Almost 4 months old!

Just a bit of commentary to go along with the pictures Mike posted below...

Walt will be four months old on Friday...I can't believe it! He is growing and changing so fast...every morning when I get him up I hardly recognize him! It is still looking like he's going to be a redhead, and his eyes are still as blue as can be...ours are brown, so they must be a gift from his grandma and Aunt Lisa!

I went back to work a couple of weeks ago (four days a week) and it has been great--is it okay to say that? It is just lovely to be around adults and have some control over my day, and it's relatively quiet. And I am just so excited to spend time with him on Fridays and weekends. Mornings and evenings are fun, too. Our nanny-share is working out great...Walt and Hannah (the other baby) just love Heather-the-nanny (not to be confused with our friend, Heather)and so do we...we really lucked out. And it is just so cool to see the two babies together...not exactly playing together but they do bump into each other occasionally in their rolls on the floor, which at this age is about as much interaction as we can hope for.

Walt has been rolling all over the place, once he mastered front-to-back and back-to-front there was no stopping him. He is such a good baby...smiley and happy most of the time and so very active. He goes for his four-month check up next week--can't wait to see how much he weighs, he's such a little peanut. He is also starting to get really excited about toys...he seems to be tired of his baby gym, but loves the ball pictured below, his stuffed strawberry and just about anything he can grab onto (especially burp cloths, my hair and Mike's nose). He's been sleeping through the night like a champ since he was about six weeks old, but for the past month or so he's been reliably sleeping a good 10 hours or so, which is great.

Not that parenting hasn't been great so far, but it is really starting to get fun. Past his finicky newborn phase, Walt is so much fun to be with now...and I feel like the three of us have got a good routine going.

Congratulations to our friends Darcy and Anna who both had babies this past week! We can't wait to meet Luke and George!