Bethany Noel 4 months

In the wee small hours of the morning...when the whole wide world is fast asleep...Bethany is awake! Bethany Noel is 4 months old now! The grand weight race is on to see which one of my girls will be the chunkiest the fastest! Beth is keeping in close competition with her big sister weighing in at 16# 9oz at her last doctor visit! She's rolling over both ways, has 2 bottom teeth cut already, smiles and laughs constantly and can hold toys and bring them to you mouth, after grabbing them with some of your hair that is! In true Holcomb form instead of the sweet, melt your heart coos Beth has her own form of caveman language that is a strange form of grunting and growling!! She is very loud, and has the strange knack that seems to be a running trait for my children, to be the loudest when she should be being the quietest!! For instance, church during the consecration, or in the real estate meetings when I am trying to hear, or during a normal conversation between he dad and I!!! Geez Bethie! Bobert as her father has affectionately nicknamed her was, as you might guess, sleeping through the night up until the last couple of weeks. Now, during all the transitioning of moving from Texas to Nebraska, cutting teeth, and mastering new skills such as rolling over, she has taken to getting up 1-2 times at night. Double exasperated ugh from the mother!!!!! But who can turn down that cute little fat faced grin at 2 am, surely not me. Especially when, after I explain to her that she doesn't really need to be nursing at 2 am anymore, she promptly lets out her loudest grunt and roots until she reveals the very source of her 30calorie milk she was looking for. Then she snorts and hums to herself as if to say, "that's what you think mom!"Dear sweet Bethie, whatever am I going to do with you! Keeping up the girly figure she has going is a fulltime job you know, and now that she is merging into 6-9 month clothing she is going to demand a whole new wardrobe as well! Her and her sister are on opposite seasons in the way of baby clothes. Thank goodness Nebraska weather is still cold (grrrr..in April!) cause that's the only way I have gotten some use of the 6 month warmer clothes Charlotte used! 

Mary is and always will be little Miss Beth's favorite auntie. I suppose it should be that way since she is her Godmother :0)

I'm teething! And I love chewing on my fingers!

Like her sister, Beth is easily won over by daddy's swaddle and swing method. :) Typically while mommy is at work.

Look Mom! I can hold my keys all by myself!

It's the one finger soothing method. Its always the same finger and the same hand :)

Sometimes staying awake is just so hard!

Thank goodness for cold teethers! She loves them!

I'm working on a new tooth.

That smile can melt my heart anytime of the day.

Her mischievous look. She's a stinker all right don't let that cute exterior fool you!

Post nursing milk coma. Full tummy = happy Bethany!

Laughing! Probably at Mary or daddy.

At the park with grandpa! Enjoying one of our last days living in Texas! Gonna miss the warm springs! But not the hot summers!

Hi my sweet girl!

Being silly!

Guess who has picked up on sucking her thumb randomly. This particular day every time I looked at her she had her left thumb in her mouth! What's up with that!

Yup mom, a pacifier and now a thumb! oh great!

My big girl wants to sit up all my herself! But she's not quite ready for no Boppy yet!

My sweet Bethany you are growing up too fast but we are enjoying every second. You bring so much light for our world and I can't imagine our family without you. Mommy and daddy love you so much.