 maybe 30 minutes at a time. You still do that sometimes, but you've had days where you have gone for longer than an hour multiples times.

Likes: You now LOVE bath time, you can't get enough of splashing your legs in the water, you think it's hilarious. Also new this month... you love to go on walks with Mommy, Daddy and Lexi in your Baby Bjorn... facing outwards, you have to be able to see what's going on around you! Unfortunately this has been put on hold for now considering that the West Nile Virus has hit Houston. Bummer. You also love playing with toys, your pacifier, your exersaucer (thanks Mimi and Papa), hearing yourself talk/laugh, and having Mommy and Daddy read/sing to you.

Dislikes: You are a little co-dependent on Mommy and Daddy. Sometimes it's so bad that you get upset when we turn our back on you! But other times you are happy as a clam lying on your playmat by yourself. Other than that you are pretty easy-going.

Diaper Size: 2

Clothes Size: This is interesting to me. You have some onesies that are 0-3 months that you can still wear, others you are WAY too long to wear. Mostly you are still in 3 months or 3-6 months. We finally bought you some 6 months jammies... they fit you length-wise but swallow you whole width wise.

Feeding: You are still exclusively getting breast milk. And today we got the green light to start you on rice cereal!! Very exciting stuff. Which means Daddy needs to get down your high chair from the attic. We will see how it goes. No worries, we will get it on video for those who actually care to see it. When I talked to my sister today about how she was ready to start solids her reaction was, "I think you just need to put that off!" I feel ya Ash, not ready for this baby girl to grow up!

Hair Color: I had been planning all month to write, "I think her hair has officially turned to a dirty blonde"...until yesterday when M sent me a pic at work and her hair looked totally red again! Who knows.

Eye Color: Dark blue. Almost the exact same color as mine.

Nicknames: We mostly call you Nug or Nugget, sometimes Aves. We have been trying really hard to say your real name more frequently so that you can get used to hearing it!

Milestones: This month you have really gotten the hang of rolling over from your stomach to your back. Now we are working on back to tummy. You are also starting to pull your paci out of your month and then put it back in yourself. You grab onto anything and everything that you can get your sweet little hands on... And this month you really started to develop your laugh. Before it was just a squeal, but now it's starting to sound legit. Sweetest sound ever.

Avery, this stage you are in is just really fun. Looking back to the first couple of weeks, I never imagined that at 4 months we would be here. You are simply just an easy/happy baby. You bring so much joy into our lives. Your little personality is really starting to come out, you're a little bit of a ham, and a lot bit dramatic.. Gee, wonder where you got that from? :)

We love you so much little ~~Nug~~, I mean Avery. :)

Let's just say that Mommy needs to buy you some Alabama gear for the rest of this year's football season... I don't think we can wear this until b-ball season arrives. It's just too depressing.