4 months old!

Eli is 4 months old today (10-12-09). I really wish I could say that I have documented every little milestone like a good mommy should, but I haven't. I enjoy (nearly--except when he is really cranky and I am really sleep deprived) every minute I spend with the little man, but I am horrible at writing things down and I have even been pretty bad about taking pictures the past few weeks. Ugh, I know I will regret it, so here I vow to do better :) The past month has been a lot of fun. Eli smiles tons... usually a shy, coy little smile where he tucks his chin down to his chest while the little grin just creeps out, then it develops into a whole face consuming smile where even his ears come up just a little (just like his daddy). This is fun because even when I am behind him, as in holding him to face his daddy or grandma or a stranger, I can still tell when he smiles just by the little movement of his cute little ears---it is a lot easier to see this because he STILL doesn't have a hair on his head. And yes, we have purchased a nice warm hat for him for the winter. We got to use it this weekend when we traveled to Hillsboro to visit with Froese/Loewen family. It just happened to be FREEEEEEZING (not technically), 33 degrees saturday morning when we left the house to watch a soccer game (we watched from the car) but we did walk around Tabor campus a little so we were all bundled up. picture to come...

Let's see, Eli is rolling from back to belly fairly consistently. He started rolling from his belly to his back about 3 weeks ago, but then apparently forgot how to do that and started going back to belly. He gets mad now once he ends up on his belly because he has "forgotten" how to roll back onto his back. (confused?) He is getting pretty good with his head control and loves for us to hold him up so he can stand. He laughs when we talk in the silly baby voice or when we tickle him. His most recent acheivement is finding his hands. He plays with them constantly and has started putting them in his mouth (awesome! during flu season) so anything that happens to be near his hands ends up in his mouth as well (blankets, pacifier clip, etc.) He coos and "talks" and has started to splash in the tub. He is just so much fun lately and I am so in love.