Four months old...

Dear Benjamin,

You are FOUR months old.  I can hardly believe it.  Time is flying by too quickly.  

You've had a fun month.  You had your first trip to the beach, your first Easter, and many other adventures.  This month you started laughing,  rolling over both ways, and you are sleeping through the night...okay that last one is not true at all...but really wishful thinking.  We've gotta work on that sleep thing...I'm pretty sure if you had a motto it would be, "sleep is for suckers." Good thing you're so sweet!

You are a HAPPY baby.  You hardly ever fuss, and you go with the flow.  You love your play gym and bouncy seat, and you are grabbing and kicking at the toys, which is adorable.  You've decided you are done being swaddled, which breaks my heart a little.  But, I have to admit it was becoming a challenge...like trying to swaddle a octopus...arms and legs flying all over the place.  

As your mommy, I love getting to know all the little things about you...like how when you're tired, I put you on my shoulder you'll fall right to sleep. Or how if you get really wiggly when you're nursing, that means you have a big burp.  Or, how you cry in the car if the kids aren't there to entertain you.  And,  you have a cute fat roll on the back of your neck, and you've got ticklish chunky thighs.  I love how you wake up happy in the morning and give a big stretch and smile to greet the day.  I love you in blue because it makes your eyes the color of blueberries.  I could go on and on and on....

Just yesterday I was thinking about how last May I had no idea what God had planned for our family.  And here we are, a year later, incredibly blessed by the gift he has given us in you.  I am over-joyed to be your mom.

I love you more than you can ever imagine!

mommy