Checking up on you this morning

Your dad wakes you up every morning, changes your diaper, gets you dressed, loads you in your carseat and takes you to meet Aunt Maureen. By this time, I am long gone. Already wide awake, at work, counting every minute until I get to see you again.

I get extremely jealous of this time he has with you in the morning. Because in the morning you are all smiles and giggles and perfect cuteness. In fact, we fight over who gets to wake you up on the weekends. He usually lets me win.

 

This morning I emailed him at work to see how you were doing. And this is the conversation:

Mom: How was Porter this morning?

Dad: Good. Smiley. Happy. Cute. Beautiful. Watching my every move with curiosity. Ready for Christmas.......the list could go on forever.

Mom: Adorable.

 



 

 

We love you, buddy.

4 months old and rolling over

You are 4 months old today!

It seems like you have grown so much in the last two weeks.

It's like you are a completely different baby.

You are learning and moving so much every day.

 

We witnessed you roll over for the first time on Saturday, December 14th.

 

 

It was very exciting!!!!

 

You are also sitting up pretty good in your chair.

 

And you have found your feet, and you are absolutely obsessed. You grab them all the time. If you have shoes on you will grab your shoe laces and sometimes you just grab the bottom of your pants. It's adorable to watch you exploring and figuring things out.

 

Daddy took you to the doctor this morning.

You now weigh 14 lbs. and you are 25 in. long. 

We love you so much, Porter!

 

Thanksgiving and other stuff

We just spent a wonderful Thanksgiving weekend in Gulf Shores.

Over 30 people in one house and it was awesome. You were the tiniest one there so everyone loved on you and argued over who would hold you. Everyone was fascinated by your smiling faces and the cute noises you make. 

Your dad and I were even able to go to the movies to see The Hunger Games while Honey kept you for 3 hours. I was so anxious the whole time we were gone but of course you were well behaved. In fact, you slept the whole time.

We even bought you a new outfit while we were there. Look at that handsome guy!

Look at those handsome guys! And they're all mine :)

I went back to work a couple of weeks ago, and while I was very sad (I cried the whole night before) you are doing great at your Aunt Maureen's. 

You are now holding things really well and very interested in your hands. You will only let people hold you facing out. You think you're a little man and not a baby. It makes me sad sometimes that I can't hold you like a baby but you are already very independent and I am proud of that. You eat like a pig and are growing so much. We weighed you two nights ago at EE's and it read 17 lbs! But we will have a more accurate weight when we bring you to your 4-month check up next week. 

We love you little man!