4 Crazy Months

Clara is now 4 months old.  What a 4 months it has been.  Two young kids is not easy and not for the faint of heart.  I am not going to lie, Clara has not been the easiest baby.  She is definitely getting better though.  She is doing better about being put down on her play mat or in her exersaucer.  She doesn't last forever but a lot longer than she used to.  She still hates her swing and her pacifier and those are usually a parents best friends.  I think that is why she is so challenging,  the two things that usually pacify babies and put them to sleep do not work at all on her.  She is also getting a lot better about going to sleep.  We don't have to walk around and bounce her for 20-30 minutes anymore.  Usually just a few minutes and sometimes we can just rock her in our arms while sitting to get her asleep for a nap.  She is also sleeping pretty good at night.  We can just swaddle her in a blanket and rock her in the cradle and she goes to sleep.  She has slept through the night (10pm-6am) three nights in the past 2 weeks so that was awesome. She is also doing better at daycare I think.  Instead of her little sheets saying "Clara had an ok day" everyday they have been saying "Clara had a good day" sometimes.  She is smiling a lot and interacting more with us which is fun and we have got a few giggles out of her. Her smile is really cute because it is a big open mouth smile. She has also turned over from her belly to her back a few times and is close to going from back to belly.  She loves it when we sit on the floor next to her and talk to her.  She really loves her big sister although I am not sure Esther is always the biggest fan of her but she does good with her for being a toddler.  Esther loves to kiss and hug on her.

We finally got some real photographs of her done by our friend Ali (Alishia Snook Photography).  And we got some new family pics that turned out good.