The Bakers Babblings: Week 18

Mason turned 4 months old this week. I can not believe it's already been 4 months! It doesn't seem that long at all! He is learning so many new things...some I like...some not so much! For example... I love it when he laughs at himself in the mirror or gets really shy around strangers, but flirts to make sure that they are looking at him. And I love it when he pulls the blanket around his face to show me that he wants to play peek-a-boo and lights up when I say I've found him. However, I am not so excited that he has learned to take the pacifier out of his mouth, but can not put it back in and cries when its gone. I could also do without him learning how to spit/squirt things out of his mouth and the new way he likes to "talk" in a high pitch screeching way. Ha ha! Everyday it seems like he picks up something new and its just begun! So, I noticed last week that Dakota has gotten fat. Like really fat! So this week Josh and I took him to the park by our house to run it out a little. I think he only lasted about 15 minutes before he was beyond tired! It was so good for him. We took Chewy too and I honestly think that she had forgotten how to run! At first she just sat in the grass and then laid down. Then I started chasing her and let her chase me and she just took off! She was having so much fun. It was like she had just forgot how much fun it was to run and chase things! It was so funny to watch her. I'm going to try and take them every week. Mason went to the Dr. on Friday for his 4 month shots. He weighed 15.1 lbs and was 25 inches. (50 percentile in both). She said that he looked great and was right on schedule for everything. He even pushed up on all fours for her. The shots went well. He cried when he got them, but was calm as soon as we held him. Then on Saturday it rained all day! It rained so much that we got trapped in the neighborhood by flash flooding. We tried to go out and saw so many cars stalled and no one could get over the bridge to get out. So needless to say, we stayed home most of the weekend and just hung out. By 7:00 pm the sun was out and the flooding gone. I guess there is just so much concrete here that there is no where for the water to go!