Four Months

I can't believe my littlest boy is already four months old! Actually, by now he's four and a half months old. Time is just flying by. It seems to be moving faster with Emmett than it did with Jackson, maybe because we're busier. Here are some fun facts about Emmett at this stage:

1. He's still a chunker. Weighs 17-1/2 pounds and is a little over 24 inches long.

2. He has unusually small feet and hands for his size. Phil and I have quite a chuckle when he's in his exersaucer because you can really see then how small his feet look compared to his huge calves. This is so different from Jackson, who had unusually large feet and hands for his size. Go figure!

3. He is so very smiley all the time. It is incredibly easy to get a huge, gummy grin out of him.


4. He's extremely ticklish. If you press on his side, neck, thighs, etc. he instantly lets out low, husky giggle. Phil says it sounds almost like he's clearing his throat. I think it's adorable!

5. He is an expert at rolling from his stomach to his back, but still hasn't figured out how to go the other way. This is causing him to take shorter naps and wake up several times at night needing to be flipped back over. Phil and I have been trying to teach him how to go back-to-stomach, but he's not quite ready for that yet. I'm hoping for any day now! He also almost crawls around his crib. I'll put him down at one end of the crib and go in to get him later to find that he's at the other end of the crib and facing the opposite direction! Phil went to get him yesterday and he had wiggled out of one arm of his shirt.


6. He can go from about 10:00 P.M. until 6:00 A.M. without eating. Unfortunately, he's still not completely sleeping through the night, though, due to that crazy flipping!

7. He loves his bath. He kicks his chubby legs like crazy in the water and can completely soak my front and the counter around the tub. I have to hold his legs down while I wash him to avoid getting totally wet. The entire time he's in the tub he looks up at me (or whoever is bathing him) with a huge smile on his face. I love it!

8. He loves being in the Baby Bjorn (front-carrier). He will hang out in there for hours if we need him to.

9. He also loves the exersaucer and will hang out in there for quite a while, too. He likes to watch Jackson play and me do whatever I'm doing while he's in there. I'll be busy doing something and look up at him and see that he's staring at me and smiling.


10. Phil and I are happy to report that he actually seems to like (or at least not hate) being in the car seat! He barely fusses at all now when we stick him in there and loves to look out the window. The toughest thing about the car seat now is trying to keep him from falling asleep in there when it's close to nap time.

11. He is just a doll-baby and we love him so much!

Just because I love seeing them together and looking at their similarities and differences, here's Jackson and Emmett in the jump-a-roo at four months old.