4 Months Old!

I can't BELIEVE Elise is 4 months old!

She does all of this cool stuff that I haven't mentioned yet. Let's see. She can roll from her back onto her belly by rolling in either direction now. At first she always rolled to the left, but now she can roll to the right, too.

She found her feet a little while ago and now she obsessively holds her toes.

When she sees something she wants, she can reach right out and grab it. No more swinging her arms in the general direction and hoping her hand lands where she wants. She has pretty good eye/hand coordination, really.

She loves sitting up or standing up with help. And when she's standing, she'll often take little steps. They're silly looking, like she's walking on the moon-- all slow and exaggerated-- but she always wants to be on the go.

And she can TALK! Ooh, she'll talk your ear off. She can make lots of sounds, but of course she doesn't use those sounds to mean anything yet. One sound that she makes a lot is "goo goorl" to which we have attributed the meaning "good girl." We tell her "good girl" a lot when she uses the potty or turns over or whatever. So we're trying to attach "good girl" to that sound. Maybe it will end up being her first phrase.

I love her so much.