5 Months on the way to 6!

I have been taking lots of photos of you, just not posting them as often, so here is a bunch!


Hodgson Family Vacation was the weekend of August 12-14. Here you are chillin' in your carseat when we got to the park to go boating:
Then chillin' (sleeping) with mommy (and I was jealous):
Chillin' with dad at Grandma and Grandpa's:

At home looking too cute before you came with me to the Mommy and Me movie showtime of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Pt 2:

Sitting with Grandma Laura at iHop, teething on a spoon which kept you occupied for about 20 mintues!
Just sweetness, I couldn't help but take a picture:
Went to the Point Defiance Zoo on August 20th. Here you are with Grandma Laura again:
And we bought you this TOO cute hat!

You had a lot of firsts this month. Like first time eating mashed bananas in rice cereal! You gagged on the plain rice cereal, but made little sounds of joy when we put the banana in and you grubbed!


Here you are sitting with your big sissy who you adore. Here you are watching Thomas the choo choo train:

You LOVE this dog. Well, all dogs, but especially this dog. You are always smiling and laughing at her, and here you are trying to grab her (and succeeding):



You also had some formula for the first time and you even held your own bottle, just like that!

You are working on sitting up on your own too. You still like to collapse forward, but you're getting stronger all the time!


Teething, teething, teething. You also had your first tooth come through, your bottom left, with your bottom right coming in too. I gave you an apple slice and after a moment of experimentation you liked to suck on it and rub your gums on it!
You are getting really close to crawling. You can scoot yourself backwards and turn yourself in complete 180s or more. You'll get up on your hands really strong, then go down and get up on your knees, and it won't be long before you do both!

Your stranger anxiety got pretty high this month, so I had to take you with me practically everywhere, and now it is coming and going. As long as I am holding you, or daddy, you'll smile at anyone and everyone though!

We love you so much! You are precious!

You are SUCH a good baby and just chill and play (or sleep) while we're at the barn (most of the time):
And then you get your turn to ride! Here is you with Grandma Laura on Chip:

And then riding Lilly with mommy:

These pictures taken 8/27/11

First Sit on a Horse!

I'll let the pictures do the talkin...

Daddy's Girl

I will actually admit I'm a little jealous, but it is also so very nice to have you and your daddy have such a strong bond. You look for your daddy's face everywhere when you know he's close and you just get all sorts of excited when you see him.

Then, when it comes time to sleep, your daddy is who you want. He faces you toward him, so your head is level with his cheek and just rocks you and pats you. You hold your head up and look around and the next thing I know, I look over and you are passed out on his shoulder. This has happened for a couple weeks now. When I try and do the exact same thing, I think I am only 10% successful.

Yes of course you love your mommy, but you sure do think that daddy is somethin' special! (and I think so too) :D

Rollin'

Little girl! Yesterday you rolled over from your back to your tummy. Both your daddy and I missed your first one because you decided to be sneaky. You were laying on a blanket with Starlynn sitting next to you, and I zipped downstairs and daddy was studying at the table. I came back up and you were on your tummy! I asked daddy if he turned you over and he said he didn't. I say "yay! she rolled over!"

Then you did it a couple more times that day, and TODAY, you went back to tummy and then back from tummy to back.

Good job!

Also, when you are doing tummy time, you can scoot yourself forward with your legs, and you also "spin". Yesterday, you did a complete 180 from the direction we layed you down.

You're a mover and we love it!

4 Months Old!

4 Months Old!!! I love the progression of these pictures from you sitting up and wondering what I'm doing, to starting to fall forward, and then me scooting you back and then you just starting at me and chewing your fists :)

You are a champion at tummy time. You get kickin' your legs and trying to pull with your arms and I know you'll be scooting in no time, and you push your upper body all the way up off the ground to where you are up past your belly button. Those are some strong and balanced arms!!

You loooooooove your hands. It is hilarious to watch you look at them with kind of crossed eyes as you twist them back and forth and then put them in your mouth. And you'll grab your hands and play with your fingers.

You are getting MUCH better in the car. Often going for a half hour or sometimes longer just looking around and playing with your blanket. It's such a relief for mommy. But sometimes you still much dislike it and scream and scream. But, at least it's only sometimes now.

You are so tiny and sweet, sweet, sweet. Talkative, but quietly. And you're a busy little girl workin' those legs and arms.

Daddy loves tickling you and playing peek-a-boo... oh, and snuggling you. Daddy gets you to sleep by laying your head on his shoulder and patting you to sleep. He probably loves it more than you do. Two daddy's girls! Lucky daddy.

But, you do ADORE your mommy. You'll be getting fussy so I swaddle you and cradle you with your binky, and you start to fall asleep but then I look down and you are staring at me with very intelligent, all-knowing eyes, and when we make eye-contact, you break into a huge grin and coo and talk to me. It's easy to see written on your face how much you love your mommy and it makes me feel like the luckiest woman alive!

Sense of Humor

I think I might've written about your sense of humor before. You have amazed me from when you first started smiling that you'd smile when we'd puff air in your face, and now you laugh when you're being tickled.

Today, I was changing your diaper and when I touched you with the cold baby wipe, you... no, you didn't scream and cry like most babies... you laughed! The same laugh you do when you're being tickled. It made my day and I've been thinking about that moment all day.

I just love your sweet, smiling attitude. You keep eye contact with me so much during the day, and when you're supposed to be nursing or going to sleep, you break into big grins. When you're done eating and I stand you up, you smile and coo.

You laugh when we're making your little body dance and do a boogie, and you smile at Starlynn, and strangers and anything colorful or contrasting.

You just love life and I love you so much!!!!!!! You are precious and special.

Your First Video

A first video of you. You were toward the end of your talking session when I remembered to pull the camera out. This is a pretty dang cute video, but you can be even more talkative and smiley than this too. I love you so much LuLu.

Happy and Content Sleepy Face

Cutest Ever

Tummy Time Cuteness

You are so adorable for Tummy Time. In fact, you are adorable all the time. But I love how you can be entertained by interesting things. I think it means you have a great imagination, which is a great thing!

Laughing

You laughed today. Like, not just your excited intake of breath and coo thing, but like, belly laugh. I can't explain the joyous noise it was in words, nor adequately express what it did to me. I was lifted up from my inside out to pure, pure joy. You light up my world and you are SO precious. Thank you for being my daughter.

3 Months

You weigh 12.5 lbs now. I don't know how long you are but I'll measure you when you wake up.

On your 3-month day, your cousin Gabriel was born! You are only 3 months old but look so much bigger than him! I'm sure he'll pass you up eventually :) We all think it's pretty cool you two were born exactly 3 months apart. You were March 2nd and Gabe is June 2nd!


You are simply a delight. You are such a good baby, and definitely a mommy's girl already. But you do pass out the smiles willingly to many, many people.


Here you are playing on your playmat and Starlynn is trying to tickle your feet. :) I put you on your tummy yesterday and said, "Ok, Launa, 3 minutes of fussy tummy time--go!" I left you on your tummy and went to do dishes and you didn't fuss once. It was because you were completely entertained by the colors and patters on your play mat. You have a beautiful imagination and are easily entertained by lights and colors and texture patterns. It's nice for mommy to be able to know you are ok and happy while I need to get a few things done once in a while.


You are a champion snuggler and are just my little angel! I try to sniff you in and cherish everything about you every day.

Happy three months!

Auntie Brenda

You loooooove your auntie Brenda. She was one of the first people you smiled at besides me and your dad, and now you continue to smile at her pretty much the whole time she is over. It's pretty cute!!! It definitely makes her world a lot brighter.

Cat Napper Snacker

I guess it's my fault for not wanting to feed you too much at one time
so that you don't spit up (as much). I've turned you into a Cat Napper
Snacker. Quick nap, snack, play, change, quick nap, snack, play,
change, quick nap... On and on all day long. At least your only waking
up once at night usually and you have a pretty good balance of times
you need to be held and times you can coo and talk and smile in your
swing or laying on the couch.

You are adorable and wonderful and smile and coo so much!

Smiles!!!

Such a silly girl!!