4 Months Old

Today Eli is 4 months old. Why does it seem like it has been longer than that? Eli continues to provide us with great joy. He generally is very happy and easy going. He enjoys sitting on the couch and playing with his toys. He also likes to read and go outside.

Yesterday Eli received two more vaccinations. The poor little guy does not do well with those. It means two days of fever and not feeling well. George does much better with the vaccination process than I do. He held Eli as I started to feel sick. The worst part for me is right before the injection. Eli is so cute, smiling and cuddling with George, not having any idea what is to come. We weighed him there and our heavyweight came in at 18 pounds!!!!! He doesn't seem THAT heavy to me. I wonder if their scale is wrong?

Eli is eating well (obviously!) and sleeping ok. He wakes up twice a night for feeding still, although sometimes he is able to sleep for 5-6 hours at a time. Right now we are working on rolling over. I think he will do it soon, he's so close. It seems like he might be teething, but we don't see any teeth. He is drooling A LOT and likes to munch on his fingers, our fingers, cold teething toys... anything he can get his hands on! It's so neat to see him grow and develop. We are tired, but having a lot fun with him.

(He is wearing six month sizes now and is rapidly growing out of his cute clothes! It's sad to pack away his smaller sizes. He wore newborn sizes until six weeks and I thought he would take a long time to go through clothes. Nope...once he started eating more, he began filling out... FAST!)

(The other day he was playing on the couch and I looked up from what I was doing and saw him looking at me, just watching and smiling. It melted me there, right on the spot.)