Sittin' Up Girl

This lady is well on her way to being able to sit up on her own! She can hold herself mostly upright for a little while, but still has quite a forward lean, and will topple over after a few seconds. But she's been enjoying getting lots of practice, and using the bumbo to help her sit up and watch the world in the meantime! 

Toes

Lil' Miss Autumn has officially discovered her toes! Only a matter of time before she figures out she can get them into her mouth...

First Camping Trip

Well, we did it, we finally braved our first family camping trip! We were quite nervous going into it, not sure how it would go... would anyone sleep? Would the babies be happy being outside all day? Well, our anxieties were unfounded because the weekend went great! Autumn was an absolute champ, and was her usual happy, laid-back self.  She napped great both in the tent, and outside in the fresh mountain air.  She slept through the night both nights, and during the day was happy as could be to hang out with everybody.  She was a trooper on the short hike we went on, sleeping through part of it, and being content to watch the views the rest of the time.  Now that we have successfully conquered camping, we hope to do it again soon!

Tent Napping

Sleepy Coos

Autumn does the sweetest thing sometimes when she’s falling asleep. She’ll usually start out fussy and crying, then settle in and start to fall asleep... but before she falls completely asleep, she’ll look at me through half-open eyes, give me a crooked half-smile and start cooing.  They are the sweetest little coos, that seem to say “I’m so content ahead relaxed and I can’t help but express it,” and I love it! She also sometimes blows raspberries in her sleep when she’s just dozing off, and that’s hilarious and adorable as well. 

First Fourth of July

Autumn had a great first 4th of July! We braved taking her with us to our annual tradition of watching the Colorado Rapids soccer game and fireworks show, even though it meant being out way past her bedtime. We assumed she’d sleep most of the time we were there, and worried she might get really fussy and have a hard time sleeping with all of the lights and noise... well boy did she prove us wrong! She was actually happily awake for all but a 30 min snooze she peacefully fell asleep for at halftime. She was such a little trooper!! And, best of all, she loved the fireworks! We put noise dampening headphones on her to protect her little ears, and she was just entranced watching them! We had to leave shortly after the fireworks began because her big brother did not share her affection for them, but she watched the show over my shoulder the whole way to the car. Happy 4th little buggy!

4 Months

Our munchkin is 4 months old! 

Stats:

14 lb 3 oz - 49th percentile

24.5 in - 51st percentile

(Our girl is solidly average!)

Likes:

Chewing on her fists/anything within reach 

Wheels on the Bus

Itsy Bitsy Spider

Blowing raspberries

Watching her big brother

Falling asleep to music 

Standing up (with support, of course)

Dislikes:

Napping longer than 30 minutes during the day

Being left alone for too long 

Being on her tummy for too long 

New Milestones:

Rolling over from back to tummy

Can grab objects and bring them to her mouth 

Father’s Day 2018

This was Dada’s first Father’s Day as a dada of two babies, and it was a nice and relaxing day. We just so happened to be in Chicago, which made it extra special since Dada got to be with his Dada too! We had three generations all together for a special Father’s Day. We had a low-key day at home, barbecuing, watching baseball and enjoying family time!