Giggles

Today Jack is 4 months old! I can't believe how fast time has gone by. Over the past few weeks he has just gotten more and more interactive. He loves to play with his hands and is exploring his feet too. He puts EVERYTHING in his mouth and has started drooling like crazy. We started putting a bib on him today because his shirts have just gotten too wet during the day from the drool. When we put him down to play under his jungle gym he is grabbing and pulling at the toys with purpose. It is truly amazing to see how much he changes everyday! He rolls all the time from his belly to his back and has almost flipped the other way too. If we have him on his back under the jungle gym and he wiggles away from some of the toys, he will try reaching for the ones farther away and in doing so he is all twisted and almost able to turn from his back over to his belly.

We recently found some "tickle spots" on his chest, collar bone and little chubby thighs. It is so funny to hear him start laughing and giggling. Some times he gets going and it is as if it is coming all the way from his toes. Tom and I just have to laugh too. There is nothing cuter than a baby belly laugh! :) When we change his diaper he enjoys having Baa Baa Black Sheep, Twinkle Twinkle Little Star and The Itsy Bitsy Spider sang to him. I don't know why....but he loves my singing! Probably one of the only people that does and doesn't make any comments about my being off key and tone deaf! :)

Yesterday Jack and I took a walk at a park near our house. It is a place that I spent a lot of time when I was pregnant. There is a great walking path with 3 different loops of different lengths. We walked in the sunshine for an hour and could have gone longer but we both were getting hungry :)! I am looking forward to many more walks there this spring and summer.

Jack spent St. Patrick's Day with Grammy while I was at work. He was dressed in a special St. Patty's Day outfit all day....complete with a shamrock on the butt! The next day Grammy K and Uncle Brendan left to meet Uncle Chris in Ireland. While Grammy K was in Ireland Gramma Mary came out to play with Jack ALL DAY so I could go to work. He was a very good boy (of course!) and they had a lot of fun together! Again, we are so lucky to have such a great and supportive family. I love that Jack gets to spend so much time with them and they all love him SOOO SOOOO much!

Next week we go back to the doctor's. I can't wait to see how much Jack weighs, I am dreading the shots and I am excited that we might get to start rice cereal!