Evie - 4 Months

Another month has gone by.  Amazing, I tell you!  Evie just keeps emerging with personality and we cannot get enough of her (still!).  She's so much fun.  I snapped a few pictures of her today.  Codee even made it into a couple of them.  It was really hard for me to take these without someone there to help her smile (or, take the pictures so I could help her to smile).  But, you can still see how she's grown & what she looks like.  Next time I will be enlisting some smile help.

WE ABSOLUTELY LOVE OUR BABY GIRL!

What' Evie doing now? 

• She still sleeps anywhere from 10-12 hours at once.  We've even tried letting her sleep without swaddling her, and she still does well (although those are usually 9-hour nights, but who's complaining?).
• She's consistently eating 5-6 full ounces at most feedings now.  
• Her tear duct is FINALLY open in her left eye!  No more constant wiping and trying to keep that clean.  I'm so happy for Evie because she hated having her eye cleaned all of the time.  
• She can TOTALLY reach her toes and can grab both feet at the same time.  She can even get those toes right into her mouth!  And, she loves to hold toys between her feet.  This girl is coordinated, I tell you!
• Along with the toes, she loves to reach out and grab lots of other objects with her hands.  
• She loves to giggle and has figured out how to actually do it now.  Beau and I will work so hard (looking SUPER silly while trying) to pull giggles out of our little Evie.  It's one of the happiest sounds in the world.
• All of a sudden, she is easily startled.  It doesn't take much to make Evie jump out of her skin and, unfortunately we have had several instances where she's been scared to tears.  
• She is much more interested in Codee (the dog) now.  She'll sit and watch her move.  It's super cute.  Codee loves her too and I like to refer to Codee as Evie's second mom because she's always so concerned that Evie is comfortable and happy (note pictures).
• She really loves to interact with us now.  She loves it when we talk to her, look at her, and smile at her.  I mean, she has always like this, but now she really responds back.  We have a blast.
• Her favorite songs are "Jump Jimmy Crow" and "Head, Shoulders, Knees, & Toes."