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ilane xochitl is 4 months old!

At 4 months she is wearing 6-9 month clothing pretty consistently.

We have already had to adjust her cloth diapers up a size.

At her 4 month well-check today, she weighed in at 13 lbs, 3 oz (50th percentile).

Xaris (fully clothed and shod)

was almost but not quite 10 lbs heavier, weighing in today at 23 lbs.

iX is growing like a weed: height is 25, which was 75th percentile, and head is 15.5 at 10th percentile. Her sister was a little more top-heavy.

I took a look at Xaris' 4 month stats... (here's the post) because I wanted to compare. I don't think ilane is that big, but everyone keeps commenting on how much bigger she was than X. Take a look...if you want. It's surprising!

ilane...

Is strong enough to play in X's "brinkabrinka" (jumper) and loves it.

Has recently become VERY vocal in mostly happy and delighted ways.

Still has confusing hair and eye colors (as if they can't decide what they will be)

LOVES watching her big sister do anything and everything.

Adores her mama.

Enjoys her bath with X every night.

Has stopped sleeping through the night (rats) after all our travels over the holidays.

Occasionally finds her left thumb to be quite comforting.

Has the BEST sad face in the world! Her lip can do amazing things.

Is discovering her hands can play with things and pull hair.

Is a good eater and a bad burper.

Is quite often called iX in text, which translates to iXa or iXy in spoken word

cupcakes! that X helped with!

taken on her 4 monthiversary

in the brinkabrinka

up to something...

X

With all the hype about iX's 4 month well check, it's only fair to do a post about Xaris too :)

At 32 months old, she weighs roughly 22 lbs.

Has not needed a diaper since July, however, she and papa were playing tonight and she stripped down and put one on. It was a size that ilane has outgrown so they are now X's for playing with dolls. It was a size 1 diaper--it didn't fit her well, but it did fit around her (velcro-ed, and stayed on).

Speaks in full sentences, in Spanish or English, but she seems to favor English and we have to now ask her or tell her to speak in Spanish when we are at home. She can count to 20, but usually misses at least number 15, sometimes more.

Can pray by herself, without prompts, for the meal or before bed.

Knows more about my iphone than I do, and can maneuver an ipad like a pro.

Still cannot do a standing jump (two feet off the group). Her jump is more of a gallop.

Likes wearing her hair in different styles, but she calls them by character names instead of style names. Eg: braids are "Jessies" or a "Rapunzel", and a side ponytail is a "Dora"....etc. Sometimes mama has a hard time guessing what style she wants when she refers to a certain character.

Knows her colors, a variety of shapes, several letters (she knows the alphabet by song, but is still working on recognizing and writing letters.) She can write X, O, and F. She loves books and "estudios" which are the workbooks we do for homeschooling.

Struggles mightily with falling asleep.

Loves pistachios, cheese, yogurt, any fruit, and cereal.

Tends to use her right hand more. But she has not consistently excluded her left hand for coloring or eating yet.

She draws boxy looking people, and "feliz" (smiley face) that consist of two dots (eyes) and a straight line (the smiley??)

Knows her full name, her sister's full name, mama and papa's full names, and her birthday by heart.

Prefers to be rather silly most of the time.

Is worringly OBSESSED with puzzles and can do surprisingly difficult ones all by herself.

Loves her princess dress and would choose to wear it all the time if possible.

LOVES gymnastics and dancing. I'll post a gymnastics blog entry soon--the preschool gymnastics class will have their first exhibition in a week or two I think. She also likes to play with balls, still balancing on her tummy on them.

Her other favorite game with papa is getting dragged around the house--slippy Christmas pants are good for certain things:

We love our sweet girl!