Week 17: 4 months old and warm weather hitting!

Scarlett will be 4 months old tomorrow. It has gone by SO quickly. I see babies who are only a little older than her sitting up and looking quite child-like, so I know she will be doing all of that before we know it. We got her a jumperoo last week and finally got around to putting it together this weekend. She LOVES it!!! She looks so proud of herself when she is in it. She bounces (with the assistance of a tray under her feet -- she isn't quite tall enough on her own yet) and swings and hits the toys. She smiles really big and looks around at the room and the little stuffed animals that hang down. We have taken a few video clips of it. She usually moves around more when the camera isn't on, but we did what we could to get some of the action. We had a little bit of sleep trouble for a few days this week where she was going to bed at 9 but then getting up from 10-11:20pm. It seems to have corresponded with a growth spurt where she was eating a lot those days (well over 30 ounces). The past two nights have been back to business as usual though and her feedings have slowed down again, so we may be through it. We were starting to think we had gotten into some accidental parenting! This weekend we did our usual errand running, visited with a few friends (Scott & Dave), and packed up all of her 0-3 month clothes. We are lucky that she was in them as long as she was, but it still seems like she outgrows things really quickly. She will be out of her #1 diapers by the end of the week. She is continuing to laugh more and more; in fact, today Paul was finally able to get her to laugh! I think it was starting to hurt his ego that she wouldn't laugh for him, so I'm glad he finally broke her! We are really excited that the weather is reaching the 60s finally because we can't wait to get out more with her. In a few months we will be able to hit the parks!