Scott & Trisha: 4 Month Update

At 4 months, here is the skinny on Maddox:

-He weighs 13 pounds, 8 ounces (10th percentile) and is 25 1/2 inches long (50th percentile)

-His hair is over 3 inches long

-Maddox laughs a ton and has a cute, flirtatious smile

-He especially loves his dad and can't look away from Scott when he gets home from work

-Maddox kicks his legs and flaps his arms when he gets really excited

-He loves bath time and is really good at kicking and getting mom wet

-He gets excited to take his vitamins

-He likes watching mom wheel Great Grandpa Layton's toy tractor around on the floor and he tries to push it around himself

-Maddox likes to sit at the table with mom and dad during dinner; normally he is in the Bumbo, but if we are holding him, he'll try to grab our glass when we take a drink

-He likes looking at the computer, TV, iPhone.... basically anything with a screen and color

-He is very ticklish on his back/sides

-He can stick his pacifier in his mouth AND let go (that was the tricky part for a while)

-He is a master at sitting in his Bumbo now

-Maddox can roll from his tummy to his back and is so close to rolling from his back to his tummy, he just needs to swing those legs over

-He is almost able to sit up on his own

-He is finding his legs and feet a lot more

-He puts EVERYTHING in his mouth

-Maddox helps turn the page when we read

-Maddox is rocking cloth diapers

-He currently spends 3 days a week with Mai while mom and dad are at work; she is wonderful with him and he is always happy at the end of the day when we get home

-He sleeps a lot better than a month ago; currently, he'll take 2 good 1 1/2 hour naps during the day and at night he's going down between 8:30 and 9:30, waking up 2 times on a good night, and sleeps for about a 3 hour stretch at a time... we are constantly working to improve his sleeping habits:)

-He is liking tummy time a lot more and will rest his head when he needs a break instead of immediately crying

-He had his first tears a couple weeks ago...sad:(

-Maddox has this cute little cry/shrill that Scott has dubbed "the dinosaur cry" (he compares it to a baby velociraptor or pterodactyl)

-He went to his first motorcycle show last weekend

-He went on his first hike two weekends ago

-Maddox went on his first road trip (to Connell at 3 months) for Christmas; while we were there, he also cheered at his first basketball game