4 Months

Well Briggs you're now 4 months old and growing like a little weed!!  You seem to change almost every week and are mastering skills and learning new things.  You are FULL of smiles and giggles which is awesome and you are just the happiest baby!!  Of course there are times that you cry or get upset, but that usually means your tired or hungry.  Not much else gets you going.  You love to laugh at us when we sing or dance for you and you also like it when we do patty-cake, the tommy gun, or anything else that makes you wiggle!!  Your smile is fantastic because it's not just a smirk, it is an OPEN mouth, WHOLE face smile!!

You are now 24 inches long and weight 15lbs 4oz, next week you'll go for your 4 month check-up and we'll get the official stats!!  You are such a chubby little guy with big, kissable cheeks!!  You continue to love to sit up and stand and pretty soon you'll be holding yourself up on your own. 

Mostly you are wearing 6 month onesies and 3 or 6 month pants.  There is a bin in your room where we toss clothes that are too small, and it's filling up fast. Bibs are now an essential part of your wardrobe as you are always blowing bubbles, drooling, or spitting up.  Daddy says you have rabies and you always seem to think that's pretty funny!  You are using your hands more lately, batting at your jungle gym toys or grabbing and hanging onto them.  You like to grab your clothes, my clothes, my hair ... pretty much anything in reach!  You are always pulling at your bib and covering up your face.

No matter where we put you, you strain your neck to find the TV.  It doesn't matter what is on!  I try hard to put your back to the TV so you won't watch it, but Dad likes to turn you so you can see it!! 

You have been getting better at sleeping and are now usually sleeping 9 - 9.5 hours and sometimes as many as 10 hours!  Most nights you start getting sleepy by 7:30 and are in bed by 8pm.  Then you'll wake up sometime between 4 and 5:30am for your breakfast and then snooze a little until it's time to get ready to go to school.  Most days you catch a nap on the way to school and then you're ready to go!!  You've been doing great at school and seem to just love Ms Amanda, Ms Tarria, Ms Stephanie and Ms Casey.  You give them all lots of smiles and are so well behaved for them!  You've been eating really well at school now, usually eating about 4-5oz at each feeding and one day last week you ate 7oz.  Geez piglet!  The girls in the nursery are always telling me what a good baby you are and that you are just happy!  Ms Stephanie told me that sometimes she forgets you're there because you are so content to just chill in the swing or chair and just watch all the action.  I'm really hoping that your personality will stay this way!!

Your eyes are still BLUE, BLUE and I sure hope they stay that way, they are gorgeous!!  You have definitely lost some hair since you first came home.  It's thinned out a lot on top and you even have a bald spot on the back of your head from spending so much time laying down!  It's still pretty blonde, but at the very base of your neck the hair has darkened to more of a dark blonde. 

At school, they say you like to snooze in a swing and don't ever take a pacifier, but at home you usually nap in your crib and like a pacifier sometimes until you fall asleep.  On the weekends you really LOVE to snooze with mom or dad rocking or cuddling with you, this is usually when you take your longest naps.  I'm convinced it's because you like the heat!

This weekend Grammy Pam and Grandpa Bob came to visit.  It was nice weather so we sat outside and watch Grammy as she did some much needed yard work.  You loved it outside and really seemed to be watching everything that was going on, especially the dogs playing!  It was just a little chilly out, so you wore your Carhartt hat and you looked soooo cute!!

Happy 4 Months Briggs Boy!!