4 Months!

What do you get for a baby when they are 4 months old? An ExerSaucer!

We have also moved his booster/highchair to a more upright position because he loves to see what's going on around him. Sitting up unassisted and rolling over consistently will most likely be his next major milestones.

Just yesterday he began sucking on his right thumb, but still not consistently. We are wondering if he will ever start putting himself to sleep with his thumb or finger sucking.

Naps are definitely becoming more regular (even though Elizabeth still has to help him get to sleep, the crying, if any, is usually less than 5 minutes before he is out for 1-3 hours most of the time).

Zechariah continues to grow. At his doctor's appointment yesterday we found out that he is now 12 pounds 10 ounces and 26 inches. We also got permission to start solids before his 6 month appointment. We will probably hold off as long as possible because the possibility of allergies resulting from introducing food too soon, and the surgeon who did his surgery said there might be some issues when he starts eating solids so we are a little nervous about that, and Elizabeth needs to read a little more about introducing solids. We don't think that he is ready yet and mama's milk is still his favorite, the cheapest, and the easiest.

He is talking more every day (sometimes it sounds like he might even be singing).

John Got the Camera Fixed!

Zechariah is learning about toys. He started grabbing for and holding on to toys while we were at Elizabeth's sister's house in Arkansas August 10-13. Someone gave us some Boomerings from Discovery Toys and we have used them to help Zechariah's toys be more accesible to him and stay off the floor and help him learn his colors because Elizabeth often sings a rainbow song when he plays with them.

Here he is in his highchair/booster seat playing with his toys, but he took a break to look at the camera.

We actually caught him in motion playing with his toys in the Pack N Play. Which is set up in the kitchen at the moment so that Zechariah can be near his mama while she works or takes time to eat a meal.


This is our very cute boy!

John was letting us know that he fixed the camera. Elizabeth is trying to put Zechariah down for a nap and so far the only way she knows how to do it is to lay down with him until he is sound asleep and then slip out as quietly as possible or just go ahead and sleep right along with him.

Zechariah also started to stick out his tongue this week, but he can't get it out very far because he is tongue tied (we've been told he inherited it from Pa's, his great-grandfather). It seems like every day he starts practicing a new sound so he has been practicing raspberries and has the front of whatever he is wearing sopping wet in a matter of minutes.