Mia is 4 months!

Yesterday was Mia's 4 month mark. 

We went to her 4 month check up and she is 15 lbs and 23 inches long. She is cooing a lot and she is as smiley as they come! 

At the appointment we talked about her muscle tone. Her muscles are kind of weak just about everywhere. Her left side is stronger than her right. The doctor told me that she was going to take longer than most kids to do everything like, roll over, crawl, and walk. I'm not going to lie, it made me sad. Again, I was reminded of the lasting effects of the Spina Bifida. We will continue helping her as much as we can, but nerve damage is nerve damage and there's nothing I can do about that.

That smile though...

Mia loves taking baths in the bathroom sink. She especially likes her hair being washed and brushed. She gets really excited when she sees me, her dad or Bret walk in after she's taken a nap.
Her left arm is really strong and she actually reaches out to play with her toys and grabs a hold of them for a few seconds! She always brings up her right hand to her mouth and sucks on her fist. We're working on getting her right arm past her mouth and up over her head a bit.

Mia loves story time at night when we read a fun book and the kids version of the Book of Mormon. I put both kids on our bed and then I lay right in between them and read to them. Mia really likes it and squeals in delight when I read and when her brother jumps around on the bed.

Talking about Bret, yesterday they both got shots. Bret got his first. He has really intense eyes and he never took his eyes off of the nurse. She cleaned his leg with the alcohol pads, and then took out the syringes. Bret stared at her through the whole process, not smiling or moving one inch. When she inserted the first syringe, he took a deep breath and his brows furrowed in anger, then, she stuck the second syringe in... this one was the tetanus one... there was fire in his eyes as he looked at the nurse and he started crying. I picked him up to comfort him, then I told him that it was Mia's turn. She gave Mia both of her shots and of course Mia started crying right away. The nurse handed her to me and I was holding Bret and Mia. Bret stopped crying when he heard his sister cry, and when the nurse handed her to me, Bret put his arm around Mia and gave her a kiss. The look he gave the nurse was hilarious, it was like, "you hurt my sister again and I'll cut you!" Both the nurse and I thought Bret had been so sweet to his sister after she got her shots, completely forgetting his own pain, he  comforted his sister.

Happy 4 months baby girl. You have a good brother. And you are such an easy baby. Serioiusly! Thank you for sleeping through the night, even if you do wake up at 6 or 5:30 am, I'll take that over 4:00 or 3:00 am.