How the song should go!

Rain, Rain...Don't go away,

Please come back any other day!

My little Reesie loves to play

Rain, Rain...Don't go away!

4 months!

Can't believe my little man is 4 months old!

Can I be honest?  4 months is when things get fun.  Don't get me wrong, nothing is like newborn snuggles and sleepiness, but 4 months is the AWAKENING!  I love it.  Personality is overflowing.  Laughs and smiles are abundant.  You feel like you're taking care of YOUR baby instead of A baby...know what I mean?

Now.  These past 4 months have not been without struggle.  We are STILL battling tummy issues.  Even with new meds and new formula, spit up happens.  OFTEN.

But.  BUT.  The grins and laughs and discovering his hands and feet and rolling over.  Such fun.  And seriously, things are only going to get better from here! 

Stats:

weight: 15.7 {25-50%}

length: 25.5 {50%}

head: can't remember the number, but it was 50%.

He's a growing boy and has doubled his birth weight in 4 months!

He's a mama's boy {don't mind at all} and perks up when Sister is around.  He loves to make eye contact and smiles freely when you talk to him.  He also loves to stare at himself in the mirror and is OBSESSED with ceiling fans!

He has started rolling both directions, but not all the time yet.  His hand-eye coordination is really good!  He can grab things and bring them towards him very well.

Teething has commenced.  He is chewing and drooling like crazy!!  Reese was just like this at that age.

Now, I would love to say that he's a great sleeper, but I would be lying.  He's not really on a consistent schedule and sometimes that drives me crazy!!   He USUALLY takes a short morning and evening nap and a longer afternoon nap {45 mins-1 hour in the morning and evening; 2-3 hours in the afternoon.}  Then he has been going down between 7 and 9 {see?  unpredictable} and wakes up at WHO KNOWS WHEN!  Sometimes it's 11, sometimes it's 3.  Very rarely he will make it until 5 or 6.  Sigh.  One day he will make it longer than 4 or 5 hours!!  I'm just waiting for that day. :)  Like, last night he went to sleep at 8.  He woke up and ate at 2. Then woke up for good at 7.  That's a pretty good schedule.  Not every night is like this :)

We are also doing foods!  We started with rice cereal, but he's a pro at the whole tongue-control issue, so we've moved onto bananas and carrots so far.  I will attempt a green veggie or pears or something else soon.

See what I mean?  4 months is like a whole new world!

I love this little boy so much my heart literally aches.  I never knew how easily his little piece would fill up our family puzzle.  He was made just for us and I am so blessed!

My Fave-wit Pwace!

You might think you know where a 2-year-old loves to hang out.

A park?

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That's a logical guess.

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In the pool?

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Why yes, that's a good thought.

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But if you were to ask Reese what her favorite place is, she would tell you this:

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"Pug Wits"

That's Publix in Reese-speak.  

Who can blame her though?  I mean...free cookies, balloons, coloring books.  Plus she gets to steer us around in the oh-so-coveted "car buggy".  No wonder she begs to go there when she wakes up from her nap or anytime she's buckled into her car seat.

I knew she was in love when we pulled up the other day and she exclaimed, 

"Ohhh Pug Wits...dats my faaaaaaaave-wit pwace!" 

She's got it all!

If she were eating a popsicle, her life would have been complete.

Actually, I'm pretty sure she had one a few minutes after this photo was taken!

Out of the mouths of babes.

Well, specifically this babe:

This little girl is a spitfire.  She knows exactly what she wants and when she wants it.  She told me over the weekend that she loves "pinking".  That's "thinking" in Reese-ology.

I have to remember to write these things down more often because I know it's coming.  The day is coming when I won't remember and soon she'll be slamming doors in my face and running up my phone bill and I might forget about the day when she grabbed my face in her hands and said "Mommy, I be sweet to you."

And let it be known I will shed tears when she no longer substitutes a W for where an L should be.  Do you know how sad I will be when she doesn't say things like "hewwo", "I wike it", "I wove cheese", or "Mommy, come pway wif me."

She won't describe everyday things as scrumptious, beautiful, or amazing forever.

She won't pick up her play phone to talk to "granddaughter" {who knows} much longer.  She probably won't always end conversations with her signature: "bye-see-ya-soon-bye" spoken at about 100 mph, almost unrecognizable she says that phrase so fast.

She will {more than likely} not want to share her toys with Baby Jack in the future.  She might not always know the SECOND he makes any noise and tell me he needs his "paceeefyer".  She might not always comfort him by saying "Don't cry Baby Jack.  I'm here.  You're fine."

I will be sad when she stops adding extra syllables into words like: "waaaayeeeer" {where} and "yayus" {yes}.

She might not always call a crocodile a "crackerdier" or an elephant an "ephant".

What happens when she no longer wants to sleep with "Kigger" {Tigger} and Gigi?  What about when she doesn't come up to me and reach up and say "hold you mommy." 

I know she won't always run up to complete strangers, hug their legs, and tell them her name is "Reesie", followed by "that's my Mommy and my Daddy and my Baby Jack."  The months are counting down for her to be able to hold out her thumb and index finger and say she's "twoyasold".

I love that she gets all her meals mixed up and "brea-fast", "wunch" and "dinner" may be at any time of the day.

 

She let's me know when she hears "funder" or sees "wightening."  She still wants to be held when "de woud noise scare me."

I love that she calls her Storybook Bible her "special book."

I love most of all that I will have this post and many others to look back on and remember this precious girl at such a fun age!

Uhhhh...

Think they're related??

Bad to the bone...