Four Month Stats...

Hey Ash,

   We took you to your four month appt today...

You were happy the whole time even though we had to wait forever!  You are still small.  I knew you were since you can still wear your 0-3 month clothes.  You are 23.7 inches long which is below 5th percentile and you weighed in at 13.1 lbs which is between 5th and 10th.  You still weigh more than both your brother and your sister at their four month appt.  You are small (at least for now) but you are well-proportioned.  You are happy and you seem to get enough to eat, so I am not worried about you.

The dr. said you were doing great holding your head and your body up.  He said you are strong!

I love you so much and can't wait to see what you will do in the next few months!

Four months old...what you are doing now

You are four months old and still my "happy boy" most of the time. You are sleeping about 6-8 hours at a time at night. You usually go to bed around 8 and wake up sometime between 4 and 6, take a 4 oz bottle and go back to sleep until 7 or 8. I don't think I can ask for much more at this point. You have been rolling from your tummy to your back since you were a month old. You have gotten very close to rolling from your back to your tummy, but you stop just short. You are still little. I will know your exact stats on Tuesday when we go for your checkup, but you are still wearing your 0-3 month clothes. You have lost the hair on both sides of your head, but you still have all of it on top. You have a mo-hawk :). Your sister had this same problem and from what I remember it won't take too long for it to grow back. You LOVE to "stand". You are very strong and busy too. You like to move and kick. I don't know what I am going to do with you when you get mobile. Between you and your brother I might just go crazy! You like the walker, the jumper, the bumbo, the playmat. You will pretty much stay anywhere for a while, especially if you are not hungry or tired. You are teething and chewing on your fingers and anything else you can get in your mouth all the time. You don't have any teeth yet. I gave you a couple of puffs today and you ate them, but I'm not sure you love them yet. Here are a few recent pics of you...

happy boy!

I couldn't resist getting a pic of you sweetly sleeping.

Can you say "teething"?!

This is your "SUPER LOVIE!" that mrs. Eva gave you.

I love this outfit on you!

notice the lack of hair on the sides

"Love to Laugh"

Asher,
There is a song from the movie "Mary Poppins" (don't worry, you will see it soon) called "I love to laugh".  You are such a happy baby and you do love to laugh.  You rarely cry unless you are hungry or tired. (You are serious about your bedtime.)  You really enjoy when Karis or Micah make faces at you or play with you by pulling on your arms and legs.  I have to remind them that you are still little and not to be too rough.  I know Micah is waiting for the day when he can wrestle and play rough with you.  He is a mess, but I think you will hold your own.  You are strong even though you are little.  You will laugh at almost anyone who will look at you.  You especially love mirrors.  I put one in the van so that you can smile, laugh and coo at yourself while we are driving...and you do!  You LOVE the playmat and the sun that smiles at you.  I think I already told you this is the first letter, but even since I wrote that one, I notice how long you will sit and just smile and laugh at that SUN.  You are my happy baby!  I love you!!

Mommy =)