Four months of Eloise

"Daddy came in my room this morning singing the birthday song again so it must be that time of the month.  HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO MEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!  Mom plucked me out of my baby rocketship, changed my diaper and then laid me in my crib to take my picture.  No where in that process was food involved - so I refused to smile for my photo shoot.  Not only that but I actually went so far as to cry through most of the photos.  Maybe next time she'll feed me first."

Eloise and George:  March 18, 2015

"Over the past month I did lots of smiling. After I mastered smiling, I learned how to giggle and think that's really fun.  I giggle whenever daddy 'flosses' under my chin with a washcloth.  The week before I turned 4-months I started talking all the time.  I haven't quite mastered the volume control so I keep practicing using my voice at all different volumes to see which one I like the most.  When I wake up in the morning I make sure to use my quiet morning voice, just in case anyone is still sleeping."

"I think there's something strange going on inside my mouth because it hurts all the time and makes me drool a lot -- so I chew on my fingers to help the pain and mom makes me wear a bib a lot to keep my clothes dry.  She says she thinks it is my first teeth but I'm not sure what that means.  I love to lay around and chew chew chew on my fingers.  Sometimes I chew on one and sometimes I chew on as many as I can fit inside my mouth.  I've even been known to chew on my fingers while sucking on a pacifier.  This made mommy smile and laugh ... which made me smile and laugh ... which made me drop my pacifier ... which made me sad ... which made mom sad."

"I have this cool pink mat that I like to lay on in the family room.  Sometimes I watch TV and sometimes I just stare at the fan. I like to roll back and forth from side to side.  I can't quite make it from my back to my belly without a little help but I keep trying.  When I do lay on my belly I like to push up with my arms and look around at things.  The world looks really different when I'm on my belly and there's really not as much to look at so mom thinks I'm just an opportunistic baby."

"I've started eating more and more and mom can't keep up with me.  She mentioned that I'd get to eat something pretty awesome soon but I haven't seen it yet.  I hope she isn't lying.  Eating more has made me happier and easier to manage.  Mom says that I am doing a great job sleeping too because I eat dinner around 7:30 or 8 and then go to bed around 9:30.  I am often the last one to wake up in the morning (8ish), unless it's a weekend and then Katie sleeps much later than I, and sometimes mommy even has to wake me up so we can take Natalie to school."

"Mom says my hair is growing quickly and that it is a beautiful amber-brown-red-blonde mix of colors.  She also tells me I was lucky enough to get the classic and beautiful Hayes eyelashes, which she says go well with my big blue/green/gray eyes."

A link to Natalie's 4-month photo shoot with Measurement Marty:
http://suburbanhayes.blogspot.com/2011/08/rolling-into-4-months.html