Tubs n Tummies

Around 4 1/2 months, Kinzie started scooting around her play gym floor in basically a circle and would almost roll herself over several times. It was very amusing to watch her go in circles and come so close to rolling over. This picture shows her contemplating her next move.



This pic shows as close as she came to rolling over. She didn't want to pull her right arm out from underneath her, she she ended up rolling back onto her back, but it shows that she really could if she wanted to!



***EDITED TO ADD THAT ON 8/30/08 SHE FOR SURE ROLLED OVER FROM HER BACK ONTO HER TUMMY DURING A NAP TIME IN HER CRIB TODAY!*** YEAH KINZIE!

A good indication of what our house currently looks like...


We found this cute hat at the consignment store and had to try it on her.

We've noticed in the past week or so she's been deliberately reaching and grabbing at things. She's been able to grasp things for awhile, but only if they were basically handed to her. Lately, her focus has been more intent and you can see her putting two and two together with how to grab onto something and hold it. On Thursday, she also started splashing in the tub. Check out this cute video of her following dad's directions!! She's definitely right-handed (we think) since we tried to get her to do this with her left hand and it was a no-go.

She's also laughing a bit now! It's a little bit hard to get her to laugh by the time we see her after work since she's tired, but we're trying to catch on video and will post when do. It's just little laughs, but still so cute!

Bottles, Raspberries and an Exersaucer

Kinzie has learned how to blow raspberries lately and loves to demonstrate just how good she is at doing it, especially when we're out in public. Here's a video of her talents. Be sure to have your sound on!

Also, she has started to put her hands on her bottle more and more. I took this pic right as she was holding it for maybe 10 seconds. Just the beginning, but it's exciting the see the connections being made. She definitely recognizes the sounds of her bottle and gets excited when she's knows she's going to be fed.

We also caved in and bought her an exersaucer. We tried it out at the store and she seemed to love it, so we snatched it up, brought it home and assembled it. She likes to bang on all the toys and scoots around in circles in her seat seeing what she can bang on next. Her little feet reach the floor pretty well, but she's still pretty small in girth compared to how much room is in the seat.

Oh boy! Lots of neat stuff to drive mommy and daddy crazy!

What's this!!??

And this!!??

Her little feet reach the floor of the exersaucer now!

Her little personality is really coming through and we're loving every minute of it!

Kinzie is 4 months old today!

Well, the title says it all. Our baby is 4 months and we're loving it!! She is so darn cute that we fall in love with her more and more every day. Today we went shopping since daddy had time during the day to be with the family and we got tons of people stopping to say how adorable she was - and of course, we agree!! I couldn't help myself - I was determined to find some socks that fit (she's getting so big), and in the process, ended up buying WAYYYY too many clothes for Kinzie - all were on sale, but it still ended up to be a lot. Oh well! I'm glad we had the option. She'll be lookin' good for at least 9 more months!

Wouldn't you know it, she caught a cold during her first full week of daycare. She's had a little coughing and a little congestion, but of course, I catch it and feel like I've been hit by a truck. I'd rather have it that way I suppose. We did put a humidifier in our room and that seems to have helped a lot since now the AAP recommends against the use of over the counter cold medicines for infants now. It seems a lot of the old fashioned remedies work better anyhow. She's been feeling great the past few days, so that is wonderful.

She's going in for her 4 mo check-up on Monday. Can't wait to see her weight and how much taller she's gotten!

Oh, and I found that if you click on a picture, it brings it up to full size in a new window, so whoever is interested in saving a copy of the pic, just click on it and save it for full viewing pleasure.

Before 4 months, with a bib Grandma Denny bought for her.

Chewing on a heart chew toy.

Tummy time, looking in the mirror.

Not quite ready for the jumper yet...

4 month pics!

Am I 4 months TODAY Daddy!!??

Is that you mom!?

This pic is actually upside-down. She had such a

cute smile though, I had to turn it for everyone

to see!!! She was looking backwards at me

while being changed and smiled!

Mutli-tasking on the gym. She now grabs her feet

and holds them too!

She loves to put everything into her mouth lately!

We keep checking for teeth, but so far, none.

She really likes this musical ducky!

Some cute videos!

Kinzie playing on the gym floor! She seems to

have learned to pull the chain to make the

gym play a different song! She's not interested

in mom at all, just the gym! :P

Kinzie and the Magical Musical Duckie!