4 months old!

As much as we are trying to relax and enjoy your infancy, you are growing so so fast! Today, you had your 4 month check up and your stats are astonishing! You weighed in at 18lbs 3oz and you were 26.75 inches long; this is off the chart for height and 97th percentile for weight. As compared with your "big" sister who weighed 14lbs 15oz and was 25 inches long at this age, you seem like a little giant! You have outgrown many outfits that should fit you and are wearing 6, 9 and even 12 month outfits.

You are much more vocal than your sister was; "talking" up a storm. You love to play with your hands and most of the time, you hold them in a little praying position; clasped together. You will swipe and grasp at large items like the toys on your bouncy seat, a blanket or a teddy bear and you constantly are chewing on your fist. You have not rolled all the way over in either direction yet, but you often times will get all the way over on your side or will end up on your tummy after being put to sleep on your side. You are very contemplative and alert. You seem much more aware of your surroundings than Makenzie was and you really seem to study people's faces, the t.v. etc.

Speaking of Makenzie, you adore her! When she is around you or talking to you, you cannot take your eyes off of her and you will smile really really big at her. She will hold you and sing to you to put you to sleep. She loves to carry you, feed you and even change wet diapers if we let her. She loves to take a bath with you and play with you like a real, live baby doll too! We hope you two are always so in love with each other!