4 months of JOY :)

Can you believe this sweet little guy is four months old? It seems like he's done a lot of growing and changing this month. He makes everyday an adventure, always fun. I love him so much.

Milestones
-He learned how to pull on his giraffe toy so that it vibrates and rattles. He does it over and over and smiles.
-May 1st - He now knows how to intentionally pick things up and intentionally give things to me. He's still perfecting this skill, but he has done it quite a few times.
-His laugh seems to be evolving into this hysterical and contagious laugh. It's absolutely adorable.

He is no longer too interested in rolling over, his current goal is to crawl. He's been trying to figure it out the past few weeks. His pediatrician said "don't be surprised if he's crawling by the end of May." So we have money set aside for a couple of baby gates, just in case! :)
He loves when I read to him. I checked out some picture books in English and Russian. He loves Curious George in Russian, and loves the book "Bear sees colors" by Karma Wilson. He always puts his hands on the bear in the pictures. Next time we go to the library I'm going to check out more of the Bear books by Karma Wilson. I actually had the fortune of meeting her when I was in 6th grade. She's so cool. :)
He's becoming very good at playing by himself for a while. This makes things a lot easier on me. I am able to get a lot of homework done and sometimes I can even get ahead. I also get quite a bit of housework done.
He's so well behaved and happy. At the moment he's in his little swing playing with his hands. He's fascinated by the fact that he can fold them together. It's so sweet. I love this little guy.


Stats
weight:15 lbs
height: 25.5 inches
Not much change from last month in that regard but I think his little face has changed a lot and he's growing much more hair.

Here is his official 4 month picture:

Here's his month by month comparison

I think you can click on it to see a bigger version of it. I was going to make a slideshow of all the pictures, but my laptop's video card is crap. So that will have to wait until I get a new video card.

Here are some fun pictures from our adventures this month:

I know his hand is blurry in this picture, but here's another one taken during his little monthly pictures. I love his little face.

He loves playing in his bumbo chair. I think he's going to be sitting up on his own next month!

Another one still in color unedited from our 4 month shoot

This silly boy loves to play with wet wipes. It keeps him occupied during his diaper changes so there's no... ahem... grabbing or pulling.

His first library visit! He loved it. He loves when we read him stories. Some of his favorites are Bear Sees Colors by Karma Wilson, Little Polar Bear by Hans de Beer, and Curious George. April 29th

He started sucking his thumb this month and I adore it. It melts my heart every time. He doesn't like puppy as much anymore, and prefers his thumb. This is when he fell asleep on his playmat.

Look at my abs, oh and watch out... here comes the smolder.

This is a picture taken at the library the day after he sucked his thumb for the first time. One morning he woke up sucking his thumb and he's done it everyday since. This was on his first trip to the library on April 29th. But he started sucking his thumb April 28th.

It's the funniest thiing, he's always trying to get a taste of our food. I have a couple pictures of him now where he's leaning in to try and get a bite or a sniff. This little dude wants real food. We'll probably start him at the end of June.
 

On the first sunday I took him to church by myself. I hadn't done much baby laundry so yes, he was wearing fleece pants, a tie, and a nice shirt. But he looked dang cute.

Another shot from after his four month pictures. I was editing and caught him playing with his teddy bear and smiling.

Mommy and baby going to church together. I melt with that little smirk smile.

Selfie with mommy! I adore this picture of us.

In his little moose shirt playing with teddy while mommy changed sheets in his bassinet.

One of the cutest ones in the four months shoot. I was having a hard time deciding between this one and the one I chose. He's the cutest.

He now sleeps and sometimes plays on his side. Here he is being goofy and telling mommy a story.

and again

Like I said, he loves being on his side. It's really cute.

Smiles :)

I wish this one wasn't so blurry. He's precious.

My little angel sleeping on his belly for the third night in a row.

This picture cracks me up. He was smiling and being so cute while on the phone with daddy. I took a picture while Corry said hi to him and this was the result. He loves his daddy.

Guy time with daddy and Uncle Ben

Sucking his thumb some more.

This month he found his feet and plays with them often. This is on the first day he learned he could grab his feet. He still does it all the time. April 21st.