Our Baby Mercer: 4 Month Fun!

This past month has been so busy! I know I say that every month, but really. We've had 3 baby showers, 2 birthdays and Valentine's day! Avery weighed in right at 12lbs and measured 24.75 inches at her 4 month check-up. She has dropped from the 35th to the 9th percentile in weight, which I was concerned about except she's gone from the 32nd to the 60th percentile in height. She's getting tall and skinny!! She is babbling and trying SO hard to talk and mimic us! It's so funny, you can literally see her brain working to try to say "I love you" back to us. When we kiss her she smacks her lips back and gives us sugars too! Either that or she's trying to eat our faces, but I say it's kisses!! She is a drooling machine too. I've thought she was teething on a couple of occasions but I think she is just a slobbery baby that likes to chew on everything already. She also loves blowing spit bubbles, and we found out last weekend LOVES to FaceTime on my phone!! Avery has recently become very interested in food and leans in to try take bites while I'm eating, so I've let her have a taste of my sweet potato and mashed potatoes off my finger. She's also gotten to smack on an orange wedge and a slice of strawberry. She loves it so I've been excited to feed her for real! This morning, for the first time, we gave her baby oatmeal. The first couple of spoonfuls she was unsure about, but once she figured out what was going on, she wanted more more more! She tried to take the spoon from me and do it herself. She's already so smart!

My absolute favorite new thing she does--laughing. She's been doing a halfway chuckle time laugh since she was about a month old, but now, full on belly laughs that completely melt my heart. She did it the first time on Valentine's day and I'm on a constant mission to get more laughs, but she makes me work so hard for it!! She's got to be in a good mood and I have to blow on her belly and tickle her at the same time and she might let out a couple of giggles. I have to work on being funnier I guess!