Four months. You are four months old today. I cannot even begin to wrap my head around the fact that you are growing so very fast. Each and every day holds a new memory and something just a little bit different than the day before. Every morning you look just a little bit different and to be completely honest, sometimes it make me sad. Because we will never have yesterday's you again. But then I get excited for the things to come and how many new adventures that our life with you will hold. I have a feeling if we are enjoying the now, we will really enjoy the tomorrows we will have with you.
This month has held so many milestones for you little man. It seems as though you make a new discovery ever single day. You are still rubbing your eyes when you are tired. But more than last month. Now it is a clear sign that its time for a nap. You also started cutting teeth this month. Which resulted in non stop chewing of the fingers and a never ending amount of drool. Thats been fun. And of course, in true Malachi style, you are getting your two front teeth first, even though most babies start on the bottom. They are almost all the way through the gums as of today so we should have some teethers within a week or two. You will be the cutest little beaver in town. I will surely miss that gummy little smile though. Its the smile that stole my heart. I dont know that anything will ever top that. But I bet I will say the same thing about your little tooth filled smile. I just havent seen it yet :)
You also started rolling this month!!! It has been a big deal. You would think we were cheering on an Olympic team or something every time you roll and we are looking. But you have a tendency to roll over every time you are playing on your blanket and I am making dinner or doing the dishes or something and all of sudden we hear your tummy time grunts and you are facing a different direction completely and are on your belly. You roll from back to belly most of the time but you have made it from your belly to your back a few times too. Either way, we are so impressed with you little guy.
You have become to interactive this month. You laugh like crazy and at just about anything. You love playing peekaboo and you also love to dance or to watch us dance around and make complete fools of ourselves. You love to talk too. You will have conversations with us and will just babble away at just about anything. You love talking to your friends too. You use your hands to express yourself and you love trees. Like love love them. You will sit and stare out the window forever if we let you and you love to go outside and look at them. You have outgrown your kick and play mat which made us sad, but you can hold up your own head now so you are loving your exersaucer. You spin yourself all the way around and play with each toy as you go. You have this sense of wonder in your eyes all the time. Everything is an exploration with you. And we love to watch you learn and grow. Seeing the world through your eyes is truly a magical experience.
Your favorite toys this month have definitely still been Pluto and Duffy, but we added an exciting brightly colored ball to the mix as well as your teething monkey cocoa. We just love watching you play. You hold your head up like a champ so the bumbo has been a fun addition to our day too. You love being independent. So being able to sit up on your own has been great for you.
We also started feeding you cereal this month! You stopped sleeping through the night quite as well as you had been and so we started giving you some little man oatmeal and you love it! You eat it off the spoon like a champ and usually do some yelling for more :) We go for your 4 month well visit on tuesday night and we will get a schedule of introducing some more awesome foods to you. We really cant wait for that :)
You also had your first 4th of July yesterday. You loved all of it. We had you dressed so very cute for your first parade, complete with a baseball hat and everything. You looked so stinking cute. You sat through the parade like a champ and you spent the day playing and laughing with all of us. You even loved the fireworks that night! We sat in the hatch of our car so that the noise wasnt as loud for you, but you watched all the colors and that noise didnt scare you at all. You really are the best baby around.
You bring more joy to our lives then we ever thought possible. Each and every day is a new adventure and we love to watch you grow and change with every single day that passes. You are so full of greatness and your eyes hold so much wonder. Every time you look at me or you snuggle in to my chest and love me the way that no one else could, something inside me comes alive. I have found my purpose in having you Malachi. You have given my life, and your dad's life this whole new meaning and without you we wouldnt know what life was for us anymore. You have given us such a precious gift in just being you. Never ever change.
You are our whole world. And we love you so very much. We want so much for you. Never forget that.
All my love,
Your mama
