Isaac at 4 months

Isaac at 4 months

This last month has just flown by! I was just looking back at Isaac's 3-month pictures, and it's amazing how much he's grown! I haven't weighed or measured him in over a week, but the last time I did he was 27 inches long and about 19 or 20 lbs! He's already outgrown some of his 6-9 month clothes! It's a little depressing to be putting 12 month clothes on my 4 month old! He's just growing so fast!

His teeth seem to be giving him a break, but I'm sure that we'll be reminded of their presence soon enough! Because he hasn't been as fussy, though, we've rearranged our evening routine a little so that we can work on our language lessons when he's awake! He enjoys listening to the native Spanish and French speakers, but I think he finds it more amusing listening to us try to pronounce the same phrases! We've also been able to move our dinner back to a normal time - no more eating at 8 or 9 at night! Of course the great thing about that is being able to go to bed when he does - every night this week we tuck him in, and then climb into bed ourselves! Getting a full 8+ hours of sleep every night has been SOOOO nice!

It's gotten hot, and for those of you who don't know Austin, that means that it's already over a 100 degrees every single day! So, needless to say, we haven't been walking much. Now that we're going to sleep earlier, I should get up and walk in the morning before Isaac wakes up, but I just haven't been motivated enough to do that yet. Sleep always sounds so much better at 6am!

We have been swimming almost every day, though, and he's learned to splash. I don't mean a little accidental splash. I mean entire-body-thrashing-around-and-getting-everything-within-a-5-foot-radius-soaking-wet kind of splashing! Unfortunately, now that he's learned this new skill, he's decided to do this in the bathtub as well. Last night I think he had more water outside the tub (including all over me) than he did inside! Of course, it would probably help if I could keep a straight face while he's doing it. Maybe then he wouldn't be encouraged to continue, but he just looks so darn cute, and very, very pleased with himself!

This month we've had some visits from family and friends, and he has been a trooper through it all. He just loves people, and so, of course, the extra attention was right up his alley. I'm hoping that he does as well during our trip to San Francisco! We're leaving tomorrow, and I'm a little nervous about how he'll do on his very first flight! At least it's a direct flight from Austin to SF - I'm not sure that I'm ready for that layover at DFW! I told Michael the other day that our 30-minute layovers are history. I can't imagine carting Isaac, the stroller, and all his other stuff around even in a 1-hour layover!

The other exciting development this month is that we've just started him on solid foods. It took him a few days to really get the hang of it, but now he's really enjoying it! I can't wait to introduce him to all of that yummy homemade baby food I've been making for him!

That's about it this month. Enjoy his 4-month pictures from this last weekend! I'll make sure to post again about our trip to SF once we get back.