four months!

Dear August Rose. 

This past week you turned four months old. Hard to believe that it was a year ago (also this past week) that we first found out you even existed. I am so glad to finally know the sweet little baby who was indeed a mystery to us this time last year.

You are such a sweet little gem baby.

This past month you made your second AND third trips to Texas. The first was for Thanksgiving, with an extended stay at Nina and PaPa's.

You met your great-grandmother and great-granddad in Plainview. They, of course, loved you!

You met your new cousin, Annie, and played with Macy and Zoey in Abilene.

Nina, Merit, you, and I bundled up and went to Abilene's Christmas parade. You were mesmerized by all of the lights, and I was happy to share a little bit of my hometown with my girls. The Paramount, behind us in this picture, is where your daddy and I went on our first date.

PaPa took us with him to feed his cows after church, and you were so interested from the car, that you got out with him for the first time to check them out for yourself. He loves showing you girls his cows.

About 4 days after we got home from Abilene, just you and I headed to San Antonio to celebrate my friend Kasey's upcoming wedding. You had your first plane ride, and all of my friends loved having you there with us. You did great on all of the plane rides, with maybe the exception of the last one. You were fussy for the the first half of the flight, and you had a little blowout on my arm, but other than that - great!

We had your first snow when we came back home, but I forgot to get your picture with it. But here's your back yard!

These days you are learning so much and changing so quickly. You LOVE your own voice and will lay on the floor and talk (and yell) to yourself for a long time. Usually while chewing on your toes. You always want whatever is in your hands to go directly in your mouth. I love this stage that you are in!

You have gotten a little more fussy than you were in your first few months. It is mostly when you are tired, and almost every night around 7 or 8, you just need to cry a little while. One of my favorite ways to get you to calm down is holding you close with your cheek against mine. We'll walk and sway and sing, and I think you love it just as much as I do, which warms my heart.

Once you go to sleep, I can't help but stare at you. And take lots of pictures. You are such a pretty baby.

Some of my favorite pictures of you from this past month...

 (wearing my favorite dress)

You are one loved baby, August Rose. I'll take the fussiness, 3am wake-up calls, spit-up on all my clothes, poop on my arm on a plane, laughs and smiles - all of it, if it means you are part of my days. Happy 4 months, my little Augs. So excited to share Christmas with you this week. I think you're going to like it.

much love, your mama