Four Months

My little man is now 4 months old.  Seriously, the time has gone by so fast.  Why doesn't pregnancy fly by as fast?  Strider has loved playing with this toy but he is now getting a little bored with it and wanting to sit up all the time.  His new favorite place to sit is in his highchair.  We have been amazed at how quickly he started using his hands. It has been fun watching him study his hands and fingers the past couple months.  Now he is noticing his feet and grabbing a hold of them.  He is also getting better at grabbing a hold of his toys and bringing them to his mouth.

This is the only time he fell asleep while playing with this toy.  I left him there because the rest of us where in the middle of eating dinner.  He looked too cute under there not to take a picture.

Another cute thing that I can't get over is how he always covers his eyes when he is tired.  From the very beginning he has done this.  He also loves to bury his face when he sleeps.  To fall asleep he likes to be on his side with a blanket snuggled up to his face.  Yes, this makes me nervous but I have found a muslin wrap that is so light weight that I feel okay about him snuggling with it

Strider loves bath time.  He kicks and wiggles and splashes the entire time.  There have been times he has been crying and as soon as I turn the water on to fill the tub he starts smiling away.  I think he will be a water baby just like his older brothers.

Logan was playing with my camera one day taking pictures of Strider so I made him take a picture with me and Strider.  I love his happy little face in this picture.

 

Now that I am home all day I think Strider is getting to be a little spoiled.  He doesn't do nap time very well in his crib so I let him sleep in my bed.  It's so much easier to lay down next to him and sing him to sleep.  He instantly settles down when I sing to him.  And, I admit, I like taking naps with him.  As I sit here typing this he is over on my bed taking a nap.  I think I am going to have to stop this practice and get him sleeping in his own crib for nap time.  Not only so he will sleep in his crib but so I will be forced to get more done around the house.  No more lazy days for me.  When I'm not being lazy and trying to clean up Strider has now decided that sitting across the room isn't good enough.  He wants to be right next to me.  So, here he is sitting in the highchair next to me while I do the dishes.  You can see he still isn't too happy about me not giving him the undivided attention he wants.

Larry and I were talking the other day about what a different experience raising Strider is.  We aren't as crazy and nervous about having a baby around.  The first few weeks were still really emotionally hard but things are just so much easier now than they were when we were raising our other two boys.  It helps that Dresden and Logan are older and more independent but I think it also helps that Larry and I are much more calm and experienced with raising a baby.  We thoroughly love having this little boy in our lives. 

Strider Winston DeVon - 4 months