Little Sugie!

Dear Hadley, Happy 4 month old milestone today! Your cognitive skills have jumped into warp speed just in the last several weeks! You have found your voice, and you use it a lot! You love to gurgle, coo and giggle! You have also learned how to squeal and shriek in delight! You smile so much of your awake time.Your tiny hands can now grasp objects and bring them up to your mouth. You love to chew on your hands and have discovered the wonder of your feet and toes. You roll around like crazy and push off with your feet and scootch forward. We can't leave you alone for a second. Of course, you prefer being around people and get quite sad when you are alone. You are so much fun to play with, read books to, sing to and play hand rhymes with, and you love it all! You wore yellow today and it really showed off your pretty red hair! You make a little hungry sound when it is time to eat, and you rub your eyes when you are tired. Most of the rest of the time you are ready to play, smile and laugh out loud. As you get more active your bath and bedtime gets ever earlier. You sleep 9-12 hours at night, which we think is very thoughtful and nice of you! Keep learning, playing and growing! All my love, Mimsi

Baby Pie!

A few milestones to talk about, even though you are not quite yet four months old! Your fine motor skills are ever evolving, and it is amazing to Gma how you can bring your little hands together now and pull things toward you! Gma got you some new books. One is about food and has little lift up flaps to see the food in a different form. You bring your little hands together and try very hard to touch the pictures and lift the flaps-you even lifted one this week! Gma was VERY impressed! You love the outdoors and would spend as much time as you could out there. You love bath time and love to kick your legs and move your arms! You don't really like laying down so much anymore. You like to sit up like a big girl and be a part of the socializing. Here is Gma's favorite thing, though: when you smile, it's not just the corners of your mouth that turn up. When you smile, your whole face lights up like a sunbeam. Your mouth opens wide and your eyes shine, the dimples in your cheeks show and it is such a beautiful smile-a treasure beyond words to us! You seem greatly interested in foods and drinks we consume and you have your own little special cry when you are hungry. When you are getting ready to eat, you jump a little and kick your legs and flail your arms, as if to say "Ok, I'm ready!" You love to be on Gpa's shoulder and walk around with him. You love seeing your aunts' faces. When you hear daddy's voice, you turn toward him. You always give Gma big smiles. But the person you love best is your mommy, you look at her with such love in  your expressive eyes and stare so eagerly toward her. You have become very good at pulling toys from your toy bars toward your face. You can make beads bounce, birds dance and teethers come close to your mouth. Every day you get a little more amazing and a little more beautiful. We are all so blessed to have you in our lives and we couldn't love you more! Your mommy told me today I have been calling you Baby Pie quite a lot lately-I didn't even realize it, but you are my little baby pie! All my love, Mimsi