Goo!

It's hard to believe that my little shnookums is already 4 months old. It's weird that after all that time anticipating his arrival while being pregnant and wondering what he will be like, these last 4 months have just flown by. We had a doctor's visit and saw a new doctor at our pediatrician's office who was questioning whether Elliot was sitting up and eating real food yet. I almost got defensive when I responded that he's starting to sit up with support and it's too early for him to eat real food when I realized she thought he was 6 months old, because that's just how he looks these days at 18lbs. And yes, he's officially in the 99th percentile for growth, woo-hoo! This doesn't necessarily mean that he'll be a big guy, his growth will even out at some point but if he's still looking older than he is by the time he's 2 years old then that's a better indicator that he'll probably be big forever and Josh can start training him to be a quarterback.

Although Josh and I still randomly come up to each other and say 'can you believe we have a baby?' things are really beginning to have a rhythm these days now that I've been back at work for over a month. We have a routine that works and our lives have settled into a new normal. Elliot is also becoming a little more independent these days and he can entertain himself for a little while either by being on his belly and trying to crawl, just chewing on his toys, sitting back and watching tv (he really likes cartoons - already showing a preference and reaching out for the remote... well to put it in his mouth), or sort of just watching us do things, and especially watching Josh play guitar and sing songs. This kid is going to be a musical prodigy for sure. That, coupled with less growth-spurty and constant nursing means I can do more for myself again, like clean up!

He's definitely begun the oral phase and just wants to put everything in his mouth. He can do that more and more now that he has a bit more coordination when it comes to grabbing things. And speaking of his mouth, he's drooling like a bulldog!! It's crazy, so much drool, and it gets on everything, he's like a snail leaving his trail of goo everywhere he goes.