Melanie's First KISS, New Tricks, New Discoveries, and "Flat Stanley" cont.

Melanie will be four months old on the 2nd of May. She is getting too big and too cute! I absolutely love this age! We just are so in love with our little Squish. 

This is going to be a fun post. Melanie got her first kiss from a special little boy. She has new tricks, new discoveries, 

AND.....

"Flat Stanley" is almost finished with his stay here in Utah and he's had some great adventures.

Pretty in purple!

Melanie has been putting EVERYTHING in her mouth! Toys, her hands, the burp cloth, the dog's ears, even my chin. One day after I had finished feeding her, I stood her up to play with her and WHAM....
She leaned forward with her mouth wide open and sucked the heck out of my chin! I'm surprised she didn't give me a hickey from it. Hahaha!

This picture makes me laugh. The other day Melanie was just chillin' on the floor minding her own business and Abby hovered over her and just stared. It was hilarious. Abby didn't move a muscle for about three minutes. All she wanted to do was look at the little girl laying on the floor.

I swear Abby and Melanie are going to be the best of friends as time goes on. It seems like they already are best buds. It's so sweet. Abby will just lay next to Melanie and they will just look at each other and have a staring contest. I think it's cute when they make eye contact with one another. 

Staring Contest!

Like I said earlier, Melanie puts everything in her mouth including her TOYS! She sure loves to play with actual toys now. It's fun to watch her try to flip pages on her books or push the buttons on the light up toys.

She's learning! 

Ok, this picture makes me giggle. If anyone knows me, they would know I'm crazy, loud, and well... I guess you can say weird. Yes, I stuffed my 4 month old's shirt with little toy balls to make her look like she has boobs. Our friends' little boy has an awesome ball pit and I thought the balls would make a good cup size for Melanie. Hahaha! 

Oh geez... 

The other night we hung out with some of our closest friends, the Hugie's! They are freaking awesome and they have the most adorable little boy! His name is James, but we call him JJ. 

JJ is a year old and such a little stud! When I was pregnant and we found out that we were having a girl, we joked with the Hugie's that we were going to have our kiddos betrothed! When we got together, it was fun and so cute to watch JJ and Melanie interact.

Cute JJ knows how to give kisses. So when we told him to "give Melanie a kiss," he TOTALLY did! With her nose in his mouth and everything. Hahaha! 

This munchkin sleeps best when she is swaddled up like a burrito. Lately, we have been teaching her to just fall asleep on her own, in her crib, without being swaddled. So far so good. 

During nap times she's been doing pretty good sleeping on her own, but we still have to swaddle her up at night for "our" sake. Hahaha! If she isn't in a burrito, she occasionally wakes up fussy. During the day I can deal with it, but at night I need my sleep or I get fussy. Hahaha! 

She will eventually get the hang of it!  

I AM SO EXCITED FOR THIS! This Saturday we are going to California for my best friend's wedding.
I can't tell you how happy and excited I am for her and her fiance. They are perfect for each other!
We are staying there for a whole week so we can have time to visit my family too! We are going to stay with my Nana and Tata. They are so kind to let us stay with them. 

We are going to have some fun in the sun. I went to Target and got Melanie her first bathing suit. I put it on her to see how it fit and she gave me the BIGGEST smile! 

I think she is excited too! 

California won't be complete without some cool shades! 

Our little Squish has been trying to get her feet for weeks now. She finally did it! My little girl is getting so big! She had learned how to use her abs to help pull her feet up to her chest so she can grab them. 

I bet she'll put her feet in her mouth in another couple weeks.
Her little piggies are so cute!

Her facial expressions kill me. Hahaha! Our Little Squish has discovered her tongue. She always has it sticking out. It must feel funny to her or something.
Dallan was changing her one day and caught this look on camera.
Isn't it great! That tongue cracks me up! It's almost as if she is saying, "Neener Neener Neener, you have to change me!"

Melanie has been practicing sitting up. She still can't quite do it on her own, but she is getting really close! 

I can't quite figure out why Dallan put her in a box in this picture, but ok. Hahaha! 

A couple weeks ago we went down town and visited the temple. It was a beautiful, chilly day. The sky was clear, the air was crisp, AND Melanie wasn't really a happy camper. Hahaha! 

While we were down town, we took Flat Stanley with us. Just in case you don't remember, Flat Stanley is an Elementary School project that my cousin Sophie's class is doing. Flat Stanley is a boy that got squished and he has adventures throughout the USA. This is all based on a book that Sophie's class read. Anyways, Sophie sent her Flat Stanley to Dallan and me and he's been having  a lot of fun with us in Utah. 

We took him to the new City Creek Mall and he decided to "take a whiz" in the fountain. 

(Don't worry Brian and Jaimee, we won't give this picture to Sophie or her class.) Hahaha!

A nice view of the fountains.

He visited the State Capitol.

He caught a nice view of the Wasatch mountains! 

This last Sunday, Dallan, Melanie, and I went on a family walk. It was a BEAUTIFUL Spring day. The weather was perfect and the skies were blue! Yay for warm and pretty Spring days! 

This little girl loved laying on the grass with her feet in the air. I bet the warm air felt good on her little piggies.

Can you see the two ducks hanging out in the pond behind Melanie?

I am so excited that the warm weather is coming. I absolutely love going outside as a little family and enjoying one another's company. There will be many more days like this with Summer coming so soon! 

I'm sure we will be enjoying the outdoors a lot while we are in California. I'm SOOOO excited for my extended family to meet Melanie. She has grown and learned so much since she was born (even though it's only been four months). I'm incredibly happy that she will get to see them and that they will be able to hold her and play with her while she is still really little. 

Wish us luck on our drive there! 

Post about our adventures in California coming soon!