4 months

You are 4 months today, Stella.  You giggle when we blow raspberries on your cheeks and feet but especially on your belly.  You've started rolling from your back to your belly.  You'll try once and not quite make it.  Then you get some momentum after doing that a few times then you finally make it over.  You struggle getting your arm out a bit that you rolled over.  Then you get on your belly and get a bit angry (especially if we've had you on your belly for a bit already).  Then we put you on your back again and you smile and start all over.  Yesterday you got on your belly and started putting your butt in the air while you were on your belly.  I'm not ready for you to crawl yet!  You aren't even 12 pounds yet.  You can't start crawling or you'll really stop putting on weight.  You're long enough to fit into 3-6 month clothes (about 24 inches) but not slender enough to still be in 0-3 pants.

You don't seem to be a fan of the Bumbo chair yet.  I'm not sure if it's because you're a bit smaller than Emma was at this age and you slide a bit.  You can sit in it correctly, but it also seems as though you try to reach your feet and chew on them or the pink part of the chair that comes up between your legs.  You'll tolerate the chair for about 10 mins before getting angry.

I put the Nike Shox on you for the first time yesterday.  Today I put them on you again and you were in your car seat.  It seemed like you saw your feet in the shoes for the first time finally.  You couldn't take your eyes off them.

You're grasping at things now.  You'll hold onto the O-ball really well and chew on it.  You'll also hold onto the rings we use to connect toys to your car seat.  You've gotten a good hold onto the butterfly with the squishy wings and Leroy the monkey too.