4 Months Old!

Bella turned 4 months old this last Thursday, June 11th. I remember thinking in the hospital how far away 4 months seemed. But now it seems like that was yesterday! Didn't I JUST have her? She had her 4 month check up on Friday.

She is a healthy, happy baby girl. She did REALLY good on her shots this time. She barely cried for the first one and then just for a minute for the next ones. It was still sad, though. I was glad to have Thomas there to support us!

Here are her stats at 4 months:
-Head Circumference: 40.5cm/40th percentile
-Length: 24 inches/45th percentile
-Weight: 12 pounds 6 ounces/25th percentile

Here are some more fun facts about Bella at 4 months:
-Rolls all over the place and holds head all the way up when on her tummy
-Loves to spit up (yuck!)
-Drools all the time (doctor says she is starting to feel the teething sensation)
-VERY attentive to her surroundings
-Loves to talk.

-Has the cutest dang feet that still do not fit into a size 1(0-3 months...so they say) shoe
-Tries really hard to sit up.
-Loves to smile and squeal. Every once in a while we get a very distinct little giggle.



-Still has her lovely faux-hawk...

-and mullett


-ALWAYS sucks on her fingers
-LOVES to play with her daddy
-Still has her beautiful blue eyes
-Loves her bouncer (and mirrors)
-Also loves her new jumperoo...

-so much that it wears her out!


-Still sucks her thumb.

-Still trys to watch tv.

-Has recently found her tongue. She loves to stick it out...

-and blow on it to make "razzing" sounds.


-On walks she loves to look at the trees- she stares at each one we pass very intently.(Don't have a picture of this yet..need to bring my camera!)

Blessing Day

Bella was blessed this last Sunday. It was such a special day that we were looking forward to for a long time. Thomas gave a beautiful blessing, although she cried the. entire. time. This girl is very determined and just does not like to do things she doesn't want to do. Including laying down. We had lots of friends and family there to help us celebrate. We even had my sister Cindi and 7 out of 8 kids, who came from San Dimas and my Uncle Stan and Aunt Ann who came from Tehachapi! After the blessing we had a big group picture in front of our house.


This is everyone excluding family members: the Boggs, the Scotts, and Cynthia and Alisa Rayas and my friend Veronica Mendoza who all had to leave after Sacrament meeting. The wards came over after the group picture

and so did Mica.


and Anna and Javier took all our group pictures for us!

Bella had a beautiful blessing dress that my Mom and Dad got in Vietnam when they went on their mission there 3 years ago.



We had a delicious "light" lunch: Cindi's yummy homemade rolls (real ones...from scratch!) with 3 different types of crock pot meat, rice pilaf, lots of different types of salads, strawberries with white fluffy fruit dip, and lemonade with frozen lemon slices. And for dessert we had brownies, cookies, ice cream and hot fudge. Thank you to everyone who contributed to our meal! Especially Cindi, Elizabeth, and Jennifer for providing some big ticket items. It was an awesome day.
















Bella was EXHAUSTED from her big day and decided to sleep from about 3pm to about 8 the next morning with only a couple breaks for a few minutes at a time to eat. What the...? This is the girl who rarely sleeps for more than an hour at a time during the day!

P.S. Anyone get a picture of just Bella in her dress???