Oh man! I just can't get enough of this little boy! I love him so much! I'm always amazed at how much he changes each month! I love that he looks so much like a little boy! He is even getting more hair (it is a very light strawberry blond)!
Month 4 was definitely the talkative phase but now he has been more quiet lately except for spitting and happy screaming. Some new tricks include sitting for a few seconds at a time unsupported and grabbing his toes with both hands! Actually, we had a hard time getting good photos today because he kept trying to grab them.
He loves standing on the couch with his hands over the arm rest or pillow (also see some of the last photos). He loves blankets! Doesn't matter if it is his soft bamboo ones or his burp clothes - he loves to eat them, suck on them, play peek a boo with them and bite them like a ferocious little beast.
The cutest of all his tricks is that I taught him to give kisses! If you put him by your cheek he opens his mouth and then pulls off to give you the biggest of smiles! It only took a few times to teach him and now he does it all by himself. Twice he has done it without prompting (and at different times) to mom and I. He is so sweet!
He still loves to stand and pumps his legs up and down to bounce. Sometimes it is just one leg and it looks like he is dancing. Connor loves his baths and has learned how to kick to splash. When he smiles, he does it with his whole body.
Connor has taken a sippy cup a few times now and I can't believe he is just a month away from trying solids. Every time I drink water he tries to get it and he loves it when I let him have a little. He watches us very intently as we eat.
He has learned that there is more to his world. Before he would only hold what we handed to him. Today he stole a piece of paper off of mom's desk because he wanted it (and of course tried to eat it). Mom came to find me and said "You are in trouble! It has started". He has also learned how to pick up more of his toys around him too. When he really wants something he slows his hands way down and slowly opens his fingers as they come together to grab or pick something up.
He is also getting really fun because he is so responsive to people. I love tickling him and he laughs and laughs. I don't really think he is that ticklish (maybe a little) but he loves the attention. If you talk and smile to this little guy you will almost always get a huge grin! He has learned how to sit well enough to sit in a stroller and loves rolling around in it! It really chills him out and last night he fell asleep as dad strolled him around the living room (it has been too cold to take him outside so far).
Just so I don't make it look like I have a perfect baby, we have a lot of hard moments too. Sometimes he won't sleep or wakes up every hour all night, at the same time he gets really cranky when he is tired, I am still feeding him every 1 1/2 to 2 hours (won't take a pacifier or sippy/bottle when hungry), he still spits up all over and I think he is going to pull all my hair out until I'm bald. But overall he is a pretty good little guy.
And now for the best part! Baby photo shoot!
^this was my favorite!
^in these he was sitting all by his self.
^I love the first pic with his leg in the air. I call it his Vogue picture.
^this is his standing on the couch trick.
^I just thought this last one was so funny of him looking quite sober! I had to add it too.
