Friday, February 18, 2011

4 months old!

Austin is 4 months old. We cannot believe how much he has changed and grown in these few short months. Our life is a whole lot of crazy all smushed together, but we wouldn't change a bit of it.

Austin is now rolling from his back to his tummy and his tummy to his back. He's so smart. We found out yesterday that he is in the 90th percentile for the size of his head. It's because he's got so much knowledge and wisdom up there.

He is still staying with his Tia Melissa (that's Aunt Melissa) during the day. He and Samantha have a fun time together. She tries to climb into his car seat. Sometimes he's still in it!

We had some awful cold weather. We could have thrown Austin off a cliff at the Grand Canyon and he would have been fine because he was wrapped in so many layers of clothes and a bunch of blankets. (Okay--that's a complete exaggeration. We would never do that. My heart is beating really fast just thinking about that. Ha!)

Austin has become very fond of his feet. He will grab them and roll from side to side and when he is in the tub, he likes to chew on them. I blacked out his little boy parts but it's not like he cares. He prefers to be naked.

Austin and Pumba have come to be friends. Pumba will go check on him when he cries and sometimes will go lay next to him during tummy time, which has gotten much better. Since Austin can lift his head and look around he has a pretty good time when he's on his tummy. On Wednesday, Austin was feeling pretty crummy (he has a cold) so I took off the afternoon from work and brought him home. I put him on his tummy (between naps) and Pumba came right over and laid down next to him. This is the closest they have ever been to each other and Austin had such a ball with him. I caught a few precious pictures. These pictures remind me of that song "Let me tell ya bout my best friend..."

Austin has also come to like sitting up. We were getting ready for church on Sunday and I put him in his Boppy so he could sit up and watch and he loved it! It's like he has his own recliner. He goes to the nursery when we go to church and does really well. Last week was his second week there and as soon as we walked in, one of the workers looked at him and said "Hi Austin. We're glad to have you back". Talk about impressed! She had only met him once and remembered his name. We have finally settled into a church and are excited to get plugged in. We never realized how important is was to make visitors feel welcome until we became the visitors. Austin wants to tell you what he learned in Sunday School.

He went to the doctor yesterday for his 4 month check up. He is 15 lbs. 12 oz. and is 26 inches long. He has grown 4 1/2 inches in 4 months! He is in the 50th percentile for weight and 75th percentile for height. The doctor said that he is doing well and we can start him on solid food! Since he wasn't feeling very well from his shots yesterday (4 in one leg and 2 in the other) we decided to wait until tonight to feed him his very first solid food. We're starting with rice cereal. I'll let you know how it goes.

He is just the best looking kid around and we love him to pieces!