Rocket Is Four Months Old

We can't quite believe it, but Rocket is now over 4 months old. Milestones hit during that fourth month:

• Head control. You don't have to support his head when you hold him anymore.
  
• Kung-fu action grip. He has much better control of his arms now, and will grab things and hold them - though it is clear that he has to concentrate.
  
• Talking. No, we're not talking about actual words here, but the sounds he makes have become more complex, including...
  
• Giggling. It's awesome! His laughs make you want to laugh, which of course makes him laugh more.

He still sleeps through the night (9pm-5am or so), thank goodness. And we're continuing to swaddle him when he sleeps, although he manages to get one or more arms out by morning at least half of the time.

When his pseudo big brother Zak found out that it was Anders's 4 month birthday, he just had to make sure that he got a balloon to celebrate! I'm sure you'll be seeing some photos of Zak here eventually, along with a litany of hilariously cute quotes from him as well.

Both Corinne and I even stopped by daycare at lunchtime to take photos with Anders in the natural daylight, but of course that was the one day that he decided to nap through lunch. By that night he was exhausted.

- Mike, Corinne, and Anders Rocket