Kaiya - 4 Months!

Month 3 has been my favorite month so far, and here we are moving into month 4! The super tiny newborn stage is precious and awe inspiring in it's own way, but I just LOVE this post-newborn stage.

This month Kaiya has just blossomed into a real little person. She is quick to smile, has the most precious little laugh and will just talk talk talk all day long. She's also started to chunk up big time, giving her the cutest little chunk thighs, arms and cheeks. Her nanny is constantly in amazement at how much she eats (and mommy is trying like crazy to keep up!).

This smile makes mommy's heart melt :)

This month she's learned to roll from stomach to back (weirdly, she learned back to front first), how to grasp toys and bring them to her mouth, and that kicking her legs makes her bouncy chair bounce. She LOVES to look in the mirror, and if you put her on her stomach for tummy time (which she's also learned to like) she'll shimmy forward, which I can only assume is the precursor to crawling. She's also continuing to lose all the pretty hair she had when she was born, which makes both mommy and daddy sad. Oh! And did I mention her incredible ability to stay seated for an impressive amount of time??

Kaiya is the queen of sleeping at night (usually 11-12 hours) but she is terrible at napping, much to the nanny's chagrin. I have a theory that it's light related, so my mission this month is to get blackout shades for her nursery.

sleeping beauty

She's also ready to be standing and bouncing and loves to be sat up so despite my reluctance to collect baby "stuff" I had to bite the bullet and hit up Craigslist to get her a jumperoo. Definitely one of our best purchases yet, she LOVES it!

"bouncy, bouncy, bouncy!"

Her new favorite thing to do when sitting up? Leaning over and putting her foot in her mouth.

But the foot isn't all that special, she puts EVERYTHING in her mouth right now. Probably because she's already getting her first tooth!!!

Can you see the little tooth?? Bottom right hand side.

When she's not growing teeth and chewing on everything, she's:

Taking walks with mommy...

Visting wineries with friends...

Napping in style...

Hanging with Aunt Els...

And practicing her modeling pose. I think she's got it down.

Kaiya's growing SO fast, but it's an absolute wonder to watch and I wouldn't take back a second of it. I can't wait to see what month 4 has in store!