Maisy is four months! (And some stuff about Graeme too)

Now that Maisy is almost five months old, I figured it would be a good time to get some sort of post up about her turning four months. Time flies and I haven't made time to sit down and write until now. Oh well.

Happy (belated) four months to Maisy on the blog!

She had her four month well-visit and she weighed 13 pounds, 2 ounces and was 25 inches long. She has gained exactly 5 pounds and grown exactly 4 inches since birth. Her height is up there in the 76% but she's pretty lightweight and only in the 26% for weight. Graeme was already over 17 pounds at four months, so Maisy feels so small to us! Haha. We are so thankful that she is healthy and growing right on track.


Maisy had a busy third month of life in April.

1. She slept through the night. (Hallelujah!) She doesn't sleep all night every night, but she has done it several times and I think by the time she turns five months she will be pretty consistent with it. Of course by "sleep through the night," I mean we dream feed her, so she is sleeping for 12ish hours but still eating once before we go to bed late at night. Aaron is a true gem and usually does this feeding as I can barely stay awake past 9pm. On the nights she has slept all night, she does wake up for comfort maybe one other time, but will go back to sleep with a pat on her back or her pacifier and doesn't need to eat. I never know what nights she will sleep all night and what nights she won't, but when she does, it's glorious.
   
2. She rolls from back to tummy, although I still haven't seen her do this. She has done it twice during the daytime (both times I was occupied with Graeme), and she has done it a few times at night in her crib. At night it causes her to wake up crying because she apparently does not like to sleep on her tummy. This is funny to me because Graeme slept on his tummy as soon as he could and has never stopped.
   
3. She laughs! It's just the best thing ever to hear a baby laugh. Maisy is super ticklish and her giggles usually come out because we are tickling her. But she will also laugh at something we say or a sound we make every once in awhile. She thinks Graeme is the most hilarious of course, seeing as he is the only one who has no interest in making her laugh. Ha!
4. She is getting quite efficient at reaching and grasping toys and chewing on them. And also throwing them when she loses interest. A lot of her toys are passed down from Graeme, who actually got almost all of his toys from Bensen and Keyen. But we have bought her a few pink, girly toys of course.
   
5. She has developed a little bit of separation anxiety already. Depending on her mood, she may or may not want to be out of my arms. She is pretty obsessed with her Mommy. I do not mind this.
6. She is super observant and does not like to be left out of what's going on around her. You can already see the desire in her to move and be in on the action. Maybe she will crawl early.

She will be five months old in just a couple of weeks, crazily enough! She is so pretty and her eyes make me swoon. We are so in love with this little princess.

And because I hate to leave him out entirely, here's a quick update on Graeme Grayson:

1. He's really and truly potty trained! Woo hoo! His accidents are becoming few and far between. He still wears a Pull-Up for bedtimes, and sometimes he will wear one out and about depending on where we are going and how long it takes to get there. I am so, so, so glad we decided to potty train him this early. It's wonderful.
2. He moved up to the two-year-old class at church. This transition probably would have been hard and we would have had a few weeks of tears as we dropped him off in a new environment, but lucky for him, his grandparents and aunt and uncle are the teachers in his new class. So, of course, he's in heaven. In his previous class, it was mostly just free-for-all playtime, and now he is in a class where there are no toys. They have structured activities and crafts and a large group time. Since I have the inside scoop from my mom, I know he only had one little moment of panic his very first day. Now, he loves it and he is learning so much. Tonight, randomly, he said "God made the birds!" I concurred that was right and said, "Yeah! God made everything!" And he followed up with "God made my trains!" Oh, how I have been praying for these moments since he was born. We are witnesses to his little mind first learning about the inexplainable power and love of God. 
3. He loves the library and we have been checking out about 20 books every time we go. If it's a book about trucks, it's pretty much a guarantee he will love it. We have been to story time a few times. He likes the songs the most. And the bubbles at the end.
4. He knows his full name, who's in his family, and how old he is. It took a few days for him to remember that he was two. At first, when I would ask him his age, he would say, "Strong!"
5. We are biased, but he's so stinking smart. I wish I could record him all he time because I can't even keep track of everything he says anymore. But every day, at least once, I think to myself, "How in the world does he know that?" Like in the bathroom the other day, he pointed to the bathroom fan on the ceiling and said, "Is that a smoke alarm?" I was surprised at how well he formed a question, and that he remembered about a smoke alarm from the one book we have checked out of the library that mentions it. He blows my mind.
6. He's sweet, and I hope he always is. Today, he said, "Thank you for walking with me, Mommy!" and also, "I love Cheerios!" out of the blue, and "That's a good idea, Mommy!" at my suggestion of where to put something. 

And, thank goodness, he will finally eat ice cream!

Me and my two kiddos.