Christian is 4 Months

Above: Christian is loving his cousin Linden's baby toys.

Below: He also loves his afternoon walks (the weather has been beautiful this past week in Colorado.)

Our sweet baby boy is 4 months old! He is growing SO SO fast (I know, I say that every time...) Every day it seems as though he is learning and doing something new. These are the things that Christian has been up to recently:

• This past week or so he has begun to giggle in addition to his happy coos. He often laughs when his belly or cheeks are kissed.
• Christian is a smiley little guy. When he smiles he tends to "smile with his whole body" - he wriggles his arms and kicks his legs too.
• He will often stare at a person until they look at him and then will smile big and wide.
• He sucks on anything near his mouth: his hands, toys, clothing, snowsuit (we call it his "sleepy suit" because he will almost always fall asleep in his warm bear suit.)
• Christian still has crazy, strong little kicking legs. He is scooching himself around all over...but still working on rolling over.
• He loves to talk...making sounds ma, na, ah, ga...etc. Lately he really enjoys squealing.
• Currently, Christian's favorite toy is his cousin Linden's playmat. Really, he likes anything that is moving, plays music, and catches his attention.
• Just these past couple of days Christian has begun to purposely and actively reach for toys and objects that are near him.

Around Christmas time Christian made the change from his 0-3 and 3 month old clothes to only 3-6 month, as well as wearing a size 2 diaper (too much info?) Christian had a well-baby check up this morning with his vaccinations. He weighed in at 14 lbs. 14.5 oz. which puts him in the 50th percentile for his age. Funny though, because when he went to the peditrician on Jan. 7 (when he was sick) he was 13 lbs. 13.8 oz....he sure grew in a week and a half! He is 24.5 inches long putting him in the 33rd percentile and his head circumference is now 41.6 cm which puts him in the 32nd percentile. Like I said before, "he is growing SO fast!"

Christian and Mommy at exactly 4 months.