4 month checkup

This photo of Uncle Michael is from when he was visiting over Tessa's surgery; it was just too sweet to leave out!

Grandma Nancy got her a new sun hat. Could she be any cuter?

Tessa loves her Daddy!

Auntie Chrissy came to visit last week--we had a wonderful time.


Smiles!!

Tummy time!

Rice Cereal experience

Tessa had her 4 month well-baby checkup today. She weighs 12 lbs 2 oz, which puts her in the 25% for weight (a step up from her 10% last month!) She is almost 26 inches long, putting her at 95% for length. The Pediatrition said not to worry about her torticollis, it is very minor and will heal on its own. She said Tessa is as healthy as can be! She is like a new baby since she's been all healed up after her surgery! She is very content most of the time, unless she is tired or hungry (though she still doesn't really like riding in the car most of the time either). She loves putting everything she can get her hands on into her mouth. It is fun to see her play with her toys! She has still been drooling like crazy and has recently found that her thumb is a great thing to suck on--not quite sure what to do about that one yet! We are now able to pick her up under her arms again and she got her first real bath since the surgery last night. It is SO incredibly nice to put her surgery behind us and get on with life. Tessa has mastered rolling over from her tummy to her back and is very close to rolling from her back to her tummy. The Pediatrition told us to try introducing rice cereal, so we gave her some organic brown rice cereal with breastmilk tonight for the first time. She really didn't know what to think! Most of it went right onto her tummy and chest, but she was definitely interested in eating off a spoon. She seems to have even more to talk about lately and smiles almost all of the time. We even have gotten a short giggle out of her!

The video I put on here isn't the most exciting in the world, I just wanted to try it out!

Cheers,

Lindsay, Jesse and Tessa