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!

Happy Hump Day!

Rollie Pollie

 Carys has been showing off her skills on the floor... grabbing her feet, rolling side to side, rolling over from stomach to back, doing mini push ups.
Yesterday I put her on her mat right before bedtime and with a little bit of help from mom she did a new trick :) she rolled over from her back to her stomach!

now i wont say that she has hit this milestone completely b/c i did give her a little tap b/c i could tell she was trying to roll over, she just needed a little more momentum. but she is so close to doing it all by herself!

Carys and Dad :)

today was the first day that I left Carys alone with Chris for a couple of hours while I went to an appointment. I wasn't really worried because I have full confidence in Chris (even though he often hears the words "you're doing it wrong" come out of my mouth, i have to admit that he is a great dad). well he texted me this picture with: "she's good just so you know"

and when i got home she was just waking up... ready to eat :)

here are two more pictures of Carys and Chris... being silly... no that's not a new hat, its just her pants!

cute dress

I just wanted to post these pictures of Carys in this adorable Ralph Lauren "tennis" dress she got as a gift, from a family friend. I did a mini photo shoot with her because the outfit was so frickin' cute!

Carys the Yogi

About 3 weeks ago Carys and I started Mom and Baby yoga (thank you to Lauren and her blog for introducing me to Itsy Bitsy Yoga and our yoga studio!) and we LOVE it! I've been a huge fan of yoga for awhile now, and I love that I can share my passion for yoga with Carys. There are ribbons dangling above each baby's mat so they have something fun to stare at during yoga (that is what she is mesmerized by in the picture above)
The yoga session starts out with Itsy Bitsy Yoga (poses that help baby to sleep longer, digest better, and grow stronger). In our first class Carys didn't even really want to do the poses because she was so excited to be in a new environment with new sights to take in. She also seemed to really enjoy socializing with the other babies in the class :)  Carys is also always very vocal during class, just like she is at home... she's always talking! Oh, and in our second class Carys rolled over from her stomach to her back for the first time! Now, going into our 4th week, she is getting better at letting me do the poses with her and she focuses a little bit more on me instead of everything and every body else (she is a curious little baby!) After we do yoga with the babies we let them rest for a little while on their mats while the moms do yoga... and during our first session Carys actually fell asleep while i was doing yoga... talk about helping baby sleep better! We have so much fun at yoga, and I really have enjoyed getting to see other babies and talk with other moms with babies, it's great!

 

Just recently Carys has become obsessed with her feet (she has been obsessed with her hands for a couple of months now). During yoga she is most interested in rolling from side to side and playing with her feet. So, I have a couple of pictures of Carys in her car seat, right after yoga, trying to grab her feet.

flip cam

i bought Chris a flip cam for Christmas so we could video tape our little girl as she grows up... and it really comes in handy!

this first video is of Carys a week or two ago and now you all can actually see what I mean when i say Carys is "talking" a lot now. here she is... just babbling away. btw, don't mind chris and i talking in the background... it's kinda embarrassing when you hear yourself on tape talking to a baby ;)

this next video is of Carys and her cousin Brynn... i posted pictures of them from 4th of July but here is a video of the two babies... sooooo cute!