Jane 4 Months

Jane's Fourth Month she's really starting to explore and move.  Just look at those acrobatics during her photo!  She's thriving on a schedule and always a very happy girl after a nap.  I had to adjust her diapers up a size :(  She loves tummy time and has learned how to grab and hold on to things.  She can hold her bottle up at Grandma's. She knows how to take out her paci but doesn't quite know how to fit it back in yet.  She pretty much puts everything in her mouth, and lately her big obsession is texture.  She just has to touch and feel everything with her hands, then her mouth of course.  She belly laughs all the time.  She is now doing storytime before bed, her favorite book is 10 Rubber Ducks by Eric Carlye.  Oh, yeah, that's because it's the only one I read to her, but really, she seems captivated with it.  We are loving her more and more each day.

Jane's First Christmas!

This year was Jane's first Christmas.  It was a good one, Jane was showered with gifts although she is still too young to understand the concept.  We started the day at church which is nice for Christmas Day.  I would have argued the point as a child... but we took the day slow and it was so nice.  We didn't open gifts at home until 1:00!  For everyone else, I'm sure Christmas had already been unwrapped.  We then went to Grandpa and Grandma Walker's house for more gift-giving and Christmas dinner. Here are a few pictures from Jane's first Christmas:

Jane in her Christmas dress.

We've been trying to get a good picture of her smiling.

We finally got one.

                                               Jane and her pony.

She really enjoyed the wrapping paper.

Jane, Mom, and Grandma playing with

Jane's Peek-a-Shoe

3 months

At three months, Jane loves personal attention and smiles from others, she enjoys having 'conversations', but talks to herself also.  She's sleeping well at night and usually during the day.  She likes to be carried around facing out so she can see what's going on around her.  She is exploring her world mostly with her mouth, but also with hands and feet.  She likes to stand and sit supported, and is working on rolling over.

Two months

At two months, Jane has become a bit more particular about how she likes things.  She enjoys baths.  She hates riding in the car and will scream the whole way.  But loves being held by her tummy in a football hold facing out.  She likes to go to sleep with a pacifier.  She loves to watch her mobile and even laughs and coos at it.  We think she enjoys Vivaldi and Mom's singing.  Mom has started a three-hour schedule and she's eating faster and staying awake longer, but still mostly sleeps!  She is very easily overstimulated and if she doesn't get to sleep on time, she gets very cranky!  But she's starting to coo and continues to smile.