Jesse Hraban

I think its official Jessaleigh can sit up by herself (at not tip over for awhile). She has been trying to sit up forever it seems, but now I can put her on the floor and walk away for a moment with fearing for her safety. She still tips over eventually, but can catch herself if she goes sideways. Tipping backward is the only real concern and Jessaleigh seems to be OK as long as she in on a soft (rug or pillow) surface.

5 Months

At 5 months Jessaleigh likes to

  • Try to crawl
  • Try to talk to you (especially daddy – he is hilarious)
  • Suck her thumb
  • Drool
  • Chew on anything – especially spoons
  • Sit up (although she isn’t so good at staying up)
  • Watch her brother
  • Be within sight of Mommy at all times (more on that later)
  • Stare at you until you look at her – then she smiles like a loon
  • Not be in the car seat
  • Make you feel guilty for not sharing your food with her
  • Wake up blowing raspberries

All in all she is precious!

More Pictures

Jessaleigh is four and a half months old and desperately wants to figure out eating. I think right now she is mostly interested in cups (and by interested I mean any time a cup comes within a foot of her, she goes NUTS trying to get it) and things in my hands. She would probably have no idea what to do with it if we were to actually give her food, but she sure does a great impression of wanting what you’ve got.

Jessaleigh will be on the move. Right now she can roll over both ways, but only on the bed (she gets better traction there then on the rug), and hold her belly off the floor on hands and knees or hands and feet only. She is very strong! Now if she could just figure out how to move forward instead of scooting backward all the time (dram traction again) she would be gone.

Toes

And now Jessaleigh has found her toes. They are great fun to grab and hold.

Recently Jessaleigh has found her thumb and loves to suck on it. I am not quite sure how I feel about the prospect of thumb sucking, but am hopeful that it will not become a pattern for long. For now, tons of people have told me how cute it is that she is sucking her thumb???? I have no idea why it is cute?

Jessaleigh at 4 months:
Weight: 14lbs 7oz (66th percentile)
Length: 24.75 In (68th percentile)
Head Circumference: 17 in (94th percentile)

Guess she is starting to take after daddy more !

Other than that the Dr’s appointment was entirely forgettable. No questions from our side, no issues from the Dr. So we were pretty much in and out.

My ban on pink is slipping! It started with pink accents, pink flowers, pink here and there. We did have some pink that was given to us, but for the most part my iron hand has been keeping the pink to a minimum (mostly jammies).

But then today, I actually bought PINK onesies myself!!!! Granted you had to get the pink ones because they were in the set with the brown ones, but still. That and we already had all the purple sets in other sizes.

Where will this lead too I can only cringe!

4 Months

Well, our little girl is 4 months old today.

We have a Doctors appointment later this week so I will be able to update you all on her stats soon. Jessaleigh is still doing most all of the things she was doing at 3 months only with more voracity and intent.