My cool brother

I'm so excited about this - my brother Connor (see Chunkin's Blog) is starting to sit independently! So I can learn how to do it by watching him. Everyone's very excited at home about it. I'm also flipping over onto my tummy all the time now. It won't be long before I am crawling...

This photo was last week. Mommy had put me in my crib to play at oh-dark-hundred and when she came back to get me, I had wrestled the bear into submission, flipped over onto my stomach, and fallen asleep on him. Ha - vanquished bear!

Back to back...belly to belly!

Well, recently I was baptized, which has prompted Granny to call me "The Sanctified Dumpling". But even more recently, I decided to stop looking UP at the world all the time, and to start looking AT. Therefore, I proudly announce that I am rolling onto my tummy from my back all the time now! YAY ME!

Here's a picture of me (on said tummy) and my brother Connor. We are getting awfully good at posing together.

Sitting and Thumbsucking and Foot-grabbing, oh my!

Smiling

I can't believe Mommy never posted a smiley photo of me. Here's one. She's such a slacker...

So many new things!

It's been a while but here is a not-even-remotely complete list of all the new things I can do!

1. Last night I sat in what's called Prop Sitting position ALL BY MYSELF for almost 30 seconds! Ms. Megan, Connor's therapist says that should be happening at 6 months but I am only 4.5 months. Check me out. Mommy is going to take a picture tonight, and will post it as soon as she can.

2. I grab my feet! All the time - good thing I can't tickle myself.

3. I will push and pull at items to make the lights go or music play, depending on what toys I am playing with!

4. I have laughed some, although I'm not too much of a laugher yet. I have been very serious since I was born, so it doesn't surprise me.

5. I will roll from side to side on my back, especially when Mommy or Daddy is showing me something that I want to keep seeing!

6. When my Polar Bear is put on my chest, I will wrestle him into submission. Who says Polar Bears are intimidating?

7. And possibly the weirdest thing - when I am crying and Mommy can't pick me up, the one thing that consistently soothes me is Stephen Colbert. Seriously.

I am learning to chew!

So it's become much easier for me to be caught smiling by the camera, but I'm also gnawing all the time on the little toys Mommy or Daddy gives me to play with. Here's an example...

I've also turned into quite the little thumbsucker, too, but no pictures of that yet...

Mommy has ABANDONED me!

Can you believe the nerve of some people? My mommy went back to work and now I can't play with her every day. And just when I was getting really fun to play with. Right now, for example, I am playing in the new gym mat Granny Kate and Pop-pop got for Connor and me, and for the first time I am hitting the button that makes the bird sing over and over. On purpose and everything! It's cool.

I had a good holiday, and I hope you guys did, too. I am getting really big - over 13 pounds already, and I'm only 15 weeks old! I'll sleep, most nights, for about 7 hours, too. Mommy's a big fan of that!

Okay, time to eat, again... Here's a picture from Christmas. My hair is pretty short here, but it seems to be growing out now...