four months old!

hello there!  nice to see you.  :)  can you believe i'm already four months old??  sometimes it seems like i arrived just yesterday...  and other times it seems like i've been here all along...  :)    we have some pictures to share from august, so let's get started!  here i am looking all cute and cozy with blankie in my bed.  i'm now sleeping in my own room upstairs and sometimes i'll wake up from a nap and just lay there wondering where everyone went and what those brothers are up to and why is it so quiet in here??  

i was sleeping pretty good and was almost sleeping through the night until - - i got sick.  feel free to "boooo" out loud at this point, if you want.  i have a bad cold, was pretty fussy after my vaccines last week, and may or may not be teething, so that all adds up to not much sleep for me and momma (and daddy, sad) lately.  they say money can't buy happiness.  but i heard momma mention that if we won the lottery, she would hire a night nanny, and that would at least buy her some sleep, which would in turn result in happiness, and so "they" are wrong.  thankfully my sweet face reminds momma that i'm worth it and she needs to just cherish these moments as best she can because i really will grow up so fast.  before she knows it, i'll be wearing her church shoes around the house and eating chocolate dipped fruit (THANK YOU, BEAMEE!!) on the porch...

and i'll probably be silly and wear winter hats around in the middle of summer...

and i'll definitely love doing craft projects with her, like using homemade puffy paint to create works of art...

so in the meantime, she gets by during the day with frappuccinos from starbucks and making cookies and brownies whenever she feels like it.  and she gets by during the night because i'm so, so sweet and cuddly, and she wants me to know how she'll always take care of me whenever i don't feel good.  and so that's why i still try to have a smile on my face as much as possible.  :)

and i'm really "talking" a lot more and i love chewing on anything i can get my hands on!  i'm fun to play with rolling around on the floor...

and ben and luke love on me and play with me as often as they can...

and so, cold or no cold, life is still pretty good, i have to say.  these people are fun and nice and silly and good at holding me, and i'm glad i decided to join them.  thanks for stopping by to see us and we'll try to report back again soon.  and lastly, as we say goodbye to summer (sort of, because it's still usually in the 90's here) and say hello to fall, this one's for daddy - hook 'em horns and go texans!!  :)