4 Months

While we were in South Carolina, Elliott turned 4 months old! Since we were over there, I didn't take pictures or blog about it. So she's technically 4 months and like 12 days old in these pictures. Whoops.

Elliott has changed so much since we left for our trip. She has always been fun, but she is so much fun now. She is smiling all the time. Before, we had to try so hard to get a smile out of her. Now you just have to look at her and she gets this big, open-mouth grin. She also started bouncing recently. She has been able to bear her weight for some time, but now she bounces up and down on her legs when you stand her up. It's adorable...and so fun. Her eye contact has also grown leaps and bounds in the last couple weeks. She really locks in on you now. She did that before, but it's just different now. She will turn her head as far as it will go to find whoever is talking and lock eyes with them, for a long time. She is continually getting better at grabbing things. Where she used to just grab things that were put right in front of her, she now leans her whole body into it. When I was working at Kneaders in December, I started noticing it. I would be tying bows on baskets and she would leeeean forward and try to grab the ribbon. I'm almost to the point where I can't eat with her on my lap, because she tries to grab my stuff! 

She is rolling from her tummy to her back (I'll post a video soon). And she is getting better at sitting up (we practice every day). When we were in SC she sat up on her own for over 2 minutes! That was a lot longer than usual. Usually she only lasts 10-15 seconds. But she's getting better! 

Elliott also laughed for the first time! It was funny because when we were in SC Josh's twin sisters, Hannah and Chandler, were making fun of us and saying we weren't funny enough because Elliott hasn't laughed yet. Well, we were in the airport on our way back home and some random lady made her laugh! They were right! We aren't funny! We've been trying so hard, but we've yet to get her to laugh again. It was the cutest sound I've ever heard though. I can't wait until she is laughing all the time! 

Now, enjoy some pictures of our sweet girl! And finally, some smiling ones! 

And of course, some crying ones. 

What can I say, she hates clothes...

Happy 4 months Elliott! We love you!