Thursday, May 24, 2012

4 Month Monster

Our baby is 4 months old! How did this happen? My baby is growing so fast. I have to admit that I do love it, though! 
 I feel like we get to know him better with every smile and giggle.
 Thad is by far the best at getting him to smile, but I got one out of him during our photo shoot!


Wes loves being outside so we have enjoyed some beach time and many walks to the park to watch big brother run around.

He also just loves being really cool.
 This is not hard at all for him, as you can see.

 He is much more interactive, and it is so fun to communicate with him and see how much he can observe. Sometimes I just wonder what is going through their cute little heads!

(There is no way I was going to get happy face from him. This is as good as it got.)

We had his 4 month check up today, and this boy weighs in at a whopping 16 lbs 13 oz.
Yes, you read that right.
He is in the 95th percentile for his weight, but also in the 95th percentile for his height, measuring 26.75 inches.
His head is in the 90th percentile. 
I'd have to say he is very proportionate. BIG. But proportionate.

A few things we love right now:

1. He drools CONSTANTLY. We noticed yesterday that the bottom 2 teeth are pushing up and about ready to come through. The hand is always in the mouth being gnawed on to ease the process.

2.The past few nights He has averaged about 12 hours of sleep. We were at our wits end trying to figure out how to get our good sleeper back, and so we took drastic measures...we exiled him to the basement to cry it out. It was a hard decision to make, but at this point, I wanted my life and mornings back, so it is what we had to do! He usually wakes up twice and cries 5-10 minutes, but he gets himself back to sleep and we are ALL happy in the morning!

3. He spends lots of time on his side. He can't roll over (I think his Heavy Keviness may be contributing to this), but he is always hanging out on his side and it is so fun to watch him make his way in a circle.

4. His red hair. We are obsessed. We want it to last. I don't think it will.



Bring it on Father Time, this boy just gets cuter with age!

3 comments:

Heidi Madsen said...

What?! Four months already?! He is to die for, love every last bit of him :)

The Millers said...

He is so cute. I can't get enough. I can't believe he's already getting teeth!

Taryn said...

Love him. He and E are pretty much the same size :) Love it. I hope his hair stays red! Although red heads usually have the personality to go along with that hair and I am not sure you want that :) Wish I could see him and squeeze him in real life!