4 Months

Wow, 4 months old! Well, technically Gavin is now 4 months and 1 day old, but close enough! I can't believe how quickly the last 4 months have gone by. He has grown up so much and looks less like a baby as each day passes. I mean, just look at my handsome 4 month old boy!


I know I am a bit biased but isn't he the cutest boy you have ever seen! It is hard to see how much he has changed without comparison pictures. I will have to make a post another time showing his progression

Scott and I are so lucky because Gavin is such a happy kid. Gavin and I have so much fun each day as we play and try to teach him how to do things and what everything he sees are. He has been smiling since around 6 weeks but was very stingy with who and when he would share those. Now he smiles for us all the time! It is the best feeling when he sees me and has a huge grin because he is happy I am there.

I was pleasantly surprised when he laughed for the first time. He was close to 3 months at the time. It was hard to bring on those giggles, but it gets easier every day. Despite having to sometimes work hard for them the reward is amazingly high when he does actually laugh. It is honestly the best sound I have ever heard!

He tolerates being on his stomach during "tummy time" better and for longer periods but he still generally hates it which means he hasn't figured out how to roll over from tummy to back yet. He has however figured out how to roll from back to tummy. He surprised us Super Bowl Sunday and rolled over. Sadly, I was not in the room at the time, I had chosen to get up and get a cookie and Scott calls me back in to tell me what just happened and I was in shock. Honestly, I was sad at first because I had missed his first roll, I am with him all the time, how in the world did I manage to miss it! It was that stupid cookie that I decided I had to have! I managed to get over that and just enjoy him and he rewarded us with a few more rolls that night. He rarely chooses to roll anymore but that is just fine with me, that gives me more time before he starts moving around the room getting into things!

I feel so blessed to be able to stay home with him each day. It is like a dream come true to be home raising my family! It is an amazing experience to watch him learn and grow knowing that Scott and I made him. He is absolutely perfect in every way and we look forward to all the adventures we have to come in our life.