4 Months old - Can you believe it?

I turned 4 months old on the 17th of January and am growing like a weed. Well, maybe more like a big fluffy marshmellow about to explode, but nonetheless am growing fast. That's what mommy says anyway! She calls me chunky monkey and I just don't really know what that means. I mean, I ONLY weigh 16 lbs 13 oz and fall in the 90-95% percentile on weight and height for my age. That is ok, right?

I am changing so fast. I started school at the beginning of the month and get to see my brother every now and then. He protects me from the other babies in my class. They crawl everywhere and have snotty noses and messy faces, so he tries to keep them away from me when he comes to visit. They are a little older than me, but there is one girl my age named Emily and we like to have pooping contests every day to see whose can be the smelliest.

Mommy went back to work and says she is having a really hard time adjusting. Hopefully she will get back into the swing of things soon, I don't like to see her cry.

So, what am I doing new these days? You can see I am having fun in my exersaucer. My legs are strong! Daddy knows how to make me laugh so hard, everyone thinks it is funny when I laugh and squeal.

I am a rolling machine, back to front, front to back, over and over and over, across the floor I go! I like to do push ups a lot and am learning how to sleep on my back in my crib. I do it well at school and am trying to at home but usually wake up after 2 or 3 hours and then stay up for about an hour with mommy. Mommy doesn't really like that so much, she says she needs her sleep. Oh yeah, I am so big that I am in 6-9 month clothes already and some of my 6 month clothes are getting small!!!

I am sure I will keep growing because I started solid foods this week. Yummy rice cereal and next is oatmeal. Next week will be fruits! I am not sure what to expect so will keep you posted. Oh yeah, did I tell you I have some teeth coming in already?

I think this weekend mommy and daddy are working on getting Ryan to stay in his bed all night instead of coming to their bed in the wee hours of the morning. I was awake with mommy when Ryan woke up last night around 2am and she had to put me down to go get him and try to get him to go back in his bed. I didn't like that so much, so then she gave me to daddy while she went back to help Ryan. I guess we all went back to sleep at some point, at least I know I did!

I think my brother is pretty smart. Either that or he is from another land because he talks in another language called spanish. He knows all of his colors, shapes and even some animals! He also knows most of the alphabet in sign language too. I guess I have some catching up to do!

Well, I will sign off for now, enjoy the pictures of me and my brother...look at the one below, Ryan is a master chef making his own pizza dough!!