Piper is 4 Months Old Today!!!

Our little girl is 4 months old now, 14.4 pounds, 25.5 inches long, and currently has her first ear infection :( She's taking an antibiotic to help clear it up, but its thick and not very tasty... she tries to spit it out each time so she ends up wearing more of it than what she ingests! The doctor said the infection was actually quite bad and that Piper was certainly one tough and tolerant little girl. One positive side-effect of the antibiotic - - she's sleeping eight to ten hours through the night now :) It's freaked Tyler and me out since we're not used to her sleeping more than about six hours at a time... so we're both out of bed several times to check on her each night... making sure she'd still breathing! EEK!

Piper spends more and more time on her tummy every day and is much happier about it than before. She seems to really "See" things now, in focus, and loves anything that rattles (especially the baby bouquet that her great-aunt and great-uncle Lahti gave her). She is definitely teething but we cannot see anything breaking the surface yet... but she chews on anything she can find, including toys, blankets, clothes, and even her own fingers... so much so that she gets open sores :(

Tyler and I are having so much fun Christmas shopping for her - getting nice warm clothes... long-sleeve onesies, pants and socks! We went to visit Santa on December 22nd at Macy's. We arrived right at 9PM and were nearly the last family in line, but we made it! The picture turned out okay - no big smiles, but no tears either - so a positive first Santa experience. We have no idea what she asked Santa for... he probably doesn't either... so we're ALL excited to see what he brings! LOL!

And... for now... her eyes are still big, beautiful, and BLUE :)

TEETHING!