four months

december 2, 2010

15 pounds

25 ½ inches

Carson Robert,

You continue to grow and learn everyday! You are very interested in what is going on around you. You’re always looking around and seem to be taking it all in! You nurse seven or eight times per day. You get up once in the night to eat, and you’re still sleeping in your woombie. After you eat, and before you nap, we have lots of fun playing. You like to be held, but you have become quite the wiggle worm! You love to play with your hands! You look at them, hold them together, and chew on them a lot. You have lots of slobber! We talk, read books, and sing songs. You’ve had lots of fun in your floor gym this month. You’ve gotten really good at grabbing and pulling the toys that hang down. Your favorite toy seems to be the blue bird. You have fun playing by yourself for longer periods of time. You’ve stayed in your gym for as long as 30 minutes several times. It is lots of fun for us to watch you having fun! You actually enjoy tummy time now! You even prefer it to lying on your back sometimes. You’ve started to scoot and move your arms and legs while you’re on your tummy. We think you really want to crawl, because it kind of looks like you’re crawling in place. You’ve started sitting in your highchair or bumbo when we’re eating sometimes, and you’re usually happy, interested, and patient. When you are tired or upset, the best way to calm you down is to let you suck on one of our fingers. You love to suck our finger, but you will not suck on a pacifier. We’ve tried several different kinds, but you aren’t interested. You’ve just started grabbing our hair, ouch! You also grab Daddy’s glasses sometimes. On November 16, you laughed out loud for the first time, and it was music to our ears! You’ve only laughed a couple of times since then, but you make other sweet sounds and coos quite often. We love to hear you! You still wear size two diapers and 3-6 month clothing.

This has been a month full of grandparent love! Pops and Granny came to visit and got to stay for a week and half! Then, we traveled to St. Louis to visit Bobel and Reenie for the week of Thanksgiving. All four of your grandparents had lots of fun playing with and loving on you! You are blessed to have such loving grandparents. While we were in St. Louis, you had both your first Thanksgiving and your first snow!

It’s been another joyful month with you, Baby Boy. Being your mama and daddy is absolutely wonderful! You are a blessing to us and to everyone who meets you. We love you!