Four Months

Owen is four months old! Where has the time gone? Oh, wait, I remember: we spent it feeding, playing, changing diapers, rocking, repeat. I know I say it every month, but our little guy is growing so fast. We just got back from his check-up at the doctor's office and he weighed 13 pounds 7 ounces. He's almost doubled his birth weight. I guess that's why he feels so much heavier! Here are some of the highlights from his fourth month:

**He's gotten really good with controlling his head. He loves to look around and take everything in.

**His back has also gotten quite strong. For the past week he has been really into trying to sit up by himself. He curls his head and shoulders up. He also likes to "stand" and put weight on his legs. It makes him look like such a big boy!

*He smiles, goos, gurgles, and " talks" like crazy, especially when you change him. He loves to be on the changing table talking and kicking his legs and waving his hands around. He found out he could squeal last weekend and has had fun trying that out too. He loves when Jacob does baby talk and makes sounds back at him, it's like they are speaking their own secret language and understand each other!

**He loves to put anything in his mouth! His hands, your hands, toys, anything! He has also started to be a little drooly. I'm wondering if teeth aren't far off in our future!


**He has started to reach out and grab things. Before he would hold onto objects if you touched them to his hand, but now he actually sees things he wants and tries to get them.

**The sleeping situation is still the same. We get up twice about every night. We have had a few fluke nights where he slept 7 or 8 hours, I can't wait until that becomes the norm!

**We love him more and more every day!