Jumping bean

Jumping bean, originally uploaded by mnssams.

Just thought it was about time that you saw some pictures. Between being busy and the computer being out of commission for a week there hasn't been much in the picture department. :)

Naomi's 4 months old now! How crazy is that? Time flies when I read about babies on blogs - like Brittany's girls Eliza and Nolia, Andrea's Eliza, Anna's AJ, and Jessica's Cadrian. I can only imagine that Naomi's growing before your eyes as well.

She's growing before mine too! She amazes me! She was 12lbs 12oz when she went for her 3 month appointment. When we weighed her last week at the immigration medical, she was 14lbs. I knew she looked bigger!

She plays with toys - grabs them, eats them, tries her best to chase after them - I don't remember Oceana being quite so determined to get to toys at this age.

She loves being on her tummy, and will roll from her back to her tummy to get there. But man does she get irritated if she can't roll over (rolling into furniture or just getting caught on her elbows).

She always holds her head up. She watches things go by. In fact during her immigration medical the doctor had her following the light with her eyes.

Naomi's favorite toys are Joshua's bird toy and her Lamaze doll (both have that crinkly plastic paper stuff inside them). But anything small and bright is an attention grabber.

As per the photo, she's in her jolly jumper occasionally. The only doorway in our living area is just out of sight from the kitchen, so often she doesn't like being in it long since she can't see me. I always don't like to put her in if Oceana's is in one of her "moods" since she tries to "bounce" and "swing" the baby. Eek!

She's also sitting in her high chair. Tonight she was happy through dinner and played with her toys (dropped them on the floor repeatedly) in the high chair. I got to eat dinner without holding a baby!!!

She's a really happy girl, when she's not fighting a mouth full of thrush.

Oh my goodness. I feel like I could write a book on issues while nursing. We have been fighting thrush (a yeast infection in her mouth and since she's breastfeeding, on me too) since she was 9 weeks old. We finally got rid of it a month ago when we got home from the USA. But a week later I got mastitis (requiring antibiotics). Often a dose of antibiotics will bring on thrush.

Naomi and I went spiraling back into a case of thrush that is only just now starting to subside. I'm still in pain, but I think that's because of some ulcers/sores that have appeared from the irritation. If it's not one thing, it's another, right?

She's lost most of the hair she was born with. She's pretty thoroughly bald now. :) Just like my other babies! And while her eyes were blue at birth, they are starting to turn gray, just like Oceana's did. I'm anxious to see if they'll turn the golden green color Oceana's are now.