Oh Jake.  I’m trying so hard to not let all the ‘baby’ milestones pass by without me noticing or writing them down.  It’s hard to juggle all 3 of you.  It’s hard to make sure I notice everything.  But I’m going to keep trying.  I promise!!

I wasn’t able to take you for your 4 month appointment on time because you have been sick.  Really sick.  You turned 4 months while we were on vacation in Colorado.  You picked up some sort of virus that caused you to have trouble breathing.  So you are on breathing treatments.  All.The.Time.  But you are slowly getting better.  Hooray!!

I do know that at 4 months you weighed 15 pounds, 7 ounces.  You are totally out of 3 months clothes and are most comfortable in 9 month clothes.  (Not sure how you skipped over 6 month!)  Your little waist is not so little.  Size 2 diapers are having trouble fitting around your think waist.  It’s awesome.

4 days before your 4 month birthday we gave you a taste of rice cereal.  Your little belly was growling even right after I fed you (and I know for a fact I am giving you plenty of milk).  So we tried cereal.  And you ate it with gusto!  No trouble with the spoon.  No trouble with the taste.  Obviously you were ready for it.  Now you are eating about a tablespoon of cereal for lunch everyday.  It has helped A LOT!  As Rosario says (your caregiver) ‘Now Jake is really going to get fluffy’.  Yes my sweet boy, you are getting fluffy!

Anytime I put you down on your back you immediately flip to your belly.  It’s as though you love that trick, but then you get immediately pissed if that puts you in a corner where you can’t see out.  You love to watch tv from the couch and you love to look around.  But if all you can see is the couch or the bed, you get mad.  Fast.  Just this weekend you started moving your booty like you want to get on your knees and crawl.  Whoa Nelly.  We will not have any of that just yet.  No crawling.  You can’t even sit up yet.

Your brother and sister are still crazy enamored with you.  I literally have to push them off of you on a regular basis.  They love to get right up in your face.  Course you just laugh and  laugh at them.  It’s a match made in heaven for sure.

For the record…you are still the happiest baby ever.

Well.  I’m back at work.  Re-entry into the real world stinks.  I miss that little boy.  But I also just miss the slow pace of our life when I’m a stay at home mom.  I know I wouldn’t be happy staying home in the long run, but it sure was awesome while it lasted.

Jake is up to size 2 diapers and wearing 3 or 6 month clothes. 

He has slept for 10 hours at a time a few times and it has been wonderful.  He is still 100% BF and it’s all going really well. 

He (legit) rolled over for the first time on September 8th.  He has rolled over before, but I didn’t count it because he was on the bed next to me and it could have just been gravity.  This time was definitely legit.  Now we have to start being more careful where we lay him down.  Darn.

We are going to do a better job of real ‘Jake’ pictures starting this month.  For real.