August 9th, 2014

Ian  At  4  Months

Ian is a true joy.  Honestly he is all sweet smiles and melt your heart doe-eyed looks.  All I have to do is look at Ian and whatever worry or problem or sadness just diminishes or rapidly fades away.  He is just that wonderful.

Here is what he is up to these days :

·      He loves playing on the ground surrounded in toys.  He loves to turn on his sides and grab at everything while still desperately trying to devour his perfect chubby little hands.

·      He loves to be held more these days, but tends to make it difficult by remaining at straight as possible, therefore allowing the person holding him to do nothing but devote all of their time and attention on him. (Clever little guy)

·      Ian also refuses to look at the person holding him.  For whatever reason, he will look at everyone else, but no matter what you say or do he wont look at you.  Weird and frustration at the same time.  Oh well.

·      Ian is acclimating to his crib these days.  I still haven’t switched him from our room to the boy’s room yet.  He would probably be just fine with it, but it’s me that is having a hard time letting go.

·      Ian is certainly finding his voice, and it is so much fun!  He screeches and chirps all day long now, and you can tell he thinks its pretty great.

·      It’s quite amazing, but Ian’s toots are so loud that they sound like a full on adults toot.  It’s both funny and alarming.

·      Ian loves, loves, loves his tubs!  He has discovered how to splash, and when he discovers that he is in the water, immediately begins splashing and doesn’t stop till the water is all gone.

·      Ian is also starting to smile more and more.  I love it!  We are working on getting him to laugh more.  Every time we try to get him to laugh, you can tell he wants to laugh, but its as if he is also purposely trying to hold his laugh in and stop it.

·      Ian is the funniest little eater.  He eats every 2 hours still, although it’s starting to be a little longer between feedings these past few days.  He loves to eat, and when he does, he starts moving his arm like he is swimming.  He does this the whole time he is eating and its really quite funny.  I am not sure why he does it, perhaps he thinks it will help him out while he eats, who knows.

·      Ian watches his big brother like a hawk.  He loves to just sit and watch Nik, no matter what he is doing.