So much fun!!!

We are having so much fun with Sadie Beth. Each new day brings lots of smiles and laughs as she shows us more of her personality. Sure we have our moments of frustration (eg. when she was screaming her head off for no apparent reason on Monday night for 30 minutes non-stop), but those are few and far between. She is now 4 1/2 months old!
Tummy time! Sadie Beth is starting to actually enjoy short intervals of tummy time, maybe 5-7 minutes tops. She is starting to think about rolling over, but has only actually done it once...and that was when her hand was positioned under her to start with so it was really more of a fluke.
Here is a fun picture with Daddy. She was smiling huge at him.
Grammy (my mom) got this outfit for Sadie Beth for Christmas. She looks so cute all bundled up in it and boy is it warm. What is neat about it though is that it has a slit in the material so that she can wear it while buckled into her carseat.

She is really getting into toys! She has several that she definitely prefers over others. She will spend pretty big chunks of time examining her toys and playing with them if she can figure out how. Of course the biggest challenge of all-- exactly how much of each toy can she fit into her mouth?
I love this little blue dress. It was a hand-me-down from one of my old coworkers, Allison. Before I left Seven Counties, Allison brought me this great big box of clothes and a couple grocery bags full of socks and shoes that belonged to her daughter Peyton. I have had so much fun dressing Sadie Beth up in all Peyton's clothes and shoes. Thanks Allison!
Super Baby!!!!! Sadie Beth likes to "fly" with Daddy and Mommy, and when she has a sleep sack on it makes her look like she is wearing a super-hero cape.
And in the spirit of being repetitive, I couldn't help but put all of these pictures up. They are some of her Grandma Balzer's favorites.

And now, I think she is tolerating me and the camera.

Funny story...we had gotten home late one evening. Not too late, just past her 7pm feeding time. So I sat Sadie Beth on the recliner as I often do while I ran into our bedroom to take my shoes off before feeding her. I came back into the room and this is how I found her. The amusing part was, she appeared to be having fun and not in the least bit upset about her present predicament. Needless to say, I'm more careful now about putting her in the chair.
Another funny story...we try not to let Sadie Beth watch tv since the American Academy of Pediatrics says that television for kids under 2 isn't really a great thing for their brain development. Of course I know that she sees it occasionally and that will happen. We just try to be careful not to sit her facing the tv and turn her away from it while she is playing on the floor. However, Sadie Beth LOVES watching it. It is mesmerizing to her and she is always trying to watch when we have it on. One day I laid her down propped up on the boppy pillow, (facing totally away from the tv), left the room for a moment, and this is how she was when I returned. What a stinker! She figured out how to scoot down off the pillow and was craning (sp?) her neck as far around as she could to watch the screen. I said to her, "What are you doing?"....she just looked at me and grinned.
And these are just cute.....

Funny note about the Minnie Mouse rattle. She's a bit confused about the nose because when she first played with it she was constantly trying to suck on it. I guess the black tip of the nose makes it look like a miniature nipple. :) So maybe that's a little weird...
A few Sundays ago, she had on this adorable little knit outfit that my mom's friend had given her for Christmas. Unfortunately, we didn't make it to church because of a flat tire. So while David was taking care of tire-things, we had a photo shoot.
Aren't these tennis shoes so much fun? Another goody from Allison's hand-me-downs. Sadie Beth wasn't really sure what to think of them.
Here's a very sweet picture of her. She constantly has her hands in her mouth these days. No teet yet, praise the Lord, but my guess is we are in the early stages of teething. Every now and then she acts like her gums might be causing her some pain. I have put Orajel on a few times, and it is hysterical to watch the faces she makes. Bath time has gotten lots more fun for Sadie Beth with this little green friend. She loves toys with faces and whenever she takes a bath, she spends several minutes concentrating very intently on her frog (that also "ribbits"). The doctor says she has a good attention span. And not to worry about the big red on her shoulder....I can't remember what the doctor calls it exactly, but it will shrink as she gets older. He says it has already reached its peak size.

Precious smiles during bath time! Again, a bit repetitive I know, but I couldn't pick which one to post.

If you click on the picture to enlarge it, you will see that she has her vitamins all over her mouth. She takes them SO much better now. She used to throw up every time I gave them to her, but now she is a champ.
Love is in the air...not really, but this was awfully cute. We watched our friend's little boy while she was in the hospital having her and her husband's third baby...a little girl btw. Luke was so good the whole time we had him. Before he left, he wanted to hold "Badie Beth." So he did and she smiled the whole time. This was right after that. He was very gentle with her...he stroked her hair and held her hand. It was pretty fun to watch. She smiled the whole time!