We go to the dr for Abby's four month (!!!) checkup on Nov 5th. I feel like she has definitely gotten taller. She is not fitting into her three month sleepers anymore...she just started not fitting into them, her little toes were all scrunched up in the footie part of them, and the 3 month pants are too tight around her waist! I swear to god, this happened overnight!

 Her body must not be that long b/c the three month onesies still fit her!

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So I am a bad mom and I cut her finger pretty badly when I was clipping her nails. I got her thumb, of course, the thumb she likes to suck :(  It bled terribly.  I thought we were going to have to go to the ER and I actually called the pediatrician and she said to go, but then it stopped bleeding when we got her into the carseat.  I took her in to see the dr the next morning (this was last weekend, Sunday night) and she was fine.  We put neosporin on it for a few days & it's almost as good as new.  It's a good thing they heal so fast!

I feel pretty awful and of course, I 'm not traumatized from cutting her nails!!

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We also all just got over being sick.  The worst of it was over the course of the week. Just bad head colds for all three of us. But at least Howie and I can take decongestant. :(

She's finally starting to sound less congested (and we feel better too) so I think we are all up on the up  & up. We run a humidifier in her room, and that seems to help a lot too.  Of course, i have the snot sucker & saline drops. The saline helps & she doesn't seem to mind that too terribly but oh lord, do not go near her w/ that snot sucker :(

She slept a ton this weekend (and so did mommy!) and I think we all feel a lot better.

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She is so much fun these days.  She laughs and smiles so much. She loves to be propped up in her boppy pillow on her stomach. She really enjoys playing on her activity mats and being read to. I like going to the library to get her new reading material! I can't wait until she is old enough and we can go and she can actually pick out books.

I really hope that she likes to read. I'll be so sad if she doesn't! I loved to read as a kid, still do :)

She gets SO excited when she sees Howie. It's so funny! She looks at him with this  look of pure adoration. I mean, her whole face just lights up! He doesn't even have to be looking at her... he can be watching tv or something and she'll be looking at him all crazy!!

She is starting to notice the cats and watches them run around the house.

She loves her little mousie security blanket toy, and she recognizes it when we give it to her. Maria says that she gets excited when she sees her play gym, and I can attest that she gets excited when she sees her bottle too! LOL

that's all I can think of for now. I'll update again when we take her to the dr, and maybe even before then ;)

abby is getting so big these days! it seems like every time we turn around she is doing something new or has developed a new skill!

the most recent development is that she can laugh!! the laugh is still pretty elusive...she smiles a TON now but it's harder to make her laugh for sure.  she was really cracking up over the weekend b/c we were standing her up on her feet (supporting her under the arms) and making her dance and she thought it was just the funniest thing!!

she is also starting to reach & grab things now, esp the toys on her baby activity gym.  she really grips them! we are going to have to be careful so she doesn't pull the whole thing down on herself or move them up to the higher rings.

she is such a happy girl.  when i go in her room in the morning, she is just laying in her crib waiting for someone to come get her....and when you lean over she smiles so big! it's so cute!

when we change her, she is totally fascinated by the butterfly decals on the wall & this arch thing that goes over the changing table with dangling flowers & butterflies. she *loves* when you shake them up for her!

next week we start bringing her to grandma's house during the day while we are at work. hoping it doesn't throw off her schedule too much!