Four months old

I am a big fourth-month-old now!


Here are some things you should know about me:

I still enjoy sticking my tongue out (of course).


I love pulling Mama's hair! There is something about those unkempt tresses that feels so good in my fat little hand.


I tried out a new sling position--and promptly fell asleep.


Don't I look sophisticated?


I am full of smiles and giggles in the morning.


I keep cool--in an ambient and psychedelic way--while drooling.


I LOVE staring at my mobile. It's fascinating and often funny.


These are my favorite books that Mommy and Daddy read to me. I like looking at the colors and touching them. My Look and Feel book is from Mommy's coworker in Australia, so it has cool animals in it like echidnas that Daddy can't pronounce (Mommy looked it up in the dictionary).

I debuted my first pair of leopard shoes--they won't be my last!


I love my Alex friend, though I'm pretending to ignore her in this picture. She makes my happy when I'm crying.


I still have long toes . . .


. . . and blue eyes (though Mommy and Daddy think they're going to turn brown).


My hand: thinking about it, it rises, and it--wait, the other one--made it! Four months old today and engaging in my new favorite activity. (Aren't hand delicious, even if they can be confusing?)

Mommy has a few things to add.

Zoë is huge all of the sudden! She seems like a different baby now. Her hair is getting increasingly fuzzy on top—and still has that mysterious red tint. This month she started getting very interested in the world around her, whether it’s outside, decorations in her room, books, toys, or us. She laughed a lot for the first time (and repeatedly) when I dropped a stuffed animal on her from above. We haven't been able to replicate that laugh yet though.

Zoë’s tricks: Holding up her head up, though it’s still pretty wobbly; your neck would get tired too if it had to support this big head! Sucking on both hands simultaneously and extremely loudly. Lifting her head—and often her entire body while balancing on her stomach—during tummy time. Less cooing and more squealing. Grabbing things and keeping toys next to her with her feet.

Zoë likes: Looking around and smiling up at Mommy while she’s eating. Having her leg and wrist rolls “buttered and eaten.” Drooling (a result of all the hand sucking). Having books read to her. Going to bed early. Being swaddled and shush’d. Saying “ang” and snorting when mad. Mommy’s songs and rhymes. Swinging and “punching” toys in her baby gym. Her butterfly toy and pink pig. Getting raspberries on her tummy and neck (she's starting to smile at that).

Zoë doesn't like: Getting startled (it happens really randomly now, sometimes just by getting too close to her face too fast), being tired, the faces of anyone besides Mommy and Daddy—don’t take it personally!