Somedays I look at Renee and she doesn't really even seem like a baby at all anymore. She seems like a person. Each day we get more of glimpse in to what kind of person she'll be. So far we're pretty certain she's stubborn, strong-willed, lazy, a little bit shy and definately afraid of strangers. In addition to these, she's so stinking sweet and loyal. Her whole face lights up when I pick her up from Becky's and one of my favorite parts of the day is when daddy gets home from work. He says "Hi, Little One, How was your day?" and she gets this huge grin on her face and screeches and squeals. Her and Ski's relationship has really developed a lot in the last month...instead of wanting me all of the time, there are times she just wants to "go for a ride in the Daddy chair." Ski looked at me the other day and said, "I just want to hold her and squeeze her because I love her so much today." It makes me melt. 
Speaking of the screeches, she really loves her voice right now and will spend hours laying in her crib trying out new sounds. I keep saying "Mama" over and over but I pretty much just get "WEEEEEE" back.
While I would choose to stay home with her at least part-time if we could swing it financially, I think she really likes going to daycare. All of the little kids there FREAK out when they see her yelling "Nae is here! Nae is here!" and jumping around like maniacs. And she usually smiles when she sees them. This is saying something because she cries when someone she doesn't know even talks to her. Touchy, touchy.
I was planning on waiting until six months to start solids but the old cow was having a hard time keeping up with the milk supply and Renee would stop everything she was doing and stare at Ski and I while we were eating. A week and a half ago, I put her in her High Chair and gave her a spoonful of Rice Cereal. She opened her mouth and ate it like she'd been sitting around waiting for it for months. Ski and I just looked at eachother like "How the hell did she know how to do that?" Apparently, she was ready. She gets super excited when I put her in her High Chair. We haven't delved in to the world of vegetables and fruits yet but I'm fairly confident she'll be just as pleased with those. The girl loves to eat. I feel the need to document the fact that her poop smells exactly like noodles. I had this roommate my freshman year of college that ate noodles and butter like every day and would leave the leftovers sitting on the stove for days on end. Renee's poop smells EXACTLY like that. Smells are weird. They can totally trigger memories that you haven't thought about in ages. I'll sure miss the noodles when she starts eating more solids and they start smelling like rotten eggs. For now I can still call her The Noodler. And yes, I just spent three sentences talking about the aroma of my baby's feces. Deal with it. 
Renee managed to roll over from front-to-back a few times this month and for a while was really interested in at least trying to roll the other way. For the last week or so she hasn't been interested in either and screams when I put her on her stomach. Physical activity is not one of her strong points. I have to keep reminding myself that developmentally she really is only four months old when I want to push her to do more tummy time. Or when I compare her to her six-weeks younger cousin who has been rolling over both ways for like two months.
She's a pretty good sleeper at night but not a very good napper. Most nights she'll sleep from 8 until 6 or so with the occasional "I'm just checking to make sure you're still there" 3AM wake-up call just to keep it interesting. I almost died when my sister told me that Sarah naps for like four hours in the afternoon. I'm lucky if I get 3 X 45-minute naps during the day...most days it is more like 2. I think it's because she's nosy. She gets this from her Auntie Annie....the girl who opened and rewrapped all of her Christmas presents every year and is incapable of even taking a pee without the door open because she's afraid she'll miss something.
She's madly in love her with her reflection. Put a mirror in front of her and she's happy for AT LEAST twenty minutes.
She still LOVES the bouncy seat...by far the best $30 I have ever spent IN MY LIFE. She's still too short for the Exersaucer and the Jumperoo. It's not like I thought she was going to be tall or something as her tallest blood relative is like 5'10" but at this rate she's going to be walking before she can bounce in the Jumperoo.
After all I do for you, you BETTER love your life.
Still slacking on the Doggie picture but I'll get there. I took them on time. I just haven't gotten them off the point-and-shoot in time.
My favorite this month. The dress is the cutest thing I've seen in a long time...doesn't she just look like she knows something that you don't? Somedays my only wish would be to hear her talk. 
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