Finally...I can sit up!!

I've been anxious to sit by myself for months and my six pack abs are finally strong enough to help keep me balanced! Here are some of the first shots - despite Dad being behind me, I swear he wasn't holding onto me...

My brother is HILARIOUS...

How fast things change

While it has only been a couple weeks since my last post, so much has changed...

I have figured out how to really eat my cereal and have tried rice & barley flavors (Barley is by far the best one to date) and I am going on two weeks straight of sleeping through the night! I am honestly the best sleeper ever - out like a light between 7-8pm and not a peep until 6-7am, not even a thunderstorm or a crying brother can wake me up!

My next task to master is the exer-saucer. I discovered that I can sit up, look around the entire room and have multiple toys at my fingertips - this thing is amazing. I really want to be able to sit up on my own, so this will help me until I can figure that out too.

I can't wait to see what the next couple weeks will bring - maybe sitting up, maybe eating vegetables, maybe getting a tooth...you'll have to check back and see.

4 Months Old

I've hit the 4 month old mark and I just keep getting bigger and more fun by the day! I'm still on the small side at 12 pounds, 12 oz. and 23.4" tall (10-25th percentile).

However, I have mastered holding my head up so the doctor cleared me for cereal...that's right people I'm ready for food!! I don't know if I like this cereal stuff, but I've only tried it twice, so I guess I'll reserve final judgement for a few more days.

As with every doctor visit, there's some bad news too...this time, in addition to getting two shots, the doctor said I no longer need to eat in the middle of the night which puts a damper on my 3am wake-up time. Boo.

Proof I can roll over!

Finally, it was caught on video - my ability to (very slowly) roll over from my back to my tummy! Every day I get a little faster and more coordinated at rolling. Hopefully I can figure out how to roll the other way soon!


Oh, and on a side note, the two lengthy, wonderful nights of sleep I had last weekend when I found my thumb were the only two nights of awesome sleep I had...

I found my thumb...and mom got a new camera

So...after months of trying every pacifier on the market (and refusing them most of the time) I discovered something so much better - my thumb! I started really sucking on it on Saturday and it's no coincidence that as soon as I learned this new skill, I slept through the night two days in a row! (We're talking ALL NIGHT, meaning in bed by 9:30p and no peeps until 7a) Looks like my parents are going to have to enjoy the sleep for now and dread the fight to break the habit when I'm bigger!

I Rolled Over...

I officially rolled over by myself tonight!! I've been trying for a while and have been really close, but today I pushed myself over the edge. Mom missed it, but Dad witnessed my mad skills.

So, I just looked at my brother's blog and apparently he learned to roll over on the 27th of October and I learned on the 27th of August...weird