Parker 4 months

Time just keeps passing... Parker is already 4 months old and yet it seems like just yesterday we were bringing him home from the hospital!  Parker is such a joyful baby who constantly smiles and coos at the sight of any attention he gets.  He is a very vocal baby, squealing, cooing and gurgling! His favorite thing to do right now is watch his older brother, Mack.  If Mack is in the room, Parker wants to watch what he's doing.  Mack does so well with him and loves to be his little brother's helper.

At 4 months Parker is now capable of rolling over from his tummy to his back but tends to get stuck on his back (he's working on it).  He loves playing on a mat with things dangling above him, now that he can reach them.  Being very fond of his tummy we find that we have to make sure and give Parker time on his back where usually with babies it's the other way around.  Parker does very well holding himself up on his forearms and being on his tummy.  He can also pull himself to a sitting or standing position when we hold his hands and slightly pull.  Parker is also beginning to sit up with the support of a bumbo seat.

Since Parker was about 10 weeks old he started sleeping 10-12 hours through the night and has kept it up.  His normal schedule looks like this: Bottle at 8:30 am, 10:30 am, naps for an hour, eats at 12:30 pm, naps from 1:00-5:00 pm, eats at 5:00 and 7:00 pm, naps for an hour and then has his last bottle about 9:00 pm and goes to bed for the night.  He is very routine and stays happy if he keeps to his schedule (and everyone else in the house stays happy too).

This month Parker got to meet several of Micah's family members: from his mom's side he met Great Aunts Janice, Dob, Pat, Donna, Reba and Uncle David. From his dad's side he got to meet Great Grandmother, Great Aunt Jan and a 2nd cousin.  We also took our first family of 4 vacation to Dallas. Did great traveling and being in a new place, kept to his schedule as well.

Great Uncle David and Aunt Reba

Great Grandmother

Great Aunt Dob

4 months old: weight - 13 lb 14 oz (25%), 25 inches long (50%)