4 months

(Outfit picked out by dad - fabulous!)

Likes:
Sitting and standing with help from mom and dad
Grabbing and putting toys in her mouth
Rolling from back to front
Sleeping on her tummy
Making bubbles and spitting
Riding in the stroller without the carseat
Waking up and getting picked up
Music, still loves the Elmo song

Dislikes:
Napping
Diaper changes in the middle of the night (she wants to get to the eating part faster!)

Upright Rainbow Bright

Tegan has been able to bear her weight for awhile now, but lately she has been wanting to stand more and more.  She's still pretty wobbly, and her knees give out on her sometimes, but she's getting stronger and stronger by the day.

This week according to my phone

Sunglasses

Sleeeeeepy

Tegan hated napping in her crib at first, but about a month ago started sleeping in there consistently. Most of the time she's down for 30 minutes exactly - you could set a watch by it.  And just a few days ago she fell asleep without any crying - yay!

Bath time

Before we could leave the hospital after Tegan was born I had to get a lesson in bathing her.  First the nurse told me the steps and how to hold her, then they brought out what was essentially a metal mixing bowl and I had to show them I knew how to do it.  I think I just barely passed - boy was she slippery!  The bath we have at home is much easier!  

At the beginning Tegan did not like bath time.  Crying and screaming were involved.  We found she liked showers while she was there, but still hated the drying off/getting-dressed-again part.  Now she enjoys the in-water time, either bath or shower, and in the last few weeks we have made it through the entire bath process with no crying, yay!  Today she happily munched on her hands while we dried her off and got her into her pjs.

Roses are red

Cutie pie

Phone photos

Random photos from this week:

Waiting for the doctor

 Hop on Pop

Trying to nap, instead finding her thumb

Army crawl, aka falling asleep position

Must put all things in my mouth!

Feet!!

Tegan grabbed her feet for the first time yesterday, and got them again today.  Wonder how long until they make it into her mouth, as does anything in her path these days.

And just for the heck of it, here are mom and dad too:

Sleepy girl

Star Wars ABCs

Rollin x's 2

The day after Tegan figured out rolling from her stomach to her back she decided to try from her back to her stomach.  Jeremiah went in to check on her in her crib and found her on the stomach trying to army crawl.  We thought she was using the sides of the crib to push off of, so we laid her on the bed and sure enough she flipped right over like a pro and hasn't stopped since.  Every time we lay her down for bed or a nap she immediately rolls; she's had to learn how to sleep in this different position so nights have been a little rougher than they had been, but she's getting better.

Picture Me Rollin'

This picture isn't anything to write home about, except that it was taken today just moments before she rolled over for the first time!  She did it again later but I failed to get a picture or video of it either time.

She's also very close to getting from her back to her front when she is falling asleep - she arches her back so much it gets her onto her side, and only getting over her arm is holding her back.

3 months

Likes:
Big smiles
Music, specifically the Elmo song and Somebody That I Used to Know
Sitting up with help from mom or dad
Putting all things in her mouth
Eating from a bottle (yay!  good for daycare)
Watching TV and computer screens
Falling asleep in a crazy back-arched-head-thrown-back position

Dislikes:
Falling asleep - usually involves 5 minutes of crying first
When you try to move her head when she's asleep to keep her from getting flat spots
Wind in her face and sun in her eyes
Starting to not like her stroller (bummer)

Also this month Tegan has started consistently napping in her crib.  She wakes up a number of time at night, usually 3-5, but almost always goes right back to sleep after eating.