Dear Lila,

You are 4 months old! I cannot believe that you came into this world 4 whole months ago. This last month has been so much fun! You have learned to play! You have discovered your hands, learned to grab things with one hand, then two hands, you love looking at yourself in the mirror, flirting with people by gurgling and actually batting your eyes...and your newest trick - blowing raspberries, which I think you learned from the "big" boys at school. You have become a bib baby due to this spitting. It cracks you up. You have also started drooling like crazy in the last week, and chewing on your fingers, leaving slobber everywhere. You are truly a happy baby...unless you are tired. Then you become what we call a "hot mess". This is typically every evening by about 6pm. While you sleep great at night, typically only waking once, or sleeping through the night, you are NOT a napper. Sometimes, you go 9 whole hours at school and sleep only about an hour total. Your teachers say that you are just so interested in what is going on around you that you refuse to sleep. I still come see you most days at lunchtime, and you are hardly ever fussy then or when I pick you up. You are just playing and looking around. Your favorite things are the exersaucer, and the bouncy seat with the overhang toy that lights up when you bop at the toys. Earlier this week, you fell asleep in the exersaucer! Only for about 15 minutes though. You seem to really love school and your teachers. You have done multiple art projects already, and we are really excited for your Halloween parade. Grandma and Grandpa came to visit this month, and they had fun watching you play, and take a bath. You love the big bath tub, kicking and splashing. You are taking bottles great, and eat about 4-4.5 oz every 3 hours. I tried to increase it to 5oz a couple of weeks ago, but you couldn't finish it at once, then you wouldn't eat for me at lunch time, so we dropped it back down, and you seem satisfied. We made our first trip to the "sick" doctor this month, when you had 102 fever and you threw up. It was pretty sad, especially because Daddy was out of town, and I was all alone with you. We took our first (probably of many) sick day from work/school. You still love riding in the baby carrier (I got a Beco to replace the Baby Bjorn) outward facing. We go to the Farmer's Market most weekends, and walk Sage after work/school. This has been a busy, busy month for you, and I can't wait to see what the next month brings! Finally, I am so grateful for your health and beautiful smiles!