Four months

So Charlie is four months old on Saturday, my how the time flies. Few thoughts on recent mannerisms below.

• He is starting to slowly ween himself off of the pacifier. Once he realized how delicious his own hands (and everything else in the world around him )are he has seemed much less interested in the pacifier. His main comfort mechanism seems to be his index and middle finger on his left hand. Very odd in that both Amy and I did the same thing when we were young too!



• About a month ago, Charlie started finding his feet. Pretty funny in that he usually starts talking to his feet as soon as he puts his hands on them, sort of like a baby version of "this little piggy." No feet in the mouth yet, but no doubt that is sure to come.



• He continues to love his man-chair and spends hours kicking away in it. For those of you that have had the pleasure to see Charlie working out in his chair, you are aware of the little man's stamina and determination. Will be interesting to see if he ends up being a runner or cyclist. He has started standing for very brief points in time, but not for extended periods. Charlie likes to stand for a couple seconds then pull one foot out and do his stork imitation. Standing will come very quickly I have a feeling.



• The most recent habits are related to his voice. Charlie has done a great job of cooing/talking to us most mornings, but has recently started to add in a nice high pitched scream to his repertoire. This, of course, was displayed prominently when we were at Jason's Deli two nights ago and the ladies around us were wondering if Charlie was crying, screaming in pain, or screaming out of joy. I have a feeling the screaming will come in handy when we want to budge in line or have some room to ourselves in Chipotle.



• Charlie continues to sleep like an absolute champion. We are very lucky in that he typically is sleeping by 9pm and doesn't wake up until 6 in the morning. See a picture above for him in the Tigger PJ's. The other one is wearing Mom's Fat Tire hat, pretty cute.

All for now, Charlie continues to be a happy and healthy baby. We are very blessed to have him in our lives.