Texas Gailey's: Karson is 4 months!

Wow! I just cannot believe another month has gone by...summer is definitely going too fast! Well, as you can see from the pic above Karson is growing like a weed! It seems like he was a tiny little baby for only a month. He is now 16 1/2 lbs and 26 in. That's almost 4 lbs and 2 1/2 inches in 2 months! I am not used to having such a big baby, but I love it:)

Karson is such a happy baby:) He smiles all the time now and is starting to laugh, too! Of course Kassidy always gets him to laugh by doing the silliest things. Aunt Kelly also can get him to laugh every time when she tickles him!

In the next few weeks we're to start rice cereal and once he does well with that move on to veggies and fruits. I'm SO excited to see how he likes different foods! I'm not looking forward to the mess that I'm sure he'll make but that goes with the territory.

Right now Karson wakes up around 7 and 'talks' in his crib until 7:30-7:45. He's a loud talker, too! I love listening to his many sounds...he likes to get his arm over his mouth and hear the different noises, too. He usually has an 8 oz bottle at 8, naps from 9:30-11:30, 6-7 oz bottle at 12, naps from 2-3:30, 6-7 oz bottle at 4-4:30, sometimes catnaps from 5:30-6:30 (and is MUCH happier if he does!), 7-8 oz bottle at 8:15-8:30, then to bed by 9. He loves to fall asleep during this last bottle which I love because I get to cuddle him on my chest:) But I think maybe he should get his bottle a little sooner and then go to sleep on his own in his crib. We'll see! He does a pretty good job falling asleep on his own during the day.

We all just love hugging and squeezing Karson, probably because there's so much to squeeze:) Big sis still likes to help out by feeding him, although she has figured out how to get him from laying on her lap to laying on her chest to burp him, much to my suprise. We have to watch her because sometimes she doesn't get his legs in a comfy position and he fusses. She definitely thinks she knows all there is to know about caring for a baby and what makes him happy...such a big helper!

Kaleb loves calling Karson his baby brother but is still working on being gentle. Karson has endured many limb-pullings and head butts!

Karson really has been a good baby. He is usually a very happy little guy, hardly fusses/cries. He is more consistent with his naps and falling asleep on his own. He is doing much better at tummy time...yea!

One of Karson's new toys is the bumbo. It has really helped with his head control and even some upper trunk control. He will sit in the bumbo while we eat our meals or to watch a movie (he loves Baby Einstein videos). Karson has become very good at grabbing and holding things in his hands and bringing them close to his mouth. He is very strong! A few times he's even managed to get a good hold on Kassidy's hair!

Karson's other new toy is the exersaucer. He does like it, but only lasts a little while. He's getting stronger sitting in it. When we first started putting him in it we had to put a blanket behind him and in front if him. Now we just use one in front of him. He's even started reaching and grabbing these toys, too!