4 Months

4 Months Old

(New albums: Carson 4 Month and Superbowl 2010. New photos in Carson 3 Month and Amazing newborn)

Height: 26 1/4 inch 90th percentile
Weight: 15lbs 5 oz 60th percentile
Zzz's: Sleeps from 930pm-630/700 am!! Wooohoo!

Our little man is growing so fast. Already, 4 months old! And in that time, he has accomplished so much. The pediatrician told us at his checkup that he is the average size of a 6 month old!! Whew!! We've created a monster.

Carson is a regular in his crib every night. Sleeping is a new habit of his and he does it so well. This makes for a very happy Mommy and Daddy.

We got the go ahead from the pediatrician to start with solids. We started with oatmeal. We are going to skip the cereal completely since he really doesn't need it, as the pediatrician said. Most people I guess put the cereal in the bottle or give cereal at night to help baby sleep. Since he is already sleeping through the night, we just skipped what we call "the filler".

Geoff has been waiting for this stage since Carson was born. It was very interesting. We probably shouldn't have started the day after he received 3 more vaccines, but all in all, it was a successful feeding. Next week we are going to introduce squash! Yum Yum!

We also went to his first baseball game. We went to watch Geoff's friend's son play last Thursday night. Carson was so alert to everything going on. Watching the little boys out there makes me so excited that Carson will be getting his first bat and glove to go play. In a blink of an eye.

Next on the list..Our sweet shopping cart cover, compliments of Auntie Shanaynay! He was so cute. No one could believe that a 4 month old was sitting in the cart by himself. All he wanted to do, as you can see in the photo, is play with the strap. He was so amazed by this strap.

That being said, the bumbo makes for a great seat for Carson now that he can hold himself up. I can just prop him up wherever we are. It is wonderful.

And that being said, he is very brave. Tries to sit up on his own, without any support. He does what we call, The Tripod! But hey, it's a start. One thing will always lead into another. Someone should really remind him that he is only 4 months old!

We took Carson to the beach for the first time, February 5, 2010. Ft. Lauderdale beach had a HUGE Super Bowl sign up, so we went to go see it.

Last, but definitely not least, TEETHING! Carson, without a doubt, has started teething. The 2 photos below in the teething outfit are compliments of Miss Cathy! Cathy is watching Carson on M, W and F and sends me the BEST emails "from Carson" with adorable photos of him. Momma and Poppa Jonas bought him the CUTEST teething outfit. I really should never have a girl, given the fact that Carson has an outfit for EVERYTHING, and he is a boy. If we had a girl, BIG TROUBLE!

Carson loves the teething rings, however, we have found that nothing soothes him better than his own fist (below a picture that I took at Nannie and Poppa's on the couch). The pediatrician told us that teething can go on for months. Augh!! Hopefully for Carson, this first tooth will break soon.

And this, I do not have a photo of. Carson FOUND HIS VOICE. I apologize now to my neighbors, Miss Cathy and Paul (Grandpa). He likes to scream, for no apparent reason. He screams, then looks around to see who is looking at him, then lets another scream out. Turbo runs over to him and licks him every time he does it and then Carson laughs. It's so funny. I will lay him down to change his diaper and it's just babbles and screaches the entire time. I love it!

We still go to Amazing Newborn at NSU every week. I love it!! 2 weeks ago was grandparents week and my mom (Nannie) and Paul (Grandpa) came along. Last week, I dragged Geoffrey to class. He didn't enjoy it as much as I did, but I am glad he came with us. He wasn't a huge fan of song time. Ha!!

Carson and I shared a celebration recently. When he turned 4 months old, I also turned 29!! Augh! Last year of my 20's! Well, I am not upset at all. If my thirties are as much fun as my twenties have been, we have an exciting road ahead!!!

So far in the past 4 months, I have learned..I never realized how much my parents love my brothers and I, until I had a child of my own. No matter what Carson could ever do, I will endlessly love him. It is a love completely unknown until you have a child of your own. Such an amazing feeling.

You can enjoy many more first and events that have taken place in Carson's 4 months! I document everything for everyone to enjoy and add new albums all the time. Enjoy!