happy 4 months Carys!

Carys is 4 months old and lets just say she is becoming quite a handful!

She's weighing in at about 12lbs these days and she is 23 inches

here is her serious face

 So at 4 months our once ALWAYS sweet, rarely crying, docile baby has let another side of her personality shine. Chris and I have decided that Carys is a little DIVA! Of course she is still a sweet, cheerful, smiling baby, however, we now know that she does have a very cranky side. Her moodiness started at about 3 months and it's even worse now. It's not all the time (thank you, thank you, thank you!) but sometimes she gets in these moods where she just wants to scream and cry and that's it. Before 3 months Carys was such an easy baby, she rarely ever cried so Chris and I got spoiled bc now our precious little girl has a bit of an attitude! I think this sudden onset of on and off crankiness can be partly attributed to teething bc she is gnawing on everything and is drooling like crazy. 

Also, she is obviously growing up and now she REALLY lets us know when she's unhappy. I thought the "4th Trimester" (the first 3 months of a babies life) was the hardest to get through, but that was the easiest part! All she did was sleep, eat, and poop... now, all I can say is that some days are a true test of patience.

The awesome part about motherhood, and parenthood in general, is that it's full of ups and downs, but in watching your baby grow up there are so many moments that make you laugh and smile that it makes getting through those frustrating and stressful moments a little bit easier. 

Aside from Carys' new "attitude," she is doing really well and growing so fast!

she still loves our walks and its more apparent now that she also loves nature... she looks up at the trees and enjoys the scenery

 her socialization skills are really coming out now and it's so cute... she reaches out for people now and tries to touch your face

and an update to my rollie pollie post Carys can now roll over all by herself now... she actually started doing it right after I posted that she hasn't done it on her own yet. i guess she was like "i'll show you, i can do it by myself!" lol

 

here is Carys with her aunt Sugar Plum Fairy (my bff Mindy)... we love visitors :)

 

she also likes it when i put her in her seat and let her play with toys

 

and here is baby girl and I right before her bedtime (a picture with me in it, shocking i know!)

 the picture is a little blurry bc it was taken w/ my mom's phone... clearly not as sophisticated as my iphone camera ;)

 And when our day is over Carys goes to bed anywhere between 6:30-8:30pm and she wakes up for the day 12 hours later around 6:30-8:30am (i guess depending on when she went to bed). she still wakes up about 3 times a night to eat which is starting to get exhausting for mamma but hopefully she'll be sleeping through the night soon!