Will is four months!

Dear Will,

Time is flying by!

weight: 16 lbs

size: 6 months

diapers: 3

Oh Will. We love you so much!

  

You continue to be the sweetest addition to our family -


 and such a charmer, always ready with a smile and a cuddle.

And maybe a chuckle if I tickle you under the arm! Our babysitter commented that you're the only baby she's ever known who smiles and laughs during a diaper change.

Your hair keeps growing and growing and people constantly tell me what a pretty baby girl I have, even when you're wearing all blue.

And how about those sideburns?!

You are babbling and cooing up a storm and have recently discovered that your hands are able to grab and hold...usually it's your paci though, which you yank out of your mouth and then can't get back in. Or my hair, which you twist up in your clammy grip at lightning speed.

You're not rolling over yet but are pretty good at pushing up on your arms.


And it's also a nice way to show off your rooster hair!

We're working on figuring out a schedule, it's just hard when every day's plan is a little different. You're a good napper in the carseat fortunately, as long as it's in motion. This means no traffic jams or casual browsing at the store - keep it moving mom!

Eating is still your favorite pastime and something you are ready to do every three hours on the dot.

(Might be a little early for Thanksgiving dinner though)

And you got your first cold this month, despite my best efforts to keep your siblings' grimy hands off of you - they just love you too much to stay away.


Whether it was the cold or a growth spurt, I don't know, but you've decided sleeping through the night was a silly idea and now prefer to go to bed around 8 or 9 and wake to eat at about 2...and again at 5 or 6 and then sleep til 8 or 9. So there's a little more togetherness in the nights than I'd prefer, but I know it's only a phase and nothing my morning cup (or two) of coffee can't fix.

You've enjoyed your Bumbo seat and activity mat more this month, but are still partial to your swing during the day and nap nanny at night. I honestly do not know what we would do without those contraptions!

I look at you, Will, and my heart just bursts. Before you were born, I worried that our third child would just get caught in the shuffle, but you make that simply impossible with how irresistible you are to love. 

So happy to call you mine,

Mommy