How's my buddy? That is what mommy and daddy say to you all the time. You are now 4 months old. We can almost cry every day from pure happiness and the absolute joy you bring to our lives. I can honestly say this is the happiest time in my whole life. Just when I thought it couldn't get better than college life, this whole mommy thing really takes the cake. You have a few new nicknames - we call you bull shark and we also call you buddy. You are probably wondering why in the world would we call you bull shark? Well, it goes back to when mommy and daddy went to Positano, Italy. We did a lot of swimming in Positano - off the shore of our hotel and in some awesome grottos when we took a chartered boat to Capri. Mommy is always thinking sharks will bite her legs off. I know - mommy is ridicilious. So, when we returned home we called ourselves the sharks because we felt like we were one with the sea in Italy. Then, we said - what kind of sharks are we? We analyzed all the sharks in the sea and we finally came to the conclusion that we would be bull sharks. So, when we had you we said "It's our baby bull shark!" and it has stuck every since. It was really appropriate when you were 3-7 weeks old and you would cry a lot from your reflux pain. Now you are the happiest baby on the block, so your Aunt Caren says that you are not a shark because you are too loving. You are a manatee. However, I told her that you will always be our baby shark.
You are in size 3 diapers because you now weigh 15 lbs 15 oz and you are actually teething! I thought it would be too early to be teething, but you are not that far away from the average of 6 months. This past Sunday you had a rough day - you were chomping on your fingers, not wanting your bottle, and crying. It was so sad to see you in pain because normally you never cry. Mommy went and bought you the vibrating star teether which massages the gums.
You are almost sitting up! I can't believe it! You can actually sit up for 20 seconds or so before you tip to the side. I almost think you might skip the whole rolling over part. You are starting to show signs of trying to roll over, but at this rate I think you might go right to sitting up.
Your personality is starting to emerge. You are really laid back and you are very smart. You have already figured out the tricks to give yourself a break when we are doing your sitting up exercises. You are still loving your stuffed animals and I can tell you are starting to favor Micky. You love structure but you are also good with going off your schedule as well. You and Daddy took your first trip to Lowes. Daddy loved being with his boy.
We love you so much buddy.
Love,
Mommy and Daddy
