Guess who is 4 months?!

Yep, that's right! My itty bitty baby Rylee is 4 months old today! And I am not there to spend the day with her. Today is my first day back to work. It was SO hard leaving her this morning. Looking at her in her crib sound asleep and so sweet...it made me want to cry. BUT I am only working for a month and then quitting. I have to work at least 30 days or else I would have to pay BYU back about $4,000...that is the money they paid for my insurance while I was on leave. I decided it would be worth it to just work the 30 days and then quit rather than pay back 4 grand out of our pocket!

Daddy is with Rylee most days and then will work in the evenings, so that makes it so much easier leaving her. Ever since she was born I would pump and give her a bottle at least once a week to just get her used to it. Well, yesterday she would not take one in the morning and I was getting so nervous! But we just waited till she was super hungry and she did just fine. Thank goodness! So she is just eating the milk that I have frozen and I am just pumping a couple times at work because I DON'T want to stop breastfeeding. No way Jose.

Anyway...back to my post about Rylee. :) She is getting so BIG. She thinks she is big stuff that's for sure! She is the cutest baby EVER and I am so blessed to be her Mommy.

Some fun things about my little girly...

She loves loves loves bath time. I have said it before, but it is by far her favorite time of day.

She loves standing up (still) and looking around. She is the most observant baby. She looks at people and things like she is trying to figure them out. It is so so cute.

She still has stranger danger most of the time but is getting better.

She can fall asleep by herself now...well, most of the time.

She rubs her eyes so hard when she is tired. I just think it is the cutest thing EVER.

She constantly sucks on her fingers/fist and even her lip. She is teething. And sometimes she will bite her gums together. It is so funny.

When she isn't getting what she wants or you aren't doing something right she will throw her arms and head back and fuss and then stop and look at you and do it again. She is quite the drama queen!

She giggles quite a bit but it takes quite a bit to get her giggling. She does however fake cough ALL THE TIME. It is hilarious.

She constantly uses her hands now. She grabs everything. Especially my shirt when I am nursing her. All the necks on my shirts are stretched out...haha. I have to be careful when eating with her on my lap or else my plate will be on my lap along with her.

She does SO much better in the carseat now. Only cries when it is 8-ish and she is ready for her bath and bed. Other than that she just either sits in the carseat not making a peep or she falls asleep.

She can sit by herself so much better now. She used to freak out when I would put her down but now she entertains herself. Being able to use her hands has helped SO much. When she is laying down she tries to sit up it is so funny!

She loves being outside. I wonder if she will still love it when it's super freezing? Maybe?

She is getting so close to sitting up! She can roll from front to back. She is such a strong little girl. She could even hold her head up the day she was born.

She loves being where there is lots of action going on. She just loves looking around. She loves noise.

She gets startled super easy. She was kinda squirming one night in her crib so I went to check on her and move her back to the middle of the crib and I scared her so so bad! She started screaming. I felt terrible! She had no clue I was there.

She scoots herself all over the place now. I will put her on one part of the floor or in her crib and I will come back and she will be on a completely different part of the floor and will be turned the opposite way and at the end of her crib. It is so funny.

She ALWAYS sleeps with her hands above her head.

When she wakes up in the morning she just lays in her crib talking to herself. I love to just listen to her.

AND...TODAY MY BIG GIRL ROLLED FROM BACK TO FRONT!!!

There is so much more about this little cutie of mine but I won't make this post any longer than it is. I just LOVE her little developing personality and watching her get bigger and bigger. Being a Mom is the biggest blessing in my life and I am so grateful I was blessed with my baby. I can't wait to be with her all day again!!!