Early bird gets her teeth!

Poor Laney has started getting teeth already. Her upper molars were the first to poke thru and they come down a little then go back up. She is in a lot of pain :( which tugs at my heart strings hard! She doesn't like cold on her gums, but is getting some relief from a cool wet washcloth, chewing on mommy's finger, extra showertime in the morning, and a shot of whiskey here and there! just kidding :) She has started making raspberry sounds and loves it when you do it back. She raspberries, waits for you to do the same, then does another one. When her teeth pain gets really bad, that is about the only way I can make her smile. It's endearing to have a break in tears for a raspberry smile :) She is being a good sport, and hopefully this will be over sooner rather than later.

4 months old!

Little Miss Laney is quite the character these days. She is reaching for everything and loves touching anything she can reach. for a couple weeks now she has been opening and closing her hands on everything she touches. She loves petting Jo and Sadie, and Sadie doesn't seem to mind the hair pulling like Jo does. She loves to "scratch" the sheets when she lays in her bed. She loves faces too, touching them and grabbing noses, chins, eyes :) Her language is growing by the day. The last couple of days she discovered a new sound, sort of sounds like a closed throat and nasally "a" or "eh" sound, I guess. She gets very excited and laughs now when we play "peek". We cover her face with a burp cloth or her shirt and ask where Laney is, then we take it off and say "peek" and she laughs. That is the sweetest laugh! She squeals with delight when she plays with her mobiles and rattles. She is just hysterical, the faces she is making and expressions. She rolls and rolls now too. She starts rolling over and instead of rolling back to her back the way she came, she just keeps on rolling. Yesterday she ended up on the carpet by Sadie 4 feet from where I'd put her. On Monday she started to cut her first tooth! Well, today I discovered 2 emerging, an upper right molar, and an upper left molar! Looks like her bottom fronts wont be far behind, she keeps sucking in her bottom lip and rubbing her tongue along her lower gums. We went to the doctor again today for her 4 month check up and she is 16.1 pounds, and 26.5 inches long! That puts her in the 90 percentile for weight and the 95 percentile for height. Her doctor was pleased that she was doing so well with her development :)

I'm a lion hear me roar!

Laney has discovered her voice in a big way this week. She started growling. She babbles so much now and growls at you when she "talks". She met another 7 month old baby who made a sound that sounded like she was clearing her throat all the time. Laney just stared when we were at her house, but the next morning she made the same sound all day! She is starting to mimic noises, luckily she forgot Sunday how to make that new sound! The hanging basket of flowers was my gift from Laney and Scott for my first Mother's Day! So sweet, and they gave me a gift certificate so that I can start my garden this spring too. The three of us went to Grandpa Tim's and Mor Mor's for Mother's day, and had a great time. Laney soaked up all the attention like a champ. She was a little whipped at the end of the day and had some chill time of her dad's lap. She also is almost rolling over the other direction now...she practices but just isn't quite there yet. She is so much more aware all the time of her world around her. She began reaching this week too. When someone else is holding her and I offer to take her, she reaches out for me, wow that will melt a heart quickly! She is almost laughing too! She has one little skip of a laugh that is just the cutest little sound ever! And her "small mouth" is getting so good, she's so cute! We just love her.

3 1/2 months

Laney is changing so fast! She smiles so much and now is starting to tells stories (in Laney language). When Scott gets home he asks her how her day went and she talks and coos, it's so cute, she'll go on for a long time. She is really a sweetie! Now when she sits on the potty, she talks to me and we have a very non-English conversation. Sadie comes to visit her while she sits on the potty and will lick her feet and hands. Laney watches Sadie walk in and sticks out her hand towards Sadie then smiles when she licks her. More and more aware of her surroundings all the time.