Four Months Old!

Today Thomas is four months old - Happy Birthday Thomas! Here's a portrait in words of our boy right now:

Thomas can roll over easily and once he's on his belly he kicks his legs like a man on a mission. If we put a hand behind his feet, he scoots gleefully along the floor. He can also lift the front half or the back half of his body high enough to crawl - but he can't lift them both at the same time yet (whew!).


Thomas loves reading books. Daddy has a particularly effective way of sprawling across the bed with lots of pillows and books, then the two of them make all sorts of noises and coos while Thomas tries to eat the books one after another.

Thomas can stand and turn in his exersaucer. He loves going in there and exploring each toy in great detail. He can also actually jump in his jolly jumper - in the last three days this has become a new favorite activity.

For you doubters out there (Grandma Patti, I'm talking to you), Thomas is doing a better and better job of sitting. I'm still not willing to say that he sits on his own, but it's coming.

Of course, he still takes two hours to be put to bed and he's still not napping regularly in the afternoons, but the morning nap is coming along. He's actually taken several medium-long naps in his crib, which is a lovely step forward.

Clearly the child of his parents, Thomas likes to talk a lot - he has long joyful conversations with us every time he's awake - and sometimes he has long joyful conversations with his mobile or the light or the blue teddy bear he's taken to grasping. He's not quite babbling syllables, but he loves to hear them. And in general, at four months, we're all having fun (well, when we sleep.)