Our Dextrous Daughter

Abby had her 4 month check up 2 weeks and we were in no way surprised to hear that she was around the 90th percentile for height, weight, and head size.  Our little girl is actually not so little, but at least she's proportionate!  Since then, Abby has stretched out a little and GREATLY improved her dexterity.  With her legs a little longer and little less chunky, she can now fold herself up and grab her feet.  She loves it!

With greater dexterity comes greater exploration and Abby has been grabbing at everything within her reach, be it toys, couch pillows, or hair.  She will roll the object around in her hands or yank and pull at it as she tries to figure out what exactly it is, but everything usually ends up getting thrown across the room in a spastic fling of her arms.  The cutest thing about her reach and grab is that her interaction with Eli has greatly improved as well.  A few nights ago, Eli was having a rough night and I said Abby wanted to give him a hug to make him feel better. When I held Abby up to him she actually grabbed onto him, and he tightly hugged her back.  Tonight she was pulling on his hair and he just giggled at her thinking she was such a silly girl.  I have a feeling that pretty soon they will be doing puzzles together on the floor and dancing around the house hand-in-hand.