4 and a half months

My goodness. Where did the time go? Alexander is almost 4 and a half months old and I haven't updated this blog in 2 months. Sorry for all keeping up with us through this blog. I will try my best to update, but can't guarantee anything.

So, let's see what is there to share? There is so much, but I will choose a select few to share with everyone:

• At his 4 month check-up, Alexander weighed in at 13 pounds, 10 ounces, and 23.5 inches. He is still considered to be in the 25th percentile for his age (unadjusted age)
• He started eating solid baby food this past Monday (the 19th). His first food was pears. He loved them and hardly made a mess during his feeding
• On Wednesday (the 21st), he rolled over from his belly to his back 4 times with a little assitance from his stuffed toy elephant under his arms
• He is "talking" more and more with us. His smiles are truly genuine and I love listening to his laugh
• He attended his first wedding and was a great baby during the entire event. He also did great during his first night in a hotel room because of the wedding.
• We got his first professional portraits taken. They must have seen "sucker" written across my forehead because I ordered way more pictures than what was really needed.
• He is now sleeping in his own crib and has been for the last month. For the most part he is sleeping "through the night", but we still have a few select nights when he needs company during the night.
  

There are so many other things, but I would be here forever listing every little accomplishment this kiddo has done. His doctor told Robert at his last appointment that rolling over is a 5 month milestone and not to worry if Alexander does not do that by 5 months because he is 2 months premature and he might take longer than "normal" babies. I guess Alexander wanted to prove her wrong because within a week, he was rolling over. Alexander seems to prove doctors wrong. Its like when he was in the NICU, his doctor would say that he needed to reach a certain milestone before moving on to the next step in his treatment and that it might take a few days. Well Alexander did not like that and proceeded to reach each milestone that his doctor wanted him to reach within a day or two. He just had to prove them wrong.

Overall, he is a great baby and does not cry very much. Most of the time he is just a happy go lucky kind of kid. Next month we will be traveling to California for Thanksgiving and I just hope and pray that he will be a great baby on the plane ride. Wish us luck. I will update with more pictures when I get a chance.