Gracie girl at 4 months

I am so behind on blogging and I mostly feel bad that I haven't been putting up pictures of Grace.  She has grown and changed so much.  I am currently compiling a bunch of pictures of her to post another time.  I can't believe she is 4 months old already and here is a current picture of her.

Grace is such a joy and a wonderful addition to our family.  She is a really happy baby and is constantly smiling.  In some ways she is like Ella, but she is her own little person too.  She just had her 4 month checkup and here are her stats:

14 lbs. 2 oz. (59%)

25 inches (75%)

I looked in Ella's baby book to compare their stats and they are almost identical, Grace is just a few ounces heavier. Here are some things about Grace that I don't want to forget:

-Grace smiled at 6 weeks and since then she will smile at practically anyone.

-She has a clogged tear duct in the same eye that Ella did. It is definitely not a fun thing.

-Around 6 weeks Grace decided she didn't need to take naps (hence my lack of blogging the last few months).  Fortunately she started sleeping through the night pretty early.  She currently still doesn't take many naps and will sometimes wake up once to eat.

-She is not a fan of bottles but we are working on it.  I feel really lucky that she nurses period since Ella wouldn't.

-Grace is a really easy going baby, I think she takes after her Dad.  Ella was a much more serious baby and she had a real intense stare.

-She looks a lot like Dustin.  People used to think that Ella looked like Dustin, but since Grace was born now everyone says Ella looks just like me.  Genetics are funny.

-She just barely started to suck her thumb.  Like her sister she has never been a binky fan.

-She drools constantly (notice her bib in the picture) and she spits up a ton too.  I usually have spit up somewhere on me.

-She hates tummy time and as such is not rolling over yet.  Tonight was the first time I got her to be on her stomach without her screaming and I think she is coming around.

-She has the chubbiest cheeks that I love to kiss.  We call her chub-a-lub :)

-She has had blue eyes since she was born, and I think they are going to stay that way.  Her hair is kind of brown with auburn right now, but I think it is too soon to tell what it will become.  Unlike Ella, she has kept a lot of her hair.

-She doesn't like to sit still.  If you are holding her she is happiest if you are walking around.

-Grace is a snuggler, she loves to be held and talked to constantly.

-She has super tiny feet, just like Ella did.

Becoming a mother of 2 has definitely been a challenge, especially since Grace started boycotting naps.  There are many days that Dustin walks in the door from work to find me still in my pajamas usually covered in spit up and totally frazzled.  Ella has really learned how to push my buttons and try my patience which has definitely been a challenge.  And this will probably sound so cliche, but as hard as being a mom can be, it is also the greatest joy and I wouldn't change it for anything.  I love spending my days with my 2 beautiful girls.  They teach me so much and make me want to be better in all parts of my life.  Sometimes Dustin and I just look at each other in disbelief that we have been married 6 years and have 2 children.  I feel so blessed to have such a great husband and to get to be a mom.  I am so close with my own mother, and I hope I can be like that with my girls too.