4 Months!

Tristyn turned 4 months old on May 17th. I cannot believe how fast time flies once you have a child. I feel like just last month I found out that I was pregnant. The past four months have been the greatest months of my life. Being a Mother is the most amazing thing that has ever happened to me. It has been so much fun watching Tristyn grow into such a happy little girl. It is hard to imagine what the next four months have in store for us. I am sure she will be a handful by then, maybe crawling and surely eating baby foods. It is so exciting to think about what all she is going to learn to do in the next few months.

Today we had her 4 month checkup at the Pediatrician. Things went very well overall. She weighed in at 13lbs 5oz and measured 25 1/2 inches long. Just last Tuesday she was only 12lbs 9oz, she's a little porker! I could not believe she had gained nearly 1lb in a week. I even had the nurse weigh her twice to make sure. Tristy had four shots and was such a little champ. She did not even make a peep until the third shot! Both the nurse and I were very impressed. Here is a picture of her sleeping off the shots, take notice of the cute little bandaids on her thighs!


I am going to start trying the rice cereal again this week. I did not tell you all this but for some reason she stopped taking it almost 2 weeks ago. Everytime I try to give it to her she scrunches up her face and spits it out. At first she really liked it so I do not know what changed. The plan is to try her on the cereal for a week and then introduce vegetables. I am very excited to see how she reacts with new tastes. If she does not do too well then I might hold off on the veggies until 5 months.

She is still rolling over daily. It seems like she has learned how to do it much better and it doesn't take nearly as long as it used to for her to turn over. She is also holding her head up very well. The doctor said that her gross motor skills were excellent. She is already grabbing at things and pulling toys up to her mouth. I am really impressed by what all she has done in the past several weeks.

Tomorrow is our wedding anniversary. We do not have any big plans. I think we may just stay at home and grill steaks and rent a few movies. I am excited to spend some time together at home without cleaning or doing laundry. I will update on Wednesday and let you all know how it went ;)

Last thing - I am having some problems with my Kodak EasyShare software. Everytime I try to e-mail pictures it says that the sever cannot be reached. Does anyone know what that means or how to fix it? If so please comment, I really need to get it working again.