Sadie is 4 months old on June 16, Lauren's 23rd birthday. We went out the evening before to celebrate, and Sadie gave Lauren the very special gift of sleeping through her entire dinner party. On her actual birthday, Lauren got an even better gift, which was a bona-fide teaching job for next year. This is bittersweet for us, because we are so thrilled for Lauren and all that this means for her, but we are so sad to be losing the best nanny ever imaginable.
It was wonderful to have had her as long as we have. Lauren was the first person to take care of Sadie after her mommy and daddy, so I imagine the two of them will always have a special bond.
It seemed to me like Sadie grew up a lot while we were in Oregon, and not just because she rolled over for the first time the morning we left to go back home. She has suddenly become very vocal, squealing or even screaming (gleefully) whenever you set her down on her back (which makes it very difficult for anyone else in the house to sleep in the early morning once she's awake). She also just looks older to me all of a sudden. She's much thinner than Jack was at this age, and her face has gotten longer in recent weeks. She smiles LOTS but guards her giggles more carefully. I believe the only people who have gotten a laugh out of her besides her immediate family members are Grandad Bill, Grandma Sue, and Nick (who is slated to be her godfather, so I take that as a sign that we made a good choice). She is fascinated by everything Jack does and will follow him around the room with her eyes. The one incidence of rolling over actually only happened because she was craning her neck so assiduously to try to watch her brother while on her back. She is kicking lots, kicks any blankets and even her socks right off if you ever turn your back on her, and can kick/shuffle herself around 180 degrees when left on the floor for a few minutes. She continues to be very easy-going, comforts herself by sucking her thumb, sleeps extremely well, and poops only once a week. In other words: dream baby. Where did you come from, Sadie??
I said back when she was three weeks old that I wanted to record her infanthood week by week and splice it all together so I could see how she grew and changed, because it all just went by too fast with Jack. Wonder of wonders, I actually followed through (with the exception of week 2 and week 14), so here are Sadie's first 4 months or 17 weeks:
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