Four Months!

Evelyn is four months old. I can't believe how quickly the time has gone by over the last 4 months, and I can only imagine that this is a trend that won't soon be ending. I am still off work, and plan to be home until the beginning of February, if everything works out with work. I enjoy being home with her and wish that I could be a full-time stay at home mom (SAHM), but that isn't in the cards for us right now. So, in the meantime I plan to enjoy these last couple months as a temporary SAHM with my little girl.

We are still trying to figure out what we are going to do for child care when I return to work. We have a couple of options, but nothing set in stone yet. The first month Evelyn will still be at home, as my mom is going to spend a month with us as we transition into my return to work. So, Evie will be 7 months when she enters into daycare. Although I'd like to be home with her for a full year, I am happy that I will be able to reach my initial goal of 6 months.

We continue to breastfeed and she continues to amaze me. As we celebrate her four-month birthday, she is exploding on the developmental front. This little stinker is so interested in the world and everything that is going on around her. She checks out everything from the safety of mom or dad's arms. Whatever gets into her hands ends up in her mouth - in part as exploration of her tactile surroundings, and in part because she is teething. I can see two little teeth beneath her bottom gum line! The experiments with many different vocal sounds and loves her tummy time. She has managed to turn over from tummy to back on several occasions, but still hasn't made it from back to tummy. She tries often, and I imagine that in the next few weeks we will see her flip.

For a four-month old, Evelyn has done a lot of traveling. When she was two-months old, she flew with me out to Minnesota to see our family out there. The circumstances were bittersweet, as we were saying goodbye to my Aunt but seeing many family members that we hadn't seen since 2002. She did great on the flight and brought a bit of brightness to family during a very sad time.

Next, we went on a road trip with my good friend Jennifer and her daughter Penelope. It was the great tour of Southern CA and we had a blast visiting my sister and a few friends along the way.

The following week we headed back down to Southern CA for Thanksgiving - this time with Mike. We got to spend a lot of time with my family and Evelyn met friends of my parents, her great grandmother, and a couple of my dear high school friends.

She is a great traveller and a wonderfully easy baby - especially when we are around people. She loves a houseful and is happiest when things are busy busy busy!

Here is our happy little family - Evie is about 3 months old in this picture: