Austin: 4 months

Austin,

Four months! And what a fun month it has been. You're personality is really starting to come through, and you are such a sweet little boy.

Your latest trick is giving "snuggles." If I'm holding you up on my shoulder and ask for "snuggles," you instantly wrap one arm around my shoulder, one arm around my neck and nuzzle in. Usually, this hug is followed by a big, wet, sloppy baby kiss and a big beautiful smile.

It is AWESOME.

You've also started talking a lot more and are using your voice to get our attention, not just making random sounds. We've had a lot of interesting and long conversations lately, even though I have no idea what you're trying to tell me.

As this month has gone on, you're getting closer and closer to rolling over. When on your stomach, you can now scoot in a circle and have tried really hard to roll. So far, you can throw your arms over or kick your legs over, but you can't seem to do both at the same time. Hopefully, you'll figure it out any day now.

Speaking of moving, you've learned how to scoot around in your crib. While you used to be an amazing sleeper at night, this new moving skill has you waking up every four hours. Several times, I've gone into your room to find you with your legs hanging out of the crib and your miracle blanket totally undone. I ordered you a bigger swaddling blanket, so hopefully this will help contain you and we can both go back to sleeping through the night.


On one more developmental note, you have mastered the very useful skill of putting things in your mouth. Whenever we give you a toy, or even our finger, it goes immediately in your mouth for a big chomp! Your Dad thinks I'm jumping the gun, but this combined with the drooling (oh, the drool!) and your constantly red cheeks, makes me think you might be working on some teeth. So far, this doesn't seem to bother you too much, but you have cried out a few times after biting down on something. Thankfully, all you really need is a hug for comfort and an occasional dose of Tylenol.

You are a ton of fun, and I love you so much! I can't wait to see what each new day holds!

Love,
Mommy

PS- Though the doctor says your eyes can still change until 9 months (thus I will keep up the updates), they are a very blue and look a lot like mine did when I was younger. That, combined with the fair skin and the blond hair coming in, makes me think you'll have my coloring and the blue eyes will stick around for good!