Four Months!...

Tomorrow is the big day!!  The silent auction officially opens for bidding at 8am, EST!  Get your trigger finger ready, friends! 

It will work similar to eBay.  You can type in your maximum bid and it will auto-bid for you up to that amount.  You will only be notified by text (or email if you registered your desktop or laptop) if your max bid was out-bid - or if you WIN!  So high tech, eh?

Please remember - anyone around the world can participate in this silent auction, but you need to register (which is free!). You can do that HERE.

If you live in the Philadelphia area and would like to attend the fundraiser on April 5th, which is the day the silent auction will end, you MUST purchase tickets in advance.  You have FIVE days to purchase your ticket HERE.  All tickets will remain $25.00 per person.  You can find all the details about the event I'm calling "Gavin's Playground Project" HERE, including directions, time, what to expect, etc.  The event is adults only.

Feel free to share the silent auction page on your social media sites!  The more eyes on this auction, the more wallets that might open and the closer we'll get to building a playground!

Tomorrow is the big day - 8am EST!  Set your alarms, people!!

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But today?
Today is all about our little Miss Hope.

She is FOUR MONTHS old today.

She's beginning to really laugh and coo, which melts our hearts.

She's getting so big! She has rolls on her thighs and arms and is such a solid bundle when you pick her up.  I was so surprised when she weighed in at only 12 pounds at the doctor's last week!  I would have guessed 15, easy.

I do think she's about to have another growth spurt, though.  Last week I was complaining that she barely slept during the day - and would sleep all night.  This week she's been taking little naps during the day - and is back to waking up once during the night!  

I read that this sometimes happens at this age - and to just go with it so my milk production will keep up with her changing needs.  They wrote that, developmentally, babies at this age have so much going on during the day - distractions and exciting things to look at and a brother incessantly talking that makes them crane their necks to look and new milestones they are thinking about and so anxious to try- it's hard!!  And exciting!!

But at night, it's dark and quiet and she has my undivided attention and I have hers.  She fills her belly and goes right back to sleep.

And I have my moment to stare at her beautiful face and thank God for this incredible gift.  I love that time - just the two of us.  And I know, like everything else, it's just a passing phase.  She'll get herself adjusted and we'll be just fine. 

Hope often has her fingers (or, if she can get it in there - her whole hand!) in her mouth.  I have a hard time believing she's teething already - but it's possible, I guess!!  She's beginning to drool a little, too!

(As a side note - if you are coming to the event and see Hope, please try not to touch her hands!  I know it's a natural inclination to grab a baby's hands, but with so many different people - and knowing that she'll stick those hands right in her mouth - I'm nervous about her getting sick.) 

Happy Four Months, Hope Margaret!!

Enjoy the rest of today's photos!  I was grateful to have an assistant today.  Thanks, Daddy, for helping pull out the smiles!

We love you, beautiful girl!