Update on the Little Man

Owen went in for his 4 month appointment today (though he's closer to 4.5 months now!). He peed like a fountain when the nurse took his diaper off to weigh him! He weighs 17.5 lbs now, still in the 75th percentile. He is 26 inches long, which is the 50th percentile. What can I say, the boy likes to eat! We got the okay to start with cereal now--let the messy adventure begin!

He had to get four shots while we were there too. It's so sad! Poor thing--he lays on the table cooing and smiling and then, wham, they give him shots and he's screaming. And all I can do is hold his hands and tell him how sorry I am! Terrible. Fortunately he calmed down quickly this time around and hasn't really seemed out of sorts this afternoon.

After getting a little off track while visiting Tyler down at Ft. Riley, he's sleeping through the night again (I almost hate to type that for fear that I'll jinks it!). He does 12 hour stints now, which is certainly much appreciated. I was beginning to feel like I was never going to get more than 3 hours of sleep at one time!

He is such a precious little guy, so full of smiles. He is a thumb-sucker, especially when he gets tired. He's putting just about anything he can get his hands on in his mouth. In the past week he's really become interested in feeling the texture of things. He goes crazy with magazine pages--I think he likes the noise it makes when he crinkles it. He is almost sitting on his own and is sure to get teeth in the very near future since he's drooling like a faucet! I'm so thankful to have such a wonderful distraction while Tyler is gone. I know his grandparents all feel that way too!