4 months

The Monster is 4 whole months old! A thrid of a year! Wowsers.

Favorites

So this kid has done quite a bit of growing this month! He loves to stand up. All the time. As proud as I am to have a standing up baby, my arms get exhausted from helping him stand. Solution to this standing problem? The excersaucer. Such a genius invention! He's a big fan of standing up in his new toy and figured out last night that he can in fact play with the toys. Up until now we would make them make noise, but he can do it on his own now. Another thing that goes with the standing? Walking. Not real walking, but he will climb up you if you let him and he will walk a little across the floor holding onto our fingers.

I will say we are guilty of letting him watch TV. He loves to talk to Mickey Mouse and thinks the hotdog song is hilarious. He held his head up for an entire episode of Mickey Mouse Clubhouse until the end when he got excited for the song, flailed, and smacked his head into the floor. Not a pleasant reaction from that one. He also has a spiral rattle he loves. It started with him just looking at it and holding it, but now he grabs it, eats it and talks to it.

Not So Favorites
He's developed a new habit when we try to do something he doesn't want to do. He arches his back so we can't continue. Whether it's putting him in the bouncy chair, car seat, changing table or in his crib, he arches his back and fights us. It was cute the first time, but now he gives us a "haha" grin when he does it and it's just a pain in the ass.

Sleeping
So while he is still sleeping through the night, his catnaps have turned into legitimate hour+ naps. One afternoon it was a 3 hour nap. Amazing!

Places We've Been

We didn't go too many places this month since I went back to work and have been exhausted by the time the weekend comes. We did go to the farmers market one Sunday. He was a good little guy and had no freak outs, smiled at everyone and even got to see Kristine and Anna! He fell asleep about halfway through, and we went to the recycled bookstore where he unknowingly made a friend.
We also went to Auntie Banana's going away party where he played in the bounce house with Uncle Eric for a little while.

He also went to his first football game at Westmont. He was pretty good the whole time, but got cranky towards the end when he got tired. He was a hit with a lot of Jesse's friends parents and old teachers. Although he wasn't too sure what to think of the cheerleaders loud music, he liked watching their bright red pom poms.

Doctor Visits
We had quite a few of these this last month! We found out he has yet another ear infection so they put him on amoxicillan and ear drops. We find out about a week later that he has some type of issue with it and he was throwing up his entire bottle. We took him back in and the doctor said it was now an ear infection AND a ruptured ear drum. What happened was the infection built up so much pressure the ear drum couldn't handle it anymore and went pop. He's still on his ear drops and is going back to the doctor next week for a follow up.

Milestones
So I know he found his voice already, but he just discovered how much it can change and what he can do with his voice. The giggles and screams are just too cute, until they reach insane pitches and I have to cover my ears.
If we kiss his cheeks, he opens his mouth, turns his head and gives us his version of kisses back<3
We have a roller! It's only belly to back right now, but he's definitely rolling :)