Picture Overload-June 2011-Four Months Old!

Hannah Kate wants you to know that June is Dairy Month :)

Cousin Sarah came to visit on her way back to school and brought us strawberries!! :)

Hannah Kate's 2nd Imagination Library Book!

Hanging out with the horsie from Aunt Bonnie

And the Hereford heifer from Pa and the Grammy formerly known as GiGi.

Here are Hannah Kate's FOUR Month Pictures! It is hard to believe she's four months old (in some ways). It seems like she has grown SO fast, but it also seems like so long ago that she was born and hanging out in the NICU. She has now been OUT of the hospital longer than she was in! That's a big deal!

Look at this girl's fat belly!

Shots with Wesley's wedding ring-now it only fits on two fingers!

I love this little lamb mat that she has. A friend on Facebook has a new baby and he has the giraffe version. Since Wesley has determined that giraffes are Hannah Kate's favorite animal, she totally needs it too! :)

Do you remember how tiny she looked on the lamb when we first came home?

This is her "you woke me up" look!

I think this is a new favorite. :)

Okay, so when she turned one month old, I was a good mother and decided to write about what she was like at that age.....then months two and three came and went and I don't know what happened! So, here I am trying this again:

Things Hannah Kate does not love:
Hmmm......
~being put on her belly unless she is sleepy.

~being ignored-by that I mean, if she 's awake and we aren't playing with her, talking to her, etc. (that's going to be a hard one to break!)
~going to sleep if she's past her "sleepy point"-she's become very good at fighting sleep-just in time to take her to church services-awesome! She cries out (not a regular cry) & waves her arms. The only way to calm her then is to let her hold your fingers or pat her & rock her.
~nursing-but we are working on that!
~being in her car seat if it's not moving-she can be sound asleep and we will bring her in from the car and put the car seat on the floor while we get situated and she's awake within 2 minutes. Seriously!

Things Hannah Kate does love:
~Her mommy & daddy (of course!!)-She even had me buy her a onesie yesterday that said so!
~Smiling at her mommy & daddy. Wesley makes a silly lip smacking noise at her and she smiles every time.
~Jimmy the Giraffe-her giraffe paci-Wesley named him Jimmy and I made a song about her loving Jimmy the Giraffe. Wesley says my song writing skills are lacking, but Hannah Kate knows he's wrong!
~Sleeping ON our chests......(awesome and thanks to Wesley for teaching her that one!)
~Looking around-she's becoming so alert! It's pretty fun! We just have to watch and pay attention for when she starts to get sleepy during her "awake time.".....otherwise, see the "fighting sleep" section above!
~She loves when we sing her songs. At least once a day during her awake time, I try to do a good portion of singing, reading books, etc. to her and she loves it! She just stares at me with her big eyes and smiles! Sweet!

Fun Facts:
~Diaper size 1
~She weighed 9 pounds 6 ounces and was 22 3/4 inches long on May 31-3 days before she was 4 months old. We are going back for a weight check tomorrow because she has been nursing more and I don't want to starve her. Her doctor was fine with waiting until the end of the month, but I just want to check to be safe.
~Clothing size: most things are newborn-she has a few newborn things that she has outgrown, but she's still too small for 0-3 month clothes.
~She has great head control! She can also push herself up with her arms and hold her head up (when she's on our chests.....if she's on her belly on something else she just gets upset!)
~I think she wants to crawl--at least army crawl! If she's on her belly and not asleep, she is usually kicking her legs and moving her arms-she can move!
~She has officially outgrown the "newborn napper" part of the Pack n Play and is back in the bassinet (as of last night). I was nervous that she wouldn't sleep as well, but I guess she's more comfortable with leg room!
~She's so stinkin' cute!
~I love her fat little legs and the dimples on the backs of her hands. Her cheeks are chunky too!
~She's super pumped about hopefully moving into her new home this weekend!!!!!!!!!!!! (as is her momma!)

Hope you enjoyed this blog post! More pictures coming of her first time at church services!