We had Genevieve's 4 month check up with the doctor today (she is 4 1/2 months). He said that everything is going well and that she is very cute and fun (we already knew that).
Here are her growth percentiles in case you wondered:
Weight: 13 lbs 12oz. = 42 percentile
Length: 24 in = 29 percentile (at 2 months she was in the 85th percentile I guess she got my height after all - or lack of height)
Cuteness: 112 = 207th percentile
We had a very nice Valentine's Day this year. Kyle surprised me with the most beautiful orchid. I made us a homemade Chinese food dinner consisting of egg rolls, pork fried rice, and sweet and sour chicken. I was surprised how easy the dinner was and how tasty it was too. We also watched a funny movie and spent time playing with Miss Genevieve. Below are pictures of our fun day.
Here is the orchid Kyle gave me. It is so tall with so many flowers. It is absolutely perfect!
Chinese Food Dinner
Sweet and Sour Chicken - Recipe: http://www.recipezaar.com/baked-sweet-and-sour-chicken-413483
Egg Rolls - Recipe: http://www.recipezaar.com/baked-not-fried-egg-rolls-413707
Playing with Genevieve on her Valentine's Caterpillar
The caterpillar is longer than she is.
Genevieve is already 4 months old now. Wow. I know that all new parents say this, but it is so true. She is growing up so fast. It feels like only yesterday Kyle and I were holding her for the first time and asking ourselves how we would ever be able to take care of her. Well four months have gone by and she is still here with us so we must be doing something right. She has been sleeping through the night for about a couple of weeks now. Well she sleeps through the night every other night (she is very consistent about this, I don't know why but she only will do it every other night). That is why I am up writing this a 3:00 AM. Even though she won't sleep through the night every night, I much prefer this over the sleepless nights we had during the first month. She smiles A LOT and laughs and coos. She plays with her toys and with me and daddy. She rolled over several times one day right when she turned 3 months, but hasn't done it since (must have been a fluke). She can sit up pretty good if she has something to lean against and can even do it for a couple of seconds with nothing. Her hair has lightened up a lot and her face is looking more and more like Kyle everyday (she still has my nose though, luckily). She likes to help Daddy do his homework. By help I mean grab his papers and eat them, and grab the computer mouse and try to control the computer. She likes to blow bubbles and give raspberries. She eats baby foods already and can hold her own bottle if we put it in her mouth for her. It is wonderful to wonder everyday what new thing she will do today.
Some things haven't changed though. She still wears diapers, and if we don't put it on right, when she pees it still leaks out the side of the diaper onto your lap and makes you change your jammies at 3:00 AM when you just want to finish writing the blog so you can go to bed. I will be back in a minute to wrap up my story.
Okay, new jammies for mom and Genevieve and we are back. I just can't believe how much she has changed in only 4 months. At times I think I can't wait for her to be able to run and talk because she will be even more fun. But then I realize how fast things have gone already and I start to wish she could stay little like this forever so I could always cuddle with her and hold her without her being able to get away from me. I now understand why parents say that kids grow up too fast and to cherish this time. I do cherish it and am so grateful that we were blessed with such a precious baby girl. I love her very much and when I look in her big blue eyes she smiles at me and seems to say "I love you too."
Here are her 4 month old pictures. I still can't believe how cute she is.
