Growing Boy

Despite the fact Wesley is nearly four months old, we have finally reached the blissful 3-month mark that every parent loves..... you know, the newborn phase where they finally stop crying all the time and start to sleep a bit more and are finally aware that there is a world around them.   Wesley still typically gets up once each night (usually around 3:30-4:30am) but every now and then he'll sleep all through the night for anywhere from a day up to a week, which is wonderful.   Yes, he still gets fussy (particularly in his car seat, which he detests) and at night, but it's not the non-stop fussiness that can't be stopped.  We now know that if we put him in Adalynn's bed, or turn on the vacuum, or lay him on his changing table, chances are he'll stop crying.  He also is much more in tune with what is going on around him and even has shown a teensy-weensy bit of interest in his toys, much to Adalynn's delight.  (She's been wanting him to "play" since the day he was born).  And being a typical male, he's quite intrigued by the television.  I already popped in a Baby Einstein video for him the other day, and he watched most of it.  (Adalynn didn't have an interest in those videos until she was 9 months old).  Wesley loves to have "conversations" - he coos, gurgles, and chats in his own little way as long as we talk back at him.  He will also laugh now, and while his laugh is not nearly as huge and funny as Adalynn's "Fat Albert" laugh when she was a baby, his chuckle is still cute in its own Beavis and Butthead kind of way.  As for appearance, Wesley's eyes haven't changed to brown like everyone assumed they would.  Currently his eyes are still hazel, like mine.  He's losing his hair more and more each day, and he strongly resembles a balding old man.  (So when people say he looks at me, I can't help but think I need a serious makeover!)   Wes is getting longer, and while his legs and face are chunky, he still is slim around the middle and in the arms.  I remember noticing with Adalynn that she didn't have any wrists, and Wesley still has wrists so therefore he's not chunky yet.  Haha.  Wesley does have one very bad habit - he drools nonstop.  I have water spots all over my kitchen and dining room floor from his drool spatter as we carry him around.  He basically has to wear a bib at all times, otherwise the front of his shirt gets soaked.  It truly is disgusting.  :)