Isaac is 4 months old now! He is about 14 pounds and has the cutest chunky rolls forming around his thighs and arms. He has graced me with 2 full nights of sleep (from 7pm to 7am), both of which I wasn't able to enjoy because Calvin got sick and took Isaac's place in nighttime awakenings :( Now Isaac is also sick and not sleeping through the night. poor guy! He's had a fever the past 3 days and pink eye in both eyes, cough and cold and lost his voice. Just when I got all the humidifiers cleaned up and put away for the winter, I have to drag it all back out again. Ugh.
Other than that, he's a happy guy. He's pretty smiley and laughs frequently. He loves being held and talked to and is really social when he's awake. In fact, when he first wakes up from his naps, he's so happy it impedes his nursing because all he wants to do is look and me and smile and coo. I love those moments. I think he might be an early talker because he tries so hard to make sounds come out of his mouth, moving his lips and making bubbles. Sometimes he'll fix eye contact and try so hard to "say" something I swear he's trying to communicate to me. He demands attention and doesn't like to be left alone for long. He's also very spitty! I can't get through a day with a clean shirt, but that's par for the course for our kids. I'm looking forward to being done with that phase :)
His eyes are still blue, but I just saw the faintest speck of brown the other day! I'm hoping his eyes stay this color. 1 out of 5 could end up with my blue eyes! I'm crossing my fingers!!
He is the center of sibling rivalries these days. Everyone wants to hold him, or play with him, or make him smile...all at the same time (which translates into fights between the older kids and a crying baby).
Zoey looks like she is about to drop Isaac, but she's actually quite motherly with him. She always wants to help change a diaper, get him dressed, wrap him in a blanket or find a binky. She's the first to be willing to hold him so I can cook dinner. She loves her little brother! Sometimes she sneaks him into her room and plays "baby" with him. I guess having a real baby to play with beats having baby dolls, although she likes those too!
P.S. I love my tulips! I'm going to plant more next year...
Isaac's cousin, Everette Gray was blessed at our home on Saturday afternoon. The Gray's stayed with us that weekend and we wnjoyed their company.
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