Her 4 month appointment went well. She is in the 54th percentile on her weight and 81st percentile in her length.
As for milestones, she is really close to rolling over. She can roll from her back to her side but hasn't quite figured out how to get her arm out of the way. She loves to try to crawl. She'll be on her tummy and will bend her knees back and forth trying to move. It's pretty ineffective but it's cute that she is trying.
Sometimes when she brings her knee forward, I'll put the palm of my hand on the bottom of her foot and she'll straighten her knee and push off my hand. Doing this, she's been able to scoot herself a few inches. She seems to enjoy that.
She lately discovered her tongue and has loved sticking out her tongue and licking her lips. It's pretty cute.
In the last few days, Tessa's had a lot of firsts. She had her first plane ride. She did pretty well. She really liked being able to stare at everybody at the airport even though it kept her up past her bedtime.
She also got to visit the beach for the first time. She seemed to like digging her hands and toes into the sand and then eating it as she stuck her fingers in her mouth.
On Thanksgiving we gave her solid food for the first time. We just started her on rice cereal. She doesn't seem to know what to think of it yet. She suckles the spoon as if it were a bottle which is pretty cute but rather messy.
Then this picture was just too cute to not share. We were waiting for some work to be done on our car at Walmart so we were just killing time goofing off in the toy aisle.
