Alana speaks!

Alana has finally started to coo regularly.  She only knows how to make the "aaaah" sound right now.  So everything is "aaaaah" or "agaaaah" or "abaaaaa".  She doesn't get very loud when she does it... which makes me suspect that she is still a little shy about it. 

After many attempts, I was finally able to get it on video!

Also... some recent pictures

Alana also got her ears pierced on Friday, July 23.  The doctor asked me to mark on her ears where I wanted the piercing.  The doctor told me it was going to hurt... so I braced myself.  Alana's look was shock and surprise!  Then she cried and cried.  Poor baby.. but it only hurt that day.  The next day it seemed to be painfree.

 

Alana 4 Months

Alana is now 4 months old.  She is doing so many new things!  She can put her hands together now.  She can also grab things now and can pull them to her mouth.  It seems like she has to taste everything.  She's also developed the habit of pulling on my hair every time I hold her.

Alana can laugh out loud now, but only sometimes.  She has only really laughed 3-4 times now.  I wish I can figure out the secret to her tickle spot, but it just doesn't work all the time. 

We had her Baptism this past weekend.  She was so unbelievably good the whole time!  During the hour long mass, she did not cry once.  Not even when the Priest poured the holy water over her head.  She even let Father Jerry hold her and he held her throughout the prayer.  She was just chillin' in his arms!  Everyone was so amazed at how good she was.  Jeff and I were very proud :)

Yesterday, she got on her knees for the first time by herself!  The only thing is, she has no upper body strength - she doesn't know what to do with her arms yet.  I would post the video, but she's nakey in it.

Alana had her 4 month check up and her shots recently.  She is now 25 inches tall - that's the 75th percentile for height.  She weighs 15 lbs. 13 oz - 90th percentile.  So, she is doing really well and the doctor is happy.  

She is finally sleeping for 8 hours at night!  It feels good to sleep again.

Alana - 3.5 months

Alana has been doing so many new things lately.  She recently found her hands.  She is fascinated by them!  She puts her hands in a fist and stares at them.  Sometimes, she chews on them.  If she feels nice, she offers me some of her slobbery hand.  She tries to suck on her thumb, but she doesn't know how to do that yet.

She has also started to talk a lot more now.  She does funny sounds and long sentences.  She laughs at us when we imitate her.  Well, she would laugh if she knew how to.

Lately, she has also been trying to sit up.  When we prop her on our laps, she uses her stomach muscles and sits herself up.  She's not stable yet though, and she flops forward once she gets up too far.

We finally started to make her sleep in her crib.  She sleeps in her crib fine so far, but I still end up having to let her sleep with us when it gets to 3 or 4 in the morning and she won't go back to sleep.

July 4th 2010

Today was the fourth of July.  It was a great weekend so far, with cousins Ryan & Sean and family visiting us in Lake Tahoe.

We decided to take Alana to see the Fourth of July Fireworks show at the Lake.  It was a great show!  We thought she would be scared by the loud sounds, but she was just amazed with the lights from the fireworks.  She loved it so much!  Next year, we plan to go down to the beach and watch from there.

Tonight, Alana also hit a milestone.  She laughed out loud for the first time!  It was a real giggle =)  We were so happy and it was so cute to hear her laughing.