FOUR Months and photo frenzy

Ruth is now 4 months old and still continuing to amaze us each day!  At 12.7 pounds and 25 inches, she has a very sweet personality and is extremely easy going.  She is still a HUGE smiler and we are beginning to hear her laugh.  We visited my parents in Houston and my dad actually got her first laugh out of her.  Must be something about that mustache! Her newest discovery has been her hands and she has become very good at grasping things. She constantly has her hands in her mouth and has become quite the drool monster--let the teething process begin! She is now sleeping through the night (7-7) and is getting ready to start solid foods! She's pretty intrigued when JM and I are eating at the kitchen table with her sitting in her high chair watching us, so I'm interested to see what she thinks. My parents kindly gave me a camera for my birthday and I have taken around 300 pictures since then... SO I'm posting my favorites so far for y'all to enjoy!

We have a little water bug.... she loves to splash in the tub.
I love that big smile!

Sitting in the high chair for the first time.
She liked checking out the flowers!

Loving it and letting her personality shine through!

Talking with Papa during dinner

Our sweet girl

Hand in mouth.... constantly!

Hands together checking out her toys

Ruth loves to play and move around a ton. I'll leave the
room and come back five minutes later to find her on the
opposite side of the mat. I have a feeling I'll need some
running shoes once she's really mobile!

Summer strollin'  She looks like an alien--who knew
they made baby sunglasses? Freidan checking to
make sure she's ready to go!

Loving our flower bed!

It has gotten humongous and we love all of the colors!

Thank you, Gramma Karin, for getting this started for us!
 They are a joy to look at each day.

Play Gym

I pulled out Ruth's play gym this morning for the first time! Not really sure why we haven't used it before, but I have a feeling it will quickly become one of our regular activities! We played on it for about an hour today, and she just loved looking at all of the fun toys and exploring their different sounds. Freidan (our dog) also found the toys interesting and alternated between standing at the edge of the mat to watch Ruth play, and running to lay down and squeak his toys on top of his bed--too funny! I guess he decided that since he wasn't allowed to play on her play gym he'd create his own!

This is her "are you watching me" face

Having so much fun!

Freidan's version of a play gym