4 months

Well I'm over a week late, but my sister was in town and we got some pictures of Willa in her month stickers.  The little doll is the same length Willa was when she was born so it is a good comparison of how "big" she is now. 

Willa went on her first outing on Superbowl Sunday.  She took a trip a few blocks away to go to Great Grandma Dolly's to celebrate her birthday.  She was very good and was awake most of the time.  That week Willa and Mom made the trip to Wichita for an eye doctor appointment to check on the progress of Willa's ROP.  I didn't expect to wait over an hour to be seen!  Willa was very good, but we were ready to get out of there so she could eat.  We then stopped by the NICU to see our friends since it was only a mile down the road :)  It was good to see them all and they took a picture of Willa so the night shift nurses could see her. 

She is starting to sleep longer stretches at night which is great for everyone!  Sometimes when I haven't had a lot of sleep I get totally confused when I wake up.  I freak out thinking Willa fell asleep on top of me and when she isn't there I am frantically looking around in the bed for her.  This is why we don't co-sleep...

We still have days where she struggles with eating.  She gets so excited to eat and takes in so much air when she is gulping that she then needs to burp, but it hurts her to burp because of her reflux.  It's an ugly cycle that once it starts, its hard to get back to where she eats well.  For the most part she is getting along well with eating.  The last time she was weighed she was up to 7 lbs 13 oz.

Here are some more pictures that I have snapped in the past few weeks.  Mitch hates bows, but I can't resist.