Tuesday, September 8, 2009

to otto, our 4 month old roller baby


so now you can roll from your back to your belly as well. you accomplished this feat for the first time a few days ago, while mommy was on a shopping spree at target. i'm sorry i missed it, but you have been happy to do repeat performances. we knew it was coming, though. you found your feet about a week earlier, and we knew it was only a matter of time before you rolled all the way over. speaking of feet, you seem to want to suck on your feet and your thumb at the same time, which makes for quite a drool fest. as if your bibs weren't busy enough with all the spit up.
you push and drag yourself when you are on your belly, moving towards toys or towards greta. your legs are so strong...you managed to kick the toy bar off the bouncy seat at grandma and grandpas twice! you are mouthing toys like crazy, so i don't know if that means you are teething or what. you like that whoozit toy and that teething toy that looks like a bracelet. you are practicing sitting up on your own, but you often will straighten your legs, showing us you'd rather be standing.
you are so easygoing...and for the most part we seemed to have solved your car issues. it seems that the carseat bar and shade were blocking your view. now that you can see more than just what's in front of you, you like to watch greta in the car and also you love to look out the window! you tilt your head to the side and just stare and stare. you will smile and coo at just about anyone, and you are constantly trying to see what is going on around you. we call that "nosy", just like greta was at this age.
sleep is going better.....you are only waking up once a night to nurse, plus the occasional waking to have your hiney patted to get you back to sleep. you love when mama and greta sing songs....you smile and you look back and forth with your mouth open like you want to be singing too.
thanks for being such a chill little guy....i can't wait to take you to see dr. bird next week to show you off and see how much weight those chubby little legs and cheeks add up to...

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