Well sweet boy, you have had quite an entertaining month! First off, you have grown...a good 15 pounds 14 ounces and measuring at 25 inches long! You certainly don't miss a meal but Dr. Ransom says you are growing just perfectly as you should be! We are currently trying to move your bed time up about an hour and it works for the most part...you still sleep all the way through the night, and that makes a very happy mommy and daddy!! You are still strictly on breastmilk, taking a bottle at least twice a day, but we have moved you up to 6 ounces now and you sure do enjoy it!! You are my lil' chunky monkey and I love EVERY inch of you! You are in size 2 diapers, however, I don't anticipate it will be for long, you are a growing boy!! You wear anything from 3 months to 9 months clothes and everything in between! It's so fun to move up in sizes and start wearing all the outfits that everyone got for you. We (mommy) is trying to break you of your habit of having to be swaddled to sleep/nap. Everyone says to just do it until you break yourself of the habit but I'd like to get a little bit of a head start on it so we're taking baby steps and starting out each night and seeing how long we go before we "need" it. Your little bald spot has grown a little, and is beginning to spread around the side of your head, so I'm hoping that by now swaddling you that it will help since you will hopefully be moving around more!! You are still just as happy as can be, I absolutely LOVE each morning getting you up and ready for the day. You certainly have the "mmmmMA" sound down and I'm loving it! It's the sweetest sound that I can hear! You have begun to "fake cough" just for attention, grandma likes to play a little game with you to get you to cough for her, it's quite funny! You have discovered your FEET and are thoroughly enjoying them! We can't keep them out of your mouth but I do love to watch you. You still play on your playmat we got you, and now you have a bouncer that you like. We can put you in it and turn on some cartoons and you will entertain yourself for an hour or so. You still take good naps in your swing, and at grandma's you take naps in your crib. I think one of daddy's favorite times, and yours too, is when daddy cuddles up with you on the couch for a good "daddy nap" on the days he keeps you. I have gotten to see this a time or two, it's the sweetest thing to watch. You have a Baby Einstein movie and you enjoy to watch it over and over again. You can roll over from your belly to your back, you did it for mommy and daddy at 2 weeks old, and then not long ago you did it for grandma, you are almost there on back to belly. You teeter-totter while holding your feet, almost there. If you can just learn to tuck that shoulder then we are in trouble!! You got baptized at church at the beginning of the month, everyone came into town to watch and we even went for a fun evening downtown with you, you slept most of the time! Mommy and daddy went out for the first time to a concert one weekend, it was lots of fun but mommy wasn't quite ready to leave you alone at night just yet. We are gearing up and getting ready for your first Halloween, you are going to be Superman!!!
Mommy and daddy enjoy each and every day with you, we are getting more and more comfortable as each day passes, learning new things though each day. Mommy has learned that no matter what, her hands aren't big enough to catch everything; i.e. poop & spit up ;) Your smile is infectious, your laugh melts mommy's heart. You are daddy's pride and joy, I know he enjoys the days he gets you all to himself. You have brought so much joy and pleasure to our lives, to everyone's lives. Mommy and daddy, grandma & "grumpy", uncle Trey, nana & poppy, aunt Jaclyn & uncle Skipper and your sweet cousins Brianna and Chloe. Each month has been so much more fun than the last, and each month you show us just how amazing you are! Daddy and I are so lucky to have such a precious lil' angel in our lives, you have completed our household in so many ways. We love you so much!
HAPPY 4 MONTHS my lil' chunky monkey!
