Geoff and Gina's Little Addition: 4 Months Old

Stella will be 4 months old tomorrow. I just can't express how proud Geoff and I are to have this wonderful little person in our lives. She is so beautiful & she is starting to interact so determindely & purposefully: it is quite mindblowing!

She really is learning new things every day... In my last post she'd just discovered her feet - this week's new development is that she has started 'bashing' her arms up and down. I think she has great fine motor control and can zoom in on and hold things with her little fingers with remarkable prescision. This is a constant source of amazement to me...that in her 17 weeks on this planet, she can already decide she wants something, reach out for it & feel what it feels like to touch. She loves to bring her hands to our lips for kisses - she smiles and sometimes laugh when we kiss them :)

I've been holding Stella right in front of the Christmas tree and letting her feel the (plastic) branches & tinkle the bells... she can do that for ages - it is so fascinating to her - and to me to watch her! Today we lay on the bed for an hour and a half playing games (such as 'this little piggy') and she laughed with joy at some of our games. What pleasure!!!! She seems so hungry to learn. We have also been playing the 'Horsie' game --

Holding Stella on my knees:

"Stella's horsie goes: 'walkie-walkie-walkie-walkie-walkie'" > bouncing my legs at walking speed

"Mommy's horsie goes: 'trot-trot-trot-trot-trot'" > bouncing my legs a little faster

"...and Daddy's horsie goes: 'gallopy-gallopy-gallopy-gallopy-gallopy'" > bouncing legs fast

Stella has also made great progress in rolling over & is enjoying 'tummy time' much more than before...

Here's a photo update since the last post: