The Busy Booths: 4 whole months??

How is it possible that this little man has been with us for four months already? How is it possible that it's been ONLY four months? It truly feels as though he's been here with us all along, but it's so hard to see him growing up so fast already.

At his check-up yesterday he weighed 14 lbs, 13 oz. He is now my smallest baby. All along, since his birth, he's been between the other two. Bigger than Meli but smaller than my chunky-monkey baby Kyler. He's still between them in height, but he weighs less now than Melissa did at 4 months. He's 24 3/4 inches long, too, btw. He got his second round of immunizations yesterday, too. He cried for about 30 seconds after but then he was fine. Until after his morning nap - then he was cranky, cranky, cranky. Thankfully, a bottle and some tylenol helped alot and he cheered up again in the afternoon. Back to my sweet, happy boy.

He has his first little cold right now. Runny nose, stuffy nose. He gets so mad at me for cleaning it out, too. :( Doctor said he looks fine, though, just to keep him comfortable and bring him in if he gets a fever.

Let's see, what has he learned this month? He's grabbing toys now and, of course, pulling them right up to his mouth. He's recognizing his bottle and after you finish feeding him he'll stare at the empty bottle, probably wondering why it's not still in his mouth. :) Also, if you pull it out of his mouth while he's drinking, he'll grab your sleeve or finger and pull it back toward him. He rolled from his tummy to his back this month, too. He's done it 4 or 5 times but I never get to see him do it because he never does it during tummy time, only while he's in bed. Rotten boy. He also had decided that a pacifier is not necessary. His fingers work quite well, thank you very much. Not my favorite habit, but what's a mom to do? He also is chattering more and more. He tells us all kinds of things. Just wish I knew what they were. :) He actually enjoys getting his diaper changed. He'll laugh and talk to me. Unless he thinks he's starving to death and then he'll just scream through the whole experience.

We had a fun Christmas but of course Caedon didn't care much about the toys. He had a rough time at our first celebration, with my dad's side of the family. It was in the evening, he was sleepy and there were so many people that he just got overwhelmed and cried for alot of the time that we were there. Poor baby. :(

Kyler and Melissa, on the other hand, thoroughly enjoyed Christmas this year. They got everything they wanted, I think, plus some and they loved all of the extra family time. Now they're excited about New Year's Eve. I told them they can stay up til midnight with us this year so we'll see how that goes. Melissa says she wants to stay up until it's light outside, though. Uh....no.

And now, your favorite part of my blog posts, I am sure - PICTURES!

Me and my sweet nephew, Waylon

Aunt Kate and Caedon


Our Christmas picture from Aunt Doris'


My big, huge family. :) My parents, me, Brian and the kids, Chris, Nikki and their daughter Hannah, Kate, Travis and their Mr. Waylon, and Zach and Sarah. Wow.