j-bug hits 4 months!

She is so sweet, no?

This little girl has done some major traveling in the first few months of her life. After a super loooong trip from America to Africa, she had another loooong trip from Dar es Salaam to Nairobi, Kenya--by car--ick. The first leg, which got us over half way was 11 HOURS! The second leg was like 6 hours (much better roads, but a lot more traffic!) This little girl did so fantastic!! Much better than her big sister who got carsick about an hour into the trip. In the EXACT.SAME.SPOT. as last time we took this trip. Poor Zoe, the roads were so bumpy and apparently she has taken after me!

In an attempt to only stop a few times, I pumped in the back seat and gave Jillian bottles every 3-4 hours. She slept, she was happy, she watched Zoe, and she didn't cry once until about the last 30 minutes of the 11 hours. And by then, we all wanted to cry!! 

Our meeting was in the mountains outside of Nairobi and it was pretty cold (for Africa). Everyone makes a big deal about how cold it is...well, it's not cold. It's just been a while since some of those people have spent a winter in America. But we did get to wear some long sleeves and Nate got to wear his hat (not out of necessity, but for kicks). This is the 3rd time he has worn that stupid hat...once to climb Kilimanjaro (the reason for the purchase of the hat), once to scare the you-know-what out of Zoe (it worked!), and this time...

Back to jillibean...

-She weighs a whopping 13 lbs.

-She has graduated from her swaddle to a sleep sack. Unlike her big sister, she was ready to get out of that thing, she loooves to stretch out her arms while she sleeps (see pictures below!)

-She is still on prevacid for her acid refulx and it helps tremendously!

-She is on a 4-hour schedule. She usually wakes up and eats, plays and stays awake for about 1.5 hours, and then sleeps for another 2 hours, until its time to eat again!

-She is still loving to watch her big sister, and a lot of times Zoe is the one who can get her to calm down or stop crying...so sweet. Zoe always gets the biggest smiles from her.

-She is not a big fan of tummy time still, so she does a lot of rolling from her tummy to her back.

-She loves to be in on the action, and has to see what everyone is doing. If she is being held, she wants to be facing out so she can see.

-She is much fuller (thicker, chunkier!) than her sister was at this age. Maybe my milk is improving with age.

-She is smiling at us all the time and making the cutest little "coo"s.

-She is the sweetest little thing and we are so thankful for this precious gift!