4 Months

I know I say this every time, but I honestly can't believe how fast time goes by. She's already 4 months! But at the same time, I can't remember life without her. Seems like Emery has always been a part of our family. I just love the crap out of her! (sweet, huh?)Here are some random, funny pictures I snapped of her today. This is what you get when you have three other crazies running around you and a husband at work who can't run crowd control!Look at that pouty lip. She has the best sad faces ever! She makes this especially good one about ten seconds before she lets out a wail. Its awesome.
Don't know what this one is, but don't you love her round head?!
Mid-coo.
And getting ready to eat her hands.

This past week has been a rough one for her. She was super fussy one day, which was really unusual. She would cry whenever I'd put her down. Then she started crying even when I was holding her. She was SO tired, but wouldn't sleep, but couldn't keep her eyes open either. Then she started getting a fever. Then she started in with a horrible cough that made her gag every time and totally freaked me out. Nate got home and we watched her for a while, then he decided to take her to urgent care. The Dr. checked her right ear and said, "yep. She has an ear infection." Then she checked the left and said, "Wow. This one's even worse!" I am really hoping this is an isolated incident and we don't repeat Griffey's ear infection issues. Nate asked about the cough, but the Dr. didn't hear any wheezing in the lungs, so she had basically ruled out RSV. She thought she'd do a swab "just in case" and said she'd be back in fifteen minutes after the test had done its thing. Nate said she walked back in after three and said the test strip was already positive! She's been okay and her cough has gotten a bit better. Her fever is down and she is taking things for her ear infection, so we are just watching her breathing and monitoring her. She is almost back to her happy self, which is nice!

Anyways, here are some things about Emery at 4 months:
*As of last week, she is in the 75% for height and weight, but her official 4 month check up is in two days.
*We honestly can't resist her. She is so sweet and has the roundest, most lemonheaded shaped head in the world!
*She loves to suck on her hands and still hasn't figured out the thumb thing. She's getting pretty good at fitting her entire fist in her mouth!
*She loves to snuggle her Giraffe Blankie on her face.
*She loves to smile and coo.
*Takes pretty good naps during the day on her own. Still only sleeps randomly at night. Yeah, we've got to fix that.
*Griffin still loves her to pieces, as do her other siblings.
*She loves to "stand" on the ground while you're holding her up.
*Her flat head is getting better, slowly.
*We just love, love, love her and couldn't imagine our family without our sweet baby Emmie!