4 Months and growing fast!

Allie is now four months old and cuter than ever.  She smiles so much and has some favorite songs.  She loves hearing “Mr. Sun” and “Tomorrow” (the song from Annie).  She also likes “Itsy Bitsy Spider” and “Wheels on the Bus”, but I have to say that “Mr. Sun” is probably her all time favorite.  For those who don’t know it, it goes like this:

Mr. Sun, Sun, Mr. Golden Sun

Please shine down on me

Mr. Sun, Sun, Mr. Golden Sun

Hiding behind a tree

Allie’s here and she’s asking you

To please come out so she can play with you

Oh, Mr. Sun, Sun, Mr. Golden Sun

Please shine down on me.

Kevin makes fun of me big time for this song, but she loves it, so I’ll sing it until my face turns blue if I have to.  I actually sang it yesterday when we went to the doctor’s for a well baby visit and she had to get her vaccines.  She didn’t shed a single tear while getting her shot because Mommy was singing Mr. Sun!  Although I almost shed a tear when the nurse took a look at Allie and said, “Boy, your mother gave you some good thighs!”  She might be 4 months old and weigh over 19 pounds, but it’s all muscle!

We’re Rollin’ Now!

 

As of yesterday, my little doll has started to roll over on her own.  She’s also started making raspberry noises which is so cute, but very drooly and messy!

 

CAKE!

If you know me, then you know that I love cake. Actually, I love just about anything you can find in a bakery. I enjoy watching the food network when they have cake challenges. I also like watching Cake Boss on TLC. I feel like I could be a master cake designer if I had access to the equipment. If I were 10 years younger I'd apply to be on MTVs Made to be a pastry chef. "I wanna be made"...

Fortunately we had two reasons to enjoy cake this month. It was Kevin's 29th birthday for the third time. I had a cake made for him at J&S Watkins. It was sponge cake with chocolate mousse. Here's a picture.

And it's my birthday this Wednesday. We celebrated early and Kevin had a cake made for me at Coccadotts. It was raspberry swirl cake with chocolate mousse. Here's a picture.

I think we'll have to make it a tradition to make eachother really yummy and unique cakes for our birthdays. :)

Sharing new videos... Finally!

So I have been slacking on posting any of the videos we've taken of Allie in recent weeks. It's amazing to us when we look back at the first few we took of her to see how tiny she once was. Not a day goes by that I don't notice something new about her, especially how quickly she is forming a loving and happy little personality. It's truly heartwarming to come home to her smile at the end of the workday. Enjoy the videos below!

3 Months and 1 week old.

Allie is now weighing in around 17-18 pounds. She goes to the doctor at the end of the month and we'll get an official weight and length then. I'm fairly certain she'll be off the charts because she's already wearing her 6-9 month clothes!

She sleeps really well at night - usually falling asleep around 7pm and only waking once for a feeding. She also takes 2-3 naps during the day. I've found that a rested baby makes for a happy baby (and mother!).

She's holding onto things now. She'll grab onto a toy, a blanket, your clothes, Mommy's hair... She's even begun rolling her shoulders over, but just can't seem to move the bottom half. She can push herself all the way up on her arms and bears a good amount of weight on her legs.

She's become much more social in the past month. She smiles often and laughs. She seems to be ticklish too. She'll watch someone walk through a room and sometimes she'll squeal for attention. Lately, she's been playing with her voice - humming, cooing, screaming as loud as she can in an extremely high pitch, saying "Roxy stop barking I'm trying to sleep". Ok, maybe not that last one, but we all know she's thinking it.

It seems every week she's learning something new. I can't wait to see what next week brings!

Photos from February!

Here are 28 days (although 29 photos -don't know how that happened) of Allie! Her Daddy and I have not missed a single day of photos. The resolution lives. Click on the photo for all the pictures.