Johnson Doodles: Grady: 4 months (a little late)

G-Money brought in his four month celebration with a bang! He contracted Croup and spent the afternoon of his actual 4 month birthday at the Dr.'s office. The poor kid picked up a little cough on our last day in Maui and eventually turned into a hot mess shortly after we arrived home. I spent my last week at home cuddling with him during the day and even spent a few nights cuddling with him as well (like holding him all night, awesome stuff). Gone were the peaceful nights of 12 hours of sleep. It was so sad seeing him sick. It was also a little rough timing with me going back to work. Two weeks later, I can say that although he is not at 100%, Grady is feeling much better. Other than the little sick detour, Grady has been so much fun these past few weeks. He is definitely moving past the "just lay there like a loaf of bread" baby stage and we are loving it.

Our wonderful nanny and some extra help from my mom made my transition back to work this week a good one. We are feeling so lucky to have found such a loving person for Grady to spend his days with. It made going back to work so much easier.

Grady 4 month tid bits:

His official weight was 13 pounds 10 ounces at 4 months. Sadly we only knew this because we took him in to the Dr. because he started to refuse to eat when he was really down and out with Croup.
He is a babbling machine! I was a little worried because he wasn't much of a talker before, but now you cannot stop the weird and hilarious sounds coming out of this kid's mouth.
He learned to roll over from tummy to back. It is so fun to watch him do it.
Rolling from back to tummy is not far behind because he can already make it to his side.
Tummy time is no longer a huge battle. He finally likes, or at least tolerates, it.
Peek-a-Boo is a house favorite. Grady thinks it is hilarious.
He likes toys and can pick them up and pass them back and forth from hand to hand.
He found his toes. He reaches for his little feet when he gets his diaper changed now. (He also reaches for his manhood, why oh why are all boys alike?!)
He is fascinated with Christmas lights and our stockings.
The drool officially arrived this month. Everyone thinks he is teething due to the sheer volume of drool.
He is officially in the "I want to put that in my mouth stage" with everything he can get his hands on and if you get a hand near him he will pull your fingers in and leave you covered in his drool.
He has learned to whine. We don't know if this is a good thing, but I guess it is an improvement over crying when he is unhappy.
He loves to stand holding on the back of the couch to look at the tree or whatever is going on in the kitchen.
He is in 6 month clothes and outgrowing things before I even know he is big enough to get in them!