4 Months!

Hudson David, you are 4 months old! What a month it has been! You are such a happy and fun little boy! You smile at everyone and everything, and boy is it precious. You have also been giggling more this month, sometimes at the most random things. Daddy and I will work so hard to get you to laugh by blowing raspberries on your belly or making silly faces, and you will stare at us like we are crazy. When we're not trying so hard, you'll giggle at the smallest things. I guess we're not as funny as we think we are :)

 

Last month you were "talking" up a storm, but this month you have been more into happily screaming in a very high pitched voice or blowing bubbles/raspberries. I think the babbling has slowed down a bit too because your fingers are pretty much a constant in your mouth. Really anything that you can get your hands on goes straight to the mouth - toys, blankets, burp cloths, Mommy & Daddy's fingers, etc. I am not sure if teething is starting, or if it's just your current fascination. Time will tell! You also have discovered your feet...they are the first things you reach for when you wake up in the morning. You also like to show off your flexibility, and bring them all the way up to your mouth and chew on them. Yummy toes!

 

You finally rolled over this month too! Belly to back a couple of times, and you are almost rolling back to belly. You get about 3/4 of the way and then stop and chew on your fingers. You haven't really gotten into rolling around a whole lot, but I think it's because you're trying to figure out how to crawl instead. You will lay on your belly for long periods of time, supported up on your arms with your chest lifted. Your little legs kick like crazy, and sometimes you even try to get up on your knees a little bit and scoot. I know you are still young for crawling, but we can tell that you want to be on the move SO badly (evidenced by photos below)! It's hard to keep you still at all really - you don't want to just sit and cuddle with us anymore. You want to be on the floor, in your jumper or standing/walking with Mommy or Daddy. You are even moving around like a mad man in your sleep. We watch you kick and wiggle on the monitor all night, and we find you in the craziest positions in the morning. You still sleep through the night from 8-7 though, which we are so grateful for! I have a feeling we are in for a fun ride with you little man :)

Another thing that you have perfected this month is reaching for toys/objects intentionally with both hands and really holding on to them. You focus so hard when you are reaching out, sometimes even wrinkling those cute little eyebrows in deep concentration. We have started putting you in your high chair while we eat, and you sit and happily play with the toys on your tray. You like to pick them up and put them in your mouth or bang them on the plastic tray. We can also sit you in your bumbo seat and give you a toy to keep you occupied for a few minutes. It is so much fun to see you developing. It's just so hard to believe how quickly you learn and change!

You also had your 4 month check-up, and you are growing and developing perfectly! Stats from your 4 month appointment:
Weight - 14 lbs, 10.4 oz, 50th percentile
Height - 25 1/2", 50th percentile
Head - 16 1/4", 25 percentile

We are so grateful for a healthy, happy little man! We love you to the moon and back Boo Boo!