Dear Oliver,
You keep growing and changing before our very eyes! At almost 4.5 months, you are 13 lbs and almost 26 inches long: right in the 25th and 50th percentiles, respectively. Perfect! I love this picture of you because you're sucking on your lower lip: something you do often and it makes you look pensive or deep in thought or maybe like you're about to announce something profound to all of us. I want your weekly pictures to reflect who you are in this moment and this one does that perfectly.
Lately, you are incredibly interested in the world around you. You crane your neck and arch your back to look around when Mommy tries to feed you and love being wrapped up and worn so that you can observe everything while we walk or work around the house. You love chewing on pretty much anything and toys that make that crinkly cellophane sound remain your favorite. Oh, it's so much fun to tell you about your world and see you touching things to explore!
So many nights when I'm rocking or nursing you to sleep, I just stare at your sweet face and cannot believe that you are mine. How in the world did I happen to be so blessed to be your Mama? When we go out to the office or on errands, I beam with pride as people wave goodbye to you because I get to be the lucky winner taking you home. I pinch myself daily with my beautiful prize of a son and couldn't imagine anyone more beautiful if I tried. Your tiny fingers and pudgy wrists wrap around my index finger or reach for my chest just to make sure I'm still by your side as you fall asleep: it absolutely melts me every time. Your eyelashes have darkened a bit and frame those wide blue eyes that just slay Daddy and me. First thing in the morning especially, you smile and coo and babble like crazy to both of us--you have singlehandedly transformed this household into one that loves the mornings!
We love you more and more--I never thought it possible!
Love, Mommy
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