Austin 4 months

4 months already. Especially with the holidays, time has flown by! Austin was 4 months old on Christmas Eve. It's unbelievable how much he changes each month. He is still the happiest baby ever and melts my heart daily. These pictures depict his daily life so well. EVERYTHING now goes into his mouth, fitting or not, he tries...even a Dr. Suess book. He also smiles and giggles always and is super strong holding himself up. He doesn't even get upset during tummy time anymore. He can roll from his belly to his back when he wants to. The newest thing is he drools, a lot. All the time. We used to be able to wear an outfit all day, I have clean babies. But now he's becoming a 2 outfit a day baby. I for some reason am not a fan of a bib when he's not eating (which we haven't started yet) so I let him get all drooly (is that a word?) then change him. I did take him to the dr before we left for CA (waiting on shots...a later post) and he is almost 17 lbs and 26 inches long! He has nearly doubled his birth weight and is 5 inches taller. 95th percentile in both height and weight. Weird part...only the 70% percentile in head circumference. Normal for my children, Courtney was the same way. But seriously, he wears 6 month clothes already and 9 month hats - what if his head was bigger? Really? I will take the 70th percentile. :-) We sure do love this little boy.

California Vacation...Austin's 1st trip

We all went to CA for a week when the kids got out of school. All of us, even my husband! It was really nice for all of us to make it together. We had a great time visiting with family and introducing Austin to some people he hadn't met yet. Like his Great-Nana and Great-Grandma Pursley and his Auntie Gaunga and Uncle Westen. It took him about a day to get comfortable and on CA time but then he was all warmed up and his little personality shone through. We also took a trip to Disneyland one day as Ethan hadn't been since he was 5 (and didn't remember) and Courtney hadn't ever been. We had so much fun with the whole family.

 (Auntie Gaunga is nearly 5 months pregnant...the light was perfect but unintentional)

Thanksgiving 2011

Looks like I just skipped Thanksgiving here this year. Probably because I used Dad's camera and didn't have pictures...my bad. We had a great thanksgiving down at my parent's house with my whole family. We got to "camp" in the motorhome since we had Austin and, well, he didn't like it very much. I'm sure in time he will be a master camper, but at 3 months old he wasn't a fan.

Austin 3 months

Really. 3 months old. Already. It is amazing how fast time goes. I will say with Austin I have looked forward to him getting "older". I LOVED him being tiny, I truly embraced him being small and sleeping all day...in my arms at times...regardless of the criticism I got. He was held SO much and I don't regret a single moment of it. I did NOT spoil him, it wasn't possible. He now sleeps in his own bed, all the time. He actually won't sleep on me or with me; he loves HIS bed. The other night he was "needy" and he fell asleep while I held him; you should have seen me; I stood as long as I could then I...s l o w l y....sat down so he would stay asleep since it had been so long since he did that. He goes to bed all on his own, doesn't need to be rocked or talked to or a noise maker or a paci. You wrap him up, lay him down and he will go to sleep. So, the moral of my story? Hold your babies, sleep with them during the day, pick them up when they cry, coddle them, cuddle them, spend every second you want with them in your arms. They will grow out of it, they will not "need" you every second of every day when they get "bigger". He is 3 months old and that time of "spoiling him" is gone and again, looking back, I don't regret a single second of it and at the same time I don't feel like I missed a single second of it.

So anyway, here are his 3 month pictures. Gorgeous as can be. He is a smiling machine, LOVES to smile and talk - especially if I talk back in 'baby talk'. He laughs and is ticklish under his arms. The funniest part of him so far is when you undress him...he L O V E S it. He can be in a full out cry and if you take his shirt off he smiles and draws his hand up to his face...it is the cutest thing EVER. He has also found his hands and will suck his thumb (or whole hand if he can fit it) which is precious. He rolled from his back to his belly the other day, total accident though. And he spins in his bed...something Courtney never did so it creeped me out at first. I put him in bed one way and find him turned 180 degrees many times. Austin is also much different than his sister in he will wake up and "play" for a good hour before he needs me to get him from bed. Maybe God's way of helping me out when I need to get Courtney ready for school? I think so. :-)