How I Wake Up

Once Mommy unwraps me this is what I do...

Shoot my arms way up high and stretch.

Then I scrunch up in a ball.

Next I stretch again.
After all the stretching I look around for Mommy...

and give her a big smile. =)

Already 4 months

Didn't I just do this for 3 months?

I feel like I was just writing about you being 3 months, and you are already 4 months old. You are growing so fast. You are quite the social little girl. If you are not sleeping you are talking. I am still amazed at how precious you are. You giggled at me for the first time the other day. It was one of my favorite moments. I lifted you up above my head and brought you down close to my face. You loved it. You tried so hard to keep giggling at me but it always turned into a cute little shriek. I kept lifting you up and down so I could keep catching that little giggle. We even called Daddy on speaker phone so he could hear you. You are such a happy girl. You are still a mommy’s girl and can get upset when someone else puts you to sleep. You are supposed to be working on rolling over but you don’t like to be on your tummy. You are starting to grab objects. You would be better at grabbing objects if you were not more interested in the people handing you the toy than the actual toy. Every time I hand you a toy your eyes light up and you break out a huge smile. When you do play with your toys you prefer your giraffe. It is awkward to get into your mouth, but you love to chew on it. You also love your brothers and talk to them. They keep you entertained with all their craziness. You are so different from your brothers. Having a little girl has changed me more than I ever expected. Even though I know you are too young to watch what I do I am still very conscious of how I act and what kind of example I set. I know I am not perfect, and I am never going to try and pretend I am. I know that how I live my life will impact how you choose to live. I want you to feel the freedom to love yourself, to see how beautiful God created you. I want you to define yourself by who you are as a person; not how you look, or what you accomplish. Having a daughter is a whole new experience for me, and I know it is not always going to be easy. I am so proud of you already and excited about watching you grow up. I know God has blessed me with a truly amazing and beautiful little girl, who I know is going to grow up to be a lovely woman. I am blessed to call you my daughter.

There is no way you can look at that picture and not laugh.

She is a Daddy's Girl

I may be the one who brings her comfort and puts her to sleep. But Daddy is the one who makes her face light up. He is her favorite person to talk to.



I pray this is the beginning of a very strong relationship.