During the last month Hannah started rolling back to front and tried cereal for the first time…both pretty big milestones! She still loves her hands and almost always has them in her mouth. She get both in if she can! Nathan is doing better a playing with her, which is slightly more interesting as she’s getting older and interacting a little more.

Seriously loves those hands!

You can see Hannah is also going through an awkward hair phase right now. Cute, definitely cute, but slightly awkward

Heart melting

More pictures from April here

This month we gave Hannah a taste of rice cereal for the first time (April 10 to be exact). As expected, she wasn’t exactly sure what to do with it, but she got better with more tries.

It’s a messy process!

All clean now!

Note to self…when feeding cereal to a baby, do not put bowl in a place within reach of that baby…odds are she will try to grab it and end up knocking the entire thing all over you and the floor. Not that this happened to me or anything

We also tried out the Jumperoo for the first time this month. She’s been a big fan and Nathan helped show her how to use it.

And we tried Hannah out in the outside swing for the first time. I don’t think she was quite sure what to do with it, but hey, at least it’s somewhere to put her down outside!

At four months old Hannah is chewing on her hands like crazy, drooling a ton, and starting to bat at things with that jerky movement babies have. She’s been “goo-ing” a lot and seems to be starting to laugh, especially when we bounce her or make her dance around. She’s still a good sleeper, even going to sleep by herself if I put her down awake. This is SO different from our early experience getting Nathan to sleep and I’m very grateful for how much easier that is this time. Hannah is still pretty happy and laid back too, and with the chaos of having two kids now, that’s a very good thing!

Hannah is enjoying the bumbo and getting better at sitting in it. She also likes to sit up while we hold her and is standing a bit too. She’s started lifting one leg up when we hold her in a standing position, and rolling to her side when we put her on her back. She’s even starting to flip her top leg forward when she’s on her side, so I’m guessing rolling isn’t too far away. Hannah also seems to enjoy tummy-time and will happily lay on her back staring at the toys or mirror on her activity mat. She’s also just started to find her feet, which I’m sure will find their way to her mouth soon enough

Hannah will stare intently at you and smile when you sing to her. Ive been singing “Hush Little Baby” to her before bed each night and she loves that. Around the same verse toward the end, about buying her a goat, she’ll usually give me a big slow blink, then nuzzle her head into my arm. It’s adorable!

Her hair is a hilarious mess. She has a little bald spot in the back and on one side, but its also really thin on both sides in general with a lot on top. The top stuff is starting to get a little curly.

I think maybe she’s having a little nipple confusion because she’s started fussing when I breastfeed her sometimes. I think she’s getting used to the quick and fast flow from the bottle at school and getting a little impatient when she’s nursing.

She still loves her brother and smiles so hard at him, especially when she sees him and hears him at the same time. Nathan seems mostly uninterested in Hannah at this point…unless she’s in my lap and then he wants to sit there too. I get lots of time with both kids in my lap, and I really can’t complain about that! Still working on that two kid balancing act though, that’s for sure!

Just a few photos from March…

Lately whenever I take out the video camera, Nathan wants to take video.

Hannah lots her Rainforest Bouncy seat right now.

She’s getting good at her Bumbo seat too. Nathan was putting toys on the little table for her, but I think Hannah was more interested in him.

We went on a great walk at Oregon Ridge with the whole fam.

Hannah got into the spirit for St. Patty’s Day.

And she’s rolling to her side pretty well.

Especially when her brother is there!

A few cute pictures to round out the month

We had some friends visit from Virginia and stay the night with their kids. They’d previously gifted Nathan and Hannah some cute matching monkey footies and we got all the kids in them for pictures. How cute are they??

Nathan and Penelope ran in circles following each other and laughing hysterically…

Until they finally decided to sit still for some pre-bedtime TV.

Noah and Hannah were a little more low key.

I had no hope of getting all four kids in one picture…maybe another time!

Got a cute picture of the kids together on Valentine’s Day.

Also got some cute shots of Hannah.

And Nathan loved the big chocolate that Oma gave him.

This is Nathan helping feed Hannah her bottle in mid-January.

He intermittently wants to help out, mostly he likes to put the diapers in the Diaper Genie or open and close the shade in Hannah’s room. I think he’s still getting a feel for how he feels about her. Sometimes he seems a little competitive, sometimes he wants to try to interact with her a little. Thankfully he hasn’t expressed any major resentment of her, except once when he told me it was “funner before Hannah came.” We’re working to find balance, something I’m sure we’ll be working towards for a long time. For now, I’ll take the little moments of loving big brother wherever I can get them

We got together with Gary’s family for one of the Raven’s Playoff Games in mid-January (their last one since they lost, if I remember correctly). Everyone wore their purple, even Hannah!

I attempted Hannah’s first bow, mostly so she’d look like a girl in the gender-neutral outfit she had on. Cute stuff!

Hannah got lots of love from the family and I adored seeing her spend time with everyone.

We had a couple big snowstorms in January. We only managed to get out and play in them in the evenings, but we have a little hill in the backyard which was fun for sledding, and Gary and Nathan managed to make a cute little snowman.

Fen was in heaven of course

When Hannah was 6 weeks old (early January) we had a Baby Naming, or Simchat Bat, for her. Our dear friend Matt agreed to lead the service and did an amazing job, and our house was filled with friends and family. It turned out to be a great day (exhausting, but great!).

My brother and his girlfriend, Heather, came to visit for the weekend. It was wonderful to have them here to celebrate with us and to meet Hannah.

A friend of mine took pictures during the the naming, but I haven’t loaded them into Flickr yet. Here are some that were taken with my camera:

My Aunt flew in for a night just for the naming. We were so happy to have her there!

I love this picture! Six of the kids here (the exception being one younger sibling in the striped sweater), were all born within a few months of each other. I hope that we can continue to get them together like this for years to come.

Family picture with a squiggly 3 1/2 year old

More pictures here