Month Four - October

Whew!  October was long. Matt's travel kicked into high gear and he was gone about half the month - at one point for 10 days at a time.  In general, Ben is a happy, sweet baby, but sleep has not been a good skill of his yet so I was one tired mama when Matt got home.  Despite this, we survived and celebrated our first Halloween with Ben. Excuse me, Lifeguard Ben.

Ben discovered his fists in October and thought they were his best asset.  Literally could spend forever studying them.  Ben loves to study things and he's very aware of his environment.  At his four month appointment Ben was 24 inches long and 14 pounds.  Still in the 8th percentile for height and weight, but for head circumference, Ben knocked it out of the park with being in the 95th percentile.  It's that big brain in that noggin'.

Since it started cooling down, we would spend a lot of the day playing outside on a blanket and watching the dogs in the backyard.  He just loved it and became his happy place!  Anytime he'd get fussy, we'd go outside and he's immediately love looking around.  And, he still loves his balloons!

Ben also started giggling and rolling onto his side during October.  He's setting the foundation for big things to come!  Ben also started attending nursery at church and he absolutely loves it.  The ladies always give him tons of snuggles and he made lots of baby friends.  We're so glad he takes so well to going to nursery so that we can actually pay attention and participate in church and Sunday School!