Nana

alana had her 4 month dr. appt. today & here's the latest: she got 3 more shots :( & a rotavirus liquid in the mouth thing). she weight 11 lbs. 2.4 oz (-5%)... 23 3/4 in. tall (25%) and her head circ. came in at 40.6 cm. (i thought the dr. said that was 50%, but i think i heard wrong because i think it's like the 95%) anyways...if so, her brain's growing nicely :).
i'll write more when it's not 2 in the a.m. goodnight.

sisters

Alana's 4 months...

Well, it's Alana's 4 month "birthday" today & her gift to us was letting us finally get her laughing on video last night. all i was doing was wiping her neck off where she drooled and "giggle, giggle, giggle"...just then i looked up & derek was walking past the room so i asked him to get the camera and we captured the moment for a second (before her hick-ups started). anyways, at least the first few seconds you can hear it. so cute.
p.s.~please excuse my annoying-baby talk-ridiculous attempts at making her laugh.

catchin' up...

wow...i've been slacking on this bloggin' thing! so here are a few pics from the last week or so...
if you're one of my face book friends, you probably already saw this pic...but i think it's so cute that i had to put it on here too. yes, alana started sucking her thumb a few days ago...we'll see if it lasts :).
and, she (like her sisters) is quite the fan on the t.v. i think she was watching Baby Einstein's here (i'm gonna ignore that "recall" too, sam) haha.
all that t.v. watching wore her out...
just a cute pic og the big sis's...
kaia had her first Kindergarten fieldtrip...loved it!

and, a quick pic before school today...see the rain, we've had A LOT of it lately!

just cuz...

i feel like i've been slackin' so here are just a few random pics from the last week or so...
alana's becoming quite the expert at doing tummy time...she can push herself up (kinda) longer & longer every time she does it...and she's becoming quite the drooler (as you can see in the pic above)! :) also, she's been able to roll from her tummy to back for a while now too.
you can already tell that she loves her sisters SO much & smiles at them like crazy...
she loves doing "super baby!"
she laughed her first "real" laugh last week...i tried to get it on video, but of course she stopped by the time i got the camera going :(
her big sister's are so good to her.
attempting to sit up...kinda.
leia & i got to play out back together the other day while kaia was at school & alana was inside napping (in her swing, of course...still hasn't mastered her crib). they love rainbows!

daddy's at it again...

not even 3 1/2 months old & she's already doing her "balancing act".

"look mom, no training wheels"

Happy New Year!

our new years eve was very mellow...we spent it thrift shopping, going to the beach (very briefly since it was SO cold) & eating Filippi's pizza on the way home. and, i'll admit it, i fell asleep before midnight for the first time ever (hey, 3 kids'll do that to ya!) but, as you can see, it's 2 a.m. & i'm up again...
can you tell by the look on alana's face that it was cold & windy...poor baby. :)
i thought it was so funny how you could see me in derek's sunglasses...haha.
alana's first "feet in the sand" pic!

such a big kid

here's alana in her new little jumper/play/exersaucer thingy. she's starting to play a little...or, at least smile at all the little animals "looking at her". i can't believe she's a little over 3 months now!