FOUR MONTHS!

Leah,

You are officially an infant. Nothing about you is "newborn" anymore. You are a full-on baby, and you're so perfect right now I can barely stand it! Your daddy and I keep knocking on wood that you stay so easy.

You so rarely cry. You occasionally get upset if it's past time to eat, or if you're tired and not in your bed, but you mostly just go with the flow, and smile and squeal and - lately - GIGGLE your way through the day! You love to sit in your exersaucer or your Bumbo seat, if you've got toys to keep you busy. You love to lie on your play mat, either on your tummy or on your back, and chew on anything you can reach.

You're consistently able to roll from your tummy to your back AND from your back to your tummy (just like your sister, you learned back to tummy first, and it would upset you when you'd find yourself on your tummy!). Over the last few days, you have started being able to sit for a few seconds by yourself, or "tripod" yourself for a few seconds (before you topple over head first!).

You think (other people) sneezing is HILARIOUS. You think fake sneezing is sort of funny, but real sneezing is HILARIOUS.

You love to be tickled, and you love it when we kiss your cheeks and neck and belly. I love to pretend to eat your jellyroll legs. Sometimes I can get some chuckles out of you for that. :)

Your FAVORITE thing, though, by far... is your sister. You always smile when you see her; you squeal when she looks at you; and you just love it when she gets down on the floor with you and plays. Just so you know, she loves you very much too. She loves helping Mommy and Daddy take care of you, she loves playing with you, she loves talking to you and telling you all about things she knows. It melts my heart to see that. I wanted so badly for you both to love each other, and I hope you continue to be close and loving sisters. There is no relationship in the world like between sisters.

You're the perfect baby. I want to freeze you here, but I know it keeps getting better. I'm just trying to be in every moment I have with this sweet baby-you. I love you so much, Leah, and I hope you always know just how cherished you are.

Love,
Mommy