4 Months Old!

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I'm so excited, I could sleep!

I turned 4 months old yesterday. This picture was taken about a week ago, but I look pretty much the same.

What am I up to these days?

I no longer despise tummy time. I can tollerate it for a good five minutes now and I can even lift up my head and look around and smile! Mom's got to get a picture of that soon.

I squeal with delight when someone sings "Itsy Bitsy Spider" to me and I make a lot of cooing sounds like "ahhh ahhh ahhh."

I like to pretend to hold my bottle when Dad is feeding me, but he won't risk letting go of it yet. I'm just practicing, really.

I still like to suck on my hands, or anything within reach of my mouth. I wonder if I'll get a tooth soon...

Mom used to be able to talk on the phone, read the newspaper, or eat while nursing me, but now I find it very irritating when she does those things and I'm sure to let her know by stopping and looking at her several times until she puts whatever it is she is doing down. I get the feeling she's not thrilled about not being able to multitask, but hey, I'm the most important thing in the world!

I've been going for walks with my Dad during the day. I'm carried in the Baby Bjorn, facing out so I can look around, but I usually fall asleep.

I started taking baths in the bath tub (still in my baby tub) instead of on the kitchen table. I think it's harder on my parents' backs, but I feel much more civilized and less exposed in the bathroom. The big furry orange creature likes to hang out on the edge of the tub and check me out. This morning, in fact, it was found sleeping on my changing table! The nerve!

See you next month!

--Sam