Fast progression

Andrew is going to be fully crawling any day now. Over the past weekend he started to get up on his hands and knees and just this morning, he was doing the Brownian motion thing all over the living room. It is just a matter of time before he is fully directional crawling!

Brothers!

Hello, tongue

Andrew has discovered he can stick out his tongue and he can be seen practicing this several times a day. Good thing he's still at that age where it's just cute.

Phlbbt

Andrew's favorite new noise is blowing raspberries. It's adorable to see him playing in his exersaucer or kicking in his chair and going "phlbbt" with little bubbles coming out of his mouth. It's just one of those things you can do as a baby that's cute that you can't do later in life. :)

Smiley happy baby

I don't know if I've written enough about what a smiley, happy baby Andrew is. He's just a sweetheart and cheery and good-natured. So often he just looks up at you wide-eyed and then breaks out into a big grin with dimples. It just melts your heart.

4 month stats

Andrew's almost 5 months, so it's time to post those four month numbers:
14 lb 11 oz, 50% for weight
25.5 in, 70% for height
41.5 cm, 30% for head circumference

Mobility

Andrew is now a pro at rolling over on all sides and can scoot himself across the floor about 3 feet at a time. He doesn't move terribly fast, but is rather good at getting off the blankets I put him on. He's going to learn about hardwood floors at an early age...

Creation

Last night I was struck again by how amazing procreation is. I held in my arms this little 15-lb baby that was formed in my body and has grown during the last four months with his only sustenance being from my milk. I remember holding Sam and thinking about how each cell in his body was made from my body, essentially. Quite incredible.

The Other White Meat

Andrew has become quite the toe sucker. Sam took a passing interest in his feet, but at least at each diaper changing and many times in between, Andrew will grab his foot and just suck on it. I haven't counted how many toes he can fit in his mouth yet, but I'm guessing about four. Quite a big "feet" for such a little guy. :)

Coos and raspberries

Andrew woke up rather early today (5:30am) but in a pretty cheery mood as he lay there blowing raspberries after his diaper change. It seems to be a new skill he's acquired and he's happy to practice it. Frequent awakenings at night appears to be another new skill he's acquired as he woke Mommy up last night at 11:30pm, 2:15am, 2:40am, 4:30am, 5:00am, 5:30am. At least I think those were all the times...the whole night is a bit fuzzy. Sometimes he was hungry, one time his diaper leaked and other times who knows - maybe he rolled funny and upset himself. All I know is I need more than 2 hr chunks of sleep! Oh well.

On the move

Andrew has been rolling from his back to his front for a while now and in the last week and a half has also managed to roll from his front to his back (often getting up on both knees to do so). Yesterday for the first time he rolled from back to front to back all in the same direction to travel about 3 feet. A new experience for him! At barely four months he's a real mover and shaker. He rolls all around his crib at night and looks like he's laying plans for crawling even now. It will be an adventure with our hardwood floors (we were at the carpeted rental when Sam was at this stage).

Yummy toes

Andrew is always moving around and twisting this way and that. Yesterday he discovered how to grab his foot and bring it to his mouth. Now not only does he chomp repeatedly on his fingers, but he can chomp on his toes!

Hair hair hair

Every day Andrew meets new people or even people that know him, he gets comments on his hair.  Pretty obvious why.... I call it his million dollar hairdo. -Dad

What's it like with two?

I get this question a lot. I'd say the beginning was pretty tough. Caretaking for a toddler while sleep deprived was challenging and remembering the ins and outs of caring for an infant took time. Andrew's sleepy time is starting to lengthen and I'm getting used to my routines. Once you accept that there's a lot of time involved in moving the kids in and out of the car and/or shopping cart and/or stroller on errands, it's not so bad to go out with them. It's still an easy time when Andrew sleeps a lot and doesn't require much extra entertainment, nor does he move around much. Sam is learning how to be gentle with his brother and what not to do. The hours during the day just seem to flit away and now I'm just trying to figure out where time for me fits in. 

Andrew updates

Andrew continues to flash beautiful dimply grins and is now accompanying them with coos and giggles that are ever so cute. He has also rolled over another 4-5 times and this last time just hung out on his belly a while sucking two fingers. He loves to watch his brother and track him around the room. His hair continues to grow (it's about 2 inches long now?) and he turns 3 months this week. Last night he slept 8 hours in a row - a godsend for tired Mommy! He's just a delightful little baby and I can't wait to learn more about who he is as he grows.

He rolled over!

Last night Andrew rolled from his back to his tummy for the first time. I was about to call it a fluke, but this morning, he did it again as he lay on his playmat. Not that he ends up too happy finding himself on his tummy mind you....

Discovery by mouth

Andrew has started to grab things with his hands and make a slow progression to his mouth with them. It's hard to tell at first since he spends a lot of time waving his arms around and dropping things, but toys make it to his waiting gums too often to be just a coincidence!

2 month stats

Andrew's 2 month stats are:

Weight: 12 lb 4.4 oz (50%)
Height: 23.25 in (50%)
Head circumference: 39.25 cm (25%)

Smiley guy

Andrew continues to be very good natured and has been flashing more and more winning smiles. He gets a wry wrinkle near his eye, a smile crooks out of the right side of his mouth and then it just spreads until he has dimples in both cheeks! It's so joyous to watch. :)

Sleeping like a champ

Andrew appears to be our champion sleeper. He can sleep through just about any racket his brother can create (with pots and pans at his disposal, he can make a lot of noise) and even slept through a mariachi band. He's starting to do longer stretches at night, and will do a 4 - 6.5 hr stretch each night. A week ago he slept from 12am - 6:30am for the first time and I woke up more energized than I had been in a long time. I'm hoping this trend continues...