4th of July fun

As usual, we went to our friends, Hartley & Mark's penthouse in capitol hill to watch the fireworks display over lake union.  It was a small gathering this year and we BBQ'd, talked, and even did a little dancing.  Anora stayed awake the whole night (eek). She was the only baby in attendance and was doted upon.  She was wide eyed and alert taking it all in.  By dusk, lake union was full of boats and the show was about to begin.  We went out to the roof top, and watched the fireworks.  Anora LOVED them and watched nearly the whole show.  It was a long show this year, so after about 20 mins she kind of dosed off, only to wake once we all went back inside.  She was well behaved all evening, but by the time we got into the car, she was cranky and overtired.  We finally got her in her crib by midnight and she was out!  She is getting to the age where she fights sleep so hard.  It's so difficult because she works herself up so much and is simply exhausted but won't sleep.  "Too much to see and do mommy!"

Anora watched with her ear muffs on!

 The next day we went to our other mama & papa friends house and had a baby bbq party.  Anora wore her tutu and was very well behaved. 

The rest of the weekend was scorching hot, so we took a lot of walks and even went down to enjoy the water on Alki.  Menchie's froyo topped off the day :)  It was hard to go back to work on Monday, but we really enjoyed our nice long weekend.

Four Month stats

Anora went in yesterday for her 4 month check up.  She is hitting all the milestones she should and growing just fine!  The next few months are going to be exciting!  We are going to start giving her sips of water from our cup...she's very interested in water glasses!  (Maybe we'll be able to by pass the whole bottle situation and just give her milk in a cup.  This would save me some heartache!)  We can take her swimming now, which will be fun, especially on these hot days we've been having. (It was 90 degrees yesterday!)  She has been doing some rolling over, but I anticipate a lot more of this to come!  Unfortunately it will mean, goodbye swaddle :(  She is smiley and giggly and so much fun.

Here are her growth stats:
Height: 24.75 inches - 59%
Weight: 13 lbs 1.5oz - 23.5%
Head circumference: 15.94" - 43.32%

She's not feeling great now since she got her shots yesterday, but we are hoping she bounces back quicker than the 2 month shots. Here are a few photos from the past week.