Esme Sinclair

Esme has developed a few new tricks in the last few days. Yesterday she laughed for the first time. I wish I could say she was laughing at the Simpsons or John Stewart, but at this age she finds her mother blowing raspberries in her face to be much more amusing. The second new thing that I just witnessed a minute ago was Esme throwing down both her arms in frustration. I guess that’s a positive development.

Esme is good at standing with support from her parents. We keep trying to teach her to sit up without help, which she hasn’t really done so far. Here’s a picture of an attempt yesterday.

Today was Esme’s 4 month birthday.  Now, when people ask how old she is, we can say “1/3″.

Looking back, it is amazing how much she has learned to do in just the past 2 months.  For example, at 2 months, she could hold her head up when she was on her tummy.  But now, at 4 months, she can hold herself up on her forearms and reach for things with her hands.

Also, at 2 months, she could wave her hands around in excitement when she was in her bouncy chair.  And now, at 4 months, she can grab onto her little woodland friends and even pull her owl off the bar and into her mouth!

We are just so excited to see what she will be doing at 6 months!