Isaac's 4 months old!

Today Isaac turns 4 months old. (Happy Birthday baby boy!) This past month has been my favorite and our best so far.

Isaac has been sleeping through the night like a champ! He usually goes to bed between 8 and 9pm and wakes up between 6 and 7:30am. He will sleep anywhere from 7-9.5 hours straight! After his long stretch he will wake up to eat an early morning snack and then drift back to sleep for an hour or two.  He's still sleeping in his little bassinet at night. I attempted the crib one night, and he woke up every hour so I quit that night... We'll try again once we get back from our holiday travels.

He still is not a sleeper during the day. He keeps to sleeping 12 hrs total no matter what the order. His naps are anywhere from 25-55 minutes a piece. This month we began to process of quitting rocking him to sleep for naps, and he's doing ok with it. We're making progress and some days are fabulous, and some days are a bit harder. But all in all Isaac is doing well.

With each passing month and even day we see his personality coming out. He's becoming happier and happier, if that's possible! He's learning and growing so fast! I seriously delight in him sooooo much! He makes my day every day. :)

He is a very smiley baby. He loves watching people and smiling at them and batting his ridiculously long eyelashes. He soaks up the attention; I call him my little ham. He's also become quite the talkative baby making more and more sounds and discovering his voice and it's loudness more and more. I also call him my little squawker. He loves to squawk when he plays, and he loves cooing with his daddy.

He still has an obsession with putting his hands in mouth and chewing and sucking on them. (Well honestly he tries to put amy object within reach in his mouth and if he can't he gets frustrated but not every object is one he ends up wanting, just his hands most of the time). This month his hands finally discovered his feet, and they are by far his new favorite play thing! Getting him out of bed from naps I've discovered him sock less or with wet footies from him sucking on them at some point during nap time!

He also started reaching out more towards objects and grabbing them, which led to his discovery of his second favorite thing - Opie! He loves reaching out to grab Opies nose and lips and ears and eyes and anything his little hands can grab onto. They have great play times together.

Isaac is also discovering he can roll from side to side so he does that a lot when playing on his back and when he goes down for a nap. It's so cute to watch.

He's enjoying tummy time more and more and doing better at it although it's hard to keep him from attacking his hands with his mouth which results in him face planting.  Lately we hold him on his belly and "fly" him around like superman which he likes.

All in all Isaac had a great 4th month! I seriously can't get enough of him and make sure he's covered in kisses over and over again each day which I'm sure he's going to hate within a few years... but his mommy can't help it...

Love you baby boy! You are my handsome little man and you truly are my joy and bring me so much laughter every day!