Peanut - 4 Months

Why, hello there darling.

“Hi, mom,” says Peanut

Whatcha doing?

“Letting dad give me a comb-over,” says Peanut

Oh.  Ok.

Guess how old you are today, Peanut.

“How old am I, mom?” says Peanut

4 months.  Sniffle. Sniffle.

“Wow, that’s really old,” says Peanut

“How old are you, mom?” says Peanut

Umm, that’s neither here nor there, Peanut.  This is about you, not me.

“Ok, mom,” says Peanut.

Here’s a quick recap of our 4th month together:

• Peanut has become this little person – she’s reaching and grabbing her toys, sticking her hands in her mouth, gurgling up a storm.
• There is lots of giggling going on over here, but no deep-belly-laughter yet.
• Peanut is great at sitting up and standing up with support and she’s even sitting up on her own for about 20-30 seconds at a time.  I don’t think it’ll be long now!
• She is also standing up by herself as long as she is leaning or holding on to something.
• Peanut has dropped her 5/6pm meal and has also been staying up for longer stretches at a time (closer to 2 hours now).
• However, she’s also stopped sleeping through the night. *sigh*
• One of Peanut’s favorite activities is to grab her toys and pull them straight into her mouth where she mouths them long enough to leave a long string of slime, at which point she is more than happy to share those toys with us.
• Her most favorite activity is to chew on her hands.  Which she is also more than happy to share with us once they’re completely covered in spit.
• And somehow I find both of those things to be completely and utterly adorable
• I’m also pretty sure that she knows who mommy and daddy are – she smiles up a storm whenever we pick her up from day care or stop by on our lunch break.
• This makes us smile (ok, maybe it actually makes me cry a little).
• Generally, Peanut is one of the happiest babies I’ve ever come across (I don’t come across a lot of them though).  She loves to smile, play, and gurgle her way into everyone’s heart.