4 Months

   Big smiles for the camera!

   Kindi is already four months old.  Time is flying so fast.  She just got her first tooth on Wednesday, about 3 weeks earlier than Kaden got his first.  One thing we learned through that experience?  Kindi does not deal with pain... at all!  It was terrible!  And it caught me off guard because Kaden did so well with teething, just a little bit of fussing, but cuddling him or giving him a cold teething toy or washcloth soothed him.  Nothing soothed Kindi.  She just screamed, and screamed until the Tylenol took effect and she fell asleep.  Poor thing.  It is amazing how frustrated you can get at a baby that you love so incredibly much.  Even when it isn't her fault.  Then you feel like a terrible parent.  At least it passes and I can console myself with the fact that I didn't yell at her or shake her or anything terrible like that.  I just sighed a lot and whined a bit!

She has such beautiful blue eyes, just like her brother.  And her hair is starting to grow and fill in!

When Kindi is ready to go to sleep she wants a pacifier and a blanket.  (Can she already be imitating her big brother?)  When she is awake on the other hand she loves to suck and chew on her fingers.  (Maybe she is imitating her cousin Kori?)  Usually it is just her pointer fingers, but sometimes her middle ones slip in there as well.  And as you can see, it makes her happy!

Just as her brother before her, Kindi is a big fan of kicking her legs or holding them up in the air.  She hasn't started grabbing her feet yet, but she does like to look at them.

I can't remember for sure, but I don't think I have mentioned that she rolls over now.  She first rolled over at 16 weeks.  From her front to her back 5 different times through out the day.  Then once the next day.  And then, I don't know if she forgot how or what, but I finally got her to roll over again today (at 19 weeks).  She has done so several times today already, will it be another 3 weeks before she tries again?  She is close to rolling from her back to her tummy, but as of yet only does so successfully with the help of my finger.

At Kindi's last Dr. appointment on Monday, she weighed 13 lbs. 8 oz. and is in the 48th percentile.  Kaden was in the 92nd at this point!  I'm hoping this means she will be a much daintier, more feminine, version of Kaden, because they look SO much alike it is incredible.  Oh yeah, she is also 24 inches tall.

Kindi's laughter is getting more and more frequent although it is still hard to tell if she is laughing or crying sometimes!  She is getting more and more ticklish and I take every advantage of that I can!

I love taking pictures with this background.  They always turn out so fun.  My best friend Julie Snyder (I still have a hard time not typing Gosser.) painted it for camp many years ago and I try to get lots of use out of it.