Sawyer Four Months

Weight: 14 lbs 5 oz (38th percentile)

Height: 26 1/2 in (93rd percentile)

Head Circumference: 16 1/2 in (41st percentile)

During his fourth month Sawyer:

• Had a major growth spurt as far as height...he jumped from the 26th percentile to the 93rd. And so, his 3-6 month clothes will not be worn anywhere near into his 6th month.

6 mo jammies

• Started sucking on his fingers 24/7

• Started pushing up on his feet and arching his back when he's playing...and when he's mad. He'll do it in this bouncer if we don't strap him into it. He'll push off his feet and arch his little bum up, like a backwards inch worm, until his feet dangle off the edge. Once he's got his feet nice and dangly, he'll chill like he's in the best La-Z-y Boy in the world.

• Got a lot better at holding his head up but is still kind of bobbly. He's made progress from the first of the month. We maybe had to hold his head when he was in the Bumbo for a little while.

• Has turned into a little babbler and talks all the time. He of course stopped doing so in the video but I'm going to include it for myself...for later when he's running around and I want to reminisce his baby-ness. (Really...I'm sure it's not interesting to anyone but me).

• Finally got some outside time not all bundled up.

• Really bloomed as a smiler. He's been smiling for awhile now but, lately, if someone talks to him, he's sold. It doesn't matter who it is, he'll give you a big gummy grin that will melt your heart.

• Began noticing when we leave the room and doesn't like it one bit.

• Got to go on the field trip to Zion with mom, dad, and the students

Side story: Monday morning Dillon and I were getting ready to head to the school for the field trip to Zion that I was in charge of. We loaded up our car with everything we needed and then got in...and the car wouldn't detect our key. We have a keyless start car and if it won't detect the key, it won't do anything. The car kept powering itself down. So Dillon and I decided to hop out for a second and try starting the car from the outside (which we can do with our key). It didn't work...and then we found out that the car had locked with Sawyer inside. So then Sawyer starts screaming (because he was hungry, not because he had a clue that that the car had locked him inside) and we're trying to figure out how to get in. So then I'm crying while I watch Sawyer cry (because these mom emotions guys). Then I'm thinking we're going to have to break our window. I call my mom and tell her what happened, blubbering all the while, and told her I didn't know what to do. She said to call the police because they can get into our car (something I probably should have known but my life experience didn't lend such knowledge). I call dispatch and ask them to come. And then Dillon remembers that there is another way into our car and gets it unlocked. So I call dispatch back and tell them not to come. I'm sure they thought I was crazy. We got Sawyer out and fed him while I calmed my nerves. My mom came by and graciously let us borrow one of their vehicles so we could make it to the school and the field trip. We called the dealership and had our car taken care of while we were gone. And now, everything is fine but that was not an awesome start to what was guaranteed to already be a stressful day (because the people who run Zion are incredibly ornery and crazy and tree-huggerish...but that's another post for another time).

Happy four months to Sawyer. We love you little boy!