20 weeks old

Miss Personality is 20 weeks old!!!

This baby girl has been keeping us laughing this week. She's a riot if you get her in a giggling fit. It's so fun to hear her squeal and giggle and snort and giggle more. Oh my goodness, she lights up a whole room. I love the way her shoulders and whole upper body shake when she laughs!
Although she's had pneumonia for a week, she's certainly on the mend. She's lost almost a pound down from 13.3 to 12.6, but the docs aren't worried. She's gained in length a bit and is now 24 inches long! :) She's really long in her torso and she seems to have long arms too. I love seeing the difference in size of her clothes... really shows us how much she's grown in the last 4 months.
Taylor is so sensitive! She's sooo happy but doesn't like to be startled (as in "peek a boo") or be held by people she doesn't know well. When I say well, I mean people she sees several times a week. When she's tired and wants to be snuggled, if you lay her down to change her diaper, her bottom lip comes out immediately and starts to quiver. She's easily soothed, but seeing this new sensitive and opinionated side of her is funny! She is quite content to be held all day if you would. She'll ride in the ergo or moby for hours and is happy to lay her head on your chest the whole time. Don't get me wrong, she loves to look around, but from the comfort of arms she knows well. So far, she's not a big fan of riding front facing. She threw her first "fit" this week. She was tired and wanted to be snuggled and then put in her bed. It was time to get Nathan from school so I gently placed her in the carseat... it didn't go over so well. She got so mad! Complete with tears and an arching back! I gotta admit, it was kinda cute. It lasted about 90 seconds and she was asleep. :)

She's really growing in her motor skills too! She can almost roll from her back to her belly. She has discovered her toes and that's super cute! She's great at reaching for objects (including my mail and plate and cell phone) and grasping them to pull to her mouth. She's learned to isolate her thumb and get it to her mouth, and she's quick about that too! She loves to stand and sit and really enjoys the exersaucer, johnny jump-up, being propped up by two boppies, the bumbo and even the bouncy seat for a bit. She's also very content to play under her toy gym. Several times she's gone to sleep under there! :)
Taylor's eyes seem to be changing to green or possibly hazel. While still blue on the outside, they are much more of a muddy blue and they go from blue to green to yellow as you go in toward the center. They are really cool to look at!
This little one has moved into a 3-6 month size in clothes and can no longer wear her little newborn shoes. Due in part to the cloth diapers, 3-6 month one piece outfits are getting a little snug, but still seem okay for now.