I can’t believe that it’s already almost 5pm! Where has this day gone? It’s so beautiful though, we really enjoyed a lot of fun playing outside today with the neighbors.

Anyway, Miss Jenavieve is growing up fast, and she is so ridiculously smart! I’m not saying that in a bragging way about my daughter at all, (I don’t think she’s anything special from other 4 month olds out there) but she has definitely got some things figured out at 4 months that I am sure took Bensen much longer to realize. Today for instance, she was inside in her exersaucer while Bensen and I were outside. I could hear her and could peak in a see her, and for no reason (other than she was done playing) decided to start crying. I left her go for a little while because just like Bensen when he was 3 months old, refuse to just pick up a crying baby just because they are crying. She was starting to get pretty upset and I could tell (or so I thought) there was something actually bothering her or wrong. So I came inside, she stopped crying completely for a second, looked at me, smiled a big smile with almost a giggle to it, then…get this…started up crying almost a totally fake crying scream! I couldn’t believe it was that blatant! I know that babies learn early how to manipulate and cry to get what they want, not because they are trying to be bad, they just learn cause and effect really early. I just want her to learn Mommy will take care of your needs make sure that you are dry and full, but just because you are “done with a toy” doesn’t mean I’m going to entertain your every whim! Anyway, so that’s exactly what my daughter did to me today. I’m also starting to have a little issue all of the sudden where she will cry for quite a while at night. Not because she is hungry or anything is wrong, and she doesn’t even necessarily want to be held (even if she did, I don’t just hold her anymore) she just cries. Weirdness! She is so different from Bensen, I love to watch her observe things and play with things now too. She loves her little toys and rattle dollies. Watching Bensen makes her giggle so sweetly too. Anyway, there was my brag on her ;0)

I guess it’s just another reminder of how hard it is to be consistent and to work at training up your children! Even when they are screaming crying babies about it! I always laugh at Sean whenever he asks, “Why are they being such babies about it?” Which reminds me often as to why I have to be such a baby about my own issues? lol Prayerfully we will have a better night for baby Jena, I pray these little crying fits aren’t because of some kind of pattern she’s learned. Early on I would hold her all night because she wouldn’t sleep unless she was being held. At newborn ages, it takes awhile to get used to just being alive, I have no problems with that. But she started really sleeping through the night awhile ago. She would go to be around 9:30 maybe wake up once or twice, fuss a minute or two, sometimes I would give her her binky and not get up to eat again until 5:30am or so. But it seems like the past 2 weeks or so she’s been waking up earlier and earlier and crying longer and longer!

Alright, I guess I am off to feed the fam…I’m happy it’s Friday night, I think we are going out to eat! Woot Woot!