Four months old

James is already 4 months old, and we can hardly believe it. At his checkup about 2 weeks before his 4 month mark he was weighing in at 14lb 7oz and measuring 26.5 inches. He's wearing 6-9 month size clothes and getting more fun to be around every day. Some of his milestones this past month have been:

* Rolling over in both directions, though still not on purpose
* Making crawling motions like an inch worm, and actually moving
* Going to regularly eating cereal every day
* Grabbing his spoon as we're feeding him, as well as grabbing at our bowls and plates. I even caught him shoving his fist into my pasta the other day, trying to grab a bite for himself.
* Fully reaching for toys he wants
* Turning himself 180 degrees while playing on his back (The other night I caught him with his bum stuck up against the side rails of his crib, feet stuck in the air, completely unable to extricate himself. He didn't find the situation as funny as I did)
* Sucking on his toes
* Discovering he likes kissing (James LOVES kissing people on the forehead with his open fishy mouth)
* Holding onto other people's hair/nose/ear/mouth as a handle and not wanting to let go
* Doing much more babbling - more constant, as well as more kinds of sounds. He wants to be a part of every conversation, and he wants to sing along to songs with lyrics as well, though he's silent for instrumental music


Here's the latest picture in his Star Trek onesie:

3 month smiles

Just ignore the fool I'm making of myself and pay attention to the cute smiles. Please.

-Amy