Alaina's Best Friend

As Alaina gets older she is becoming more and more interested in Zoe. She is able to lift her head and watch Zoe run by. Today Alaina was enjoying some tummy time while Nate was playing fetch with Zoe. Alaina watched Zoe catch her ball and run down the hallway. As you can see from the video, she thought this was hilarious. Her little laugh is so adoarble. I can already tell that Alaina and Zoe are destined to be best friends.

Alaina's 4 Month Stats

Alaina had her four month check-up this week. She weighs 13.5 pounds and is 26 inches long. She has more than doubled her birth weight! The doctor told us that Alaina is ready to start eating rice cereal. The video above shows the first time we gave her some! It wasn't a huge hit, but we're hopeful that Alaina will learn to like it after a few more feedings. She wasn't too sure how to take food from a spoon. As you can see in the video slip, she spit out most of her cereal. After Alaina gets the hang of eating cereal, we will move on to fruits and veggies. We're so excited to watch Alaina try new foods. :)

Our friends Dana and Keven came from Phoenix a few weekends ago. Their son, Sanjai, is 8 months old. We had so much fun watching Alaina and Sanjai play together. It was intersting to see what Alaina will be able to do at 8 months. What a difference 6 months makes! Below are some pictures from our Alaina and Sanjai's play date.

Friends.

Nate and I met up with some friends in Chicago this afternoon. Eric and Aaron were in town to run the half marathon. We wanted to be there as they crossed the finish line, but got to the city a little too late. Instead, we went out to lunch together and hung out at Millenium Park. It was such a gorgeous day to walk around outside.. and it's always nice spending time with great friends!

Walking through the water at Millenium Park

Waiting for the faces to squirt water...
Lunch downtown

Friends. Jill, Aaron, Eric, Dan, Renee, Nate, Kalli

Alaina spent the day with my parents. We wanted to take her with, but decided traveling around the city would be too difficult with a baby. My parents were thrilled to babysit and Alaina always loves spending time with her yiayia and papou!

Labor Day Weekend

Nate's parents came to visit last weekend for Labor Day. We had a great weekend just hanging out at home together. Of course Nate's parents loved spending time with Alaina. I absolutely love the picture above of Grandma Jan holding Alaina. Nate's parents bought us the rose bush when Alaina was born. We planted it in our backyard and have been watching it grow as Alaina grows up. Alaina has had more control of her arms lately. She is starting to intentionally grab at objects. As you can see in the picture, she was trying to grab the rose. How cute! We'll have to take many more pictures of Alaina and her special rose bush in the future.