Ettley is Four Months:

Ettley Kate is 4 months! She is getting so big and so are her cheeks! Having a little girl is so fun and I can’t wait to experience more firsts with her. Here is what Ettley Kate has been up to:

• We had her 4 month appointment and the doctor was so happy with her weight gain! She weighed 13lbs 2 ounces ( 38th percentile) and she is 24.75 inches long ( 67th percentile). She only weighs one pound more than Adler did but I think it’s safe to say she won’t be as tall as he will. 
• The biggest thing is that she is rolling both ways! She rolled from her stomach to her back when she was 3 months but then kind of stopped doing it. Then at about 4 1/2 months she started rolling from her back to her stomach and her stomach to back again. She likes to roll but doesn’t really roll all over the place.
• She has really started to grab for things and she will hold on to them and usually put them right in her mouth.
• She has found her feet and eats them all the time. It is so cute!
• She loves watching Adler. She will just stare at him and smile. He probably gets the most laughs out of her which we are all jealous about. She just loves her big brother.
• She has started sitting in her Bumbo. She still leans forward a little like Adler use to but she is getting the hang on it. 
• She is not a fan of her pacifier. When we give it to her she makes a gross look like “Why would you put this in my mouth?”
• She is really good at putting herself to sleep. She knows when we hold her horizontal that we are trying to get her to go to sleep and she hates it. She does so much better if we just lay her in her bed and let her fall asleep on her own. When she is ready to go to sleep she will cry and we lay her down and she falls asleep really fast. 
• She is a squawker especially in quiet places. She usually does it when she is really happy. We love hearing her little voice and all the noises she makes. 
• She prefers to sleep on her stomach but we only sleep her like that during naps. We are still swaddling her for bed time so she sleeps on her back.
• We feed her pears because she was constipated but she didn’t really have any reaction. She pushed the food out with her tongue so I think we will wait a little longer to try more foods.
• The doctor was very impressed with her and the milestones she is hitting. They said she is developmentally like a 7 month old! We think she is super smart but that’s because she is our child :)                    

We love watching Ettley grow. I can’t wait until she can say mommy. She has made me happier and I love having two kids. I love my little family and I look forward to every month with Ettley.

Here are some pictures of our Ettley girl. 

She loved being outside but hated the water!

Her cheeks get bigger when she sleeps

Chillin in her bumbo

Watching Adler play

Adler at 4 months and Ettley at 4 months! I think they look very similar :)

It's so hard to get them both to look at the camera

Her profile is so pretty

Sucking her thumb

1st ride in the big girl seat

I love this skirt of hers!

Adler's Growth in Pictures 1 Month-6 Months

My little boy has grown so much! I tried to take very similar pictures of him each month so I could really see his growth. I love my little Adler John. It will be cool to see all of these pictures lined up once he hits 12 months!

1 Month:

2 Months:

3 Months:

4 Months:

5 Months:

6 Months:

Adler’s 4 months old!

Our little boy keeps getting bigger and bigger! He is experiencing a lot more firsts and it’s so fun to experience them with him. His next appointment isn’t for 2 weeks because we are traveling and couldn’t fit it in until then so I might include his stats in his 5 month post. 

Here is what’s new with Adler:

-We did take him in to get weighed to see if he was gaining good weight and see if he has acid reflux. He weighed 12 lb. 13 oz. He is now in the 9th percentile for weight but they aren’t concerned about that. They also told us that he is actually in the 80th percentile for height and that they must have measured wrong at his last appointment. 

-The biggest thing is that he is rolling over. I don’t know if I can actually claim that he is rolling yet because he will do it a ton one day and then won’t do it again for a day or two. He first did it 3 weeks ago and he rolled from his back to his tummy. Since then he has rolled from his tummy to back and back to tummy. He isn’t consistent yet but I feel like that will happen very soon.

*Since writing this post every time we put Adler on his back he rolls to his tummy! He is going to be a roller soon!

-Anyone that has met Adler knows he spits up a ton! He will spit up anywhere from 2 to 6 times after each feeding. This gets a little exhausting to deal with and I have read that it peeks at 4 months and usually goes away when he can eat food and sit up. Let’s hope that is our case. We have taken him to the doctor about acid reflux but he doesn’t cry when he spits up so I don’t think he has it. Any tips on how to deal with spitting up would be greatly appreciated. 

-Adler loves to look at everything! It is hard to feed him in new places because he gets distracted and wants to look around. He is still very curious.

-Adler also loves story time. He loves to look at all the pictures.

-He has made the move from our room to his crib at night. Dane likes it because he gets a better nights sleep (he is a very light sleeper and wakes up to any move Adler makes) I am still trying to get use to it and trying to not freak myself out.

-He talks like crazy still and his laugh is still the cutest thing. Besides being tickled the same things don’t make him laugh which keeps us acting silly to get cute laughs out of him.

-He now sits in his Bumbo but at first he seemed a little unsure. He held on to the thing in the middle and wouldn’t let go. It was very cute.

-He took his first trip that was not to Virginia or Utah. We went on a family reunion to Chicago. There he went on his first train ride, first baseball game and got his first baseball hat which is still a little big. He also met more of him extended family and hung out with my cousin Jessica’s little girl, Janie, who is exactly a month younger than him.    

I love this picture!

and this one!

He was asleep in his stroller

 -Everything goes in his mouth no matter what it is and he is really grabbing and playing with his toys. He also has found his feet! The only time he doesn’t put his hands in his mouth is when he’s falling asleep in our arms. Then, he always wants his hands on OUR mouths. I guess there is something he finds soothing about it.

-He also had his first trip to the pool! We went to an indoor play are in Orem because I was nervous to take him out in the sun before he was old enough to wear sunblock (yes, I’m a first time mom). I think he really liked it. Dane took him under a little trickle waterfall and he didn’t cry! He also loves splashing in the bath and recently in rain puddles.

These pictures turned out so cute!

Also as of August 3rd it has been a year since we found out I was pregnant! I love that we found out on my birthday and unfortunately for Dane that was the best birthday present I ever got!

A lot of my recent pictures of him have already been used in recent posts but here are a few that you haven't seen.

Mommy and son matching shoes.

Recently he has loved putting his hands on our faces/mouths. He does it a lot when he is trying to go to sleep.

We love watching Adler grow and I am still so happy and amazed that this is MY little boy. I can’t wait until he can say mommy. He has made me happier than I ever thought I would be with kids and I love him so much. I also love watching Dane interact and play with Adler. I found this quote that I love it says “ I never knew how much I loved your daddy until I saw how much he loved you”. I love my little family and I look forward to every month with Adler.