4 Months

I cannot believe Lily is 4 months old!!  She is such a precious girl!  I love her giggles, smiles, and snuggles.  She is a pretty good baby as long as we aren't in the car.  Emily loves her sister and I love watching their love grow.  I know they will be best of friends.  Here are a few highlights of the month:

• Still loves to eat her hands.  They are in her mouth constantly except when she is swaddled.
• Feel most comfortable around Mommy, Emily, and Daddy
• Loves to be swaddled to sleep 
• Sleeps well at night and has 2 naps during the day
• Loves to watch her big sister play
• Smiles at herself in the mirror
• Hates the car
• Enjoys being outside, going for walks, and riding in the stroller
• Belly giggles when tickled under her chin

Toddler Yoga

Emily loves to explore her world in an upside down position much like the yoga position, downward facing dog.  She giggles with delight as she looks beneath her legs.  I am excited to see her one day discover how to do a somersault.

Photographer

Emily is in a phase in which she doesn't want her picture taken.  Whenever I try to take her picture, she looks away.  This makes it difficult to capture her cute, memorable moments.  Emily, however, loves to play with the phone camera or real camera.  Maybe she is training to be a photographer.

Exploring Emily's

Like me, Emily loves the outdoors.  She has loved to be outside since she was tiny!  I love to watch her explore for hours on end the outdoors without any toys really besides nature to entertain her.  Emily also loves the park and attempts new tricks each day.  The other day she discovered she could reach and swing from the slide's bar.  What a big girl!  One thing about being in the outdoors is Emily likes to mess up her hair as seen in some of these pictures.  Her pigtails are lopsided - oh well!!

Little Lily

Little Lily is sure growing up.  I was browsing through her newborn pictures and was amazed to see how much she has changed.  Seeing my girls everyday allows me to celebrate their small moments of growth that make change seem as a process not so drastic.  Yet when you compare one time period to another it is more distinct.  This type of change is bitter-sweet as I hate and love to see them grow up.

Yucky Yeast Infection

The other day I noticed Lily had some diaper rash.  I usually don't apply diaper rash cream to her, so I started to treat.  After a few days it wouldn't go away.  By the end of the week I decided to call the doctor.  It was Friday so I was really hoping to get some advice.  She wasn't to fussy about it, but I was just worried.  After talking with the nurse and getting a prescription for a diaper rash cream, I then noticed the white "spit up" blotches in Lily's mouth weren't going away.  I put these signs together - diaper rash and white mouth spots - a yeast infection.  Unfortunately, the doctor was gone for the weekend, so I just used some over the counter cream.  Lily continued to act normally and by the following week things were better.  She is a trooper!!

Unrecorded Moments

For the past few weeks I have been observing and thinking about some things I wish I could capture forever.  Each day I strive to take advantage of my time with my sweet daughters as time seems to go by too fast!  My girls grow so much too quickly.  I am realizing that no matter how many pictures I take of my sweet girls, there are some things that can’t be recorded as well as in person.  Some of them are: the way Lily breathes against my neck, how Emily grabs my legs to hug me, the sparkle of both Emily and Lily’s eyes when they smile, the softness of their hair, the pitter-patter of their feet, nestling their head in my neck, the sound of silly giggles, Emily’s goodnight stories to herself, the touch of tiny hands against my skin, holding Emily’s hand while carrying Lily, and so much more.  I am grateful for the sweet moments I have with my girls each day!

Making a Santa List

The other day Emily got a hold of a Target Christmas catalog.  She quickly wanted to sit at the table and glance through it.  For almost 15 minutes, Emily looked through the catalog to investigate the new toys inside.  Her favorite pages had Ana, Elsa, and Olaf on them.  We are hoping to get her a Frozen book for Christmas.