These days, it's so busy that I am typing this letter one handed while nursing you! You are one busy little bee, or monkey, yeah I think your actions resemble a monkey! But we love our little wild baby monkey!
Things have been super busy this past month because Christmas was in it! We went up to your grandma and grandpa Cromie's house in Washington for a few days. You did great on the car ride. We were so impressed! You slept from Salem to Olympia, woke up briefly to look around then went back to sleep until Port Orchard. Amazing. There we fed you and took you to meet your great great uncle Jack and great great Aunt Ruth. Yes, that's doubly great for them. Oh and Grandma and Grandpa Cromie were there too!
They had so much fun visiting with you! First gg aunt Ruth held you and you thought that was pretty cool. Then gg uncle Jack held you and you liked him too. We showed them how you like to hold onto our hands and pull yourself up. We even showed them that you could roll over from front to back. They thought that was cool. After our visit it was time to head to Grandma and Grandpa Cromie's house!
I won't bore you with lots of details but you had a fun time there. You loved looking at the lights on their tree. You saw your uncle Andrew and Uncle Adam and smiled more at them this time. Grandpa Cromie showed you their light up Penguins and Grandma Cromie showed you her light up collectible houses. You loved anything with lights. Christmas itself was a little overwhelming for you. You couldn't sit for so long and kinda didn't like all the attention and noise everyone was making. So I took you to the other room and we sat for a while away from the craziness. You were the same way at Grandpa and Grandma Reed's house. It's just 'cause everything is so new to you right now. In the future, it won't be as bad.
We got to visit Lael and you met Pearl for the first time! You loved her and I am pretty sure she loved you. You pet her while Lael held Pearl still. A few days later Lael came to our house with Pearl on her way to move to the east coast. You were SO excited to see them again, especially Pearl. I had to close the bedroom door while you were napping and when you cried I didn't hear you, but Pearl did! She kept running from us to the door to the room and stayed right by that door. What a great little dog! Someday we'll get a dog, but not yet!
You saw your first snow when we were in Washington, and again in Oregon. You are not a huge fan of snow because it's wet and extremely cold. So I don't blame you. Someday you'll love snow.
Hmm...what else... you are liking your daddy more and more every day. He does this game with you where he grabs your arms and legs and says "Uh Oh" and gently picks you up and drops you on the soft bedding. You seem to like it a lot and even said,"Uh Oh" in return! In fact you're making more and more sounds these days. Sometimes you just lay on the changing table and chat it up with me, it's pretty cute.
You also are trying to chew anything in site! Anything you can get your hands on you pull into your mouth. So we're trying to be extra careful on what you can put into your mouth! In a month or so we'll start you on solid foods. That'll be SO exciting. We'll start with carrots. They say Rice Cereal doesn't add much nutrition to your diet and tastes like cardboard, so we'll skip that.
At your four month appointment you did great! Height 25 inches (70th percentile), Weight 14lbs 2oz (55th percentile), Head Circumference 44.5cm (95th percentile). You got your shots and cried at first but then did wonderfully! I was so proud of you! The doctor says you look great too!
This stage of life is getting more and more exciting for you. Your daddy and I are excited to be on this journey with you.
Love,
Momma
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