4 months old!

Will is now 4 months old (4 months at 4:40 on 4/4/09). Since it fell on a Saturday, we had a nice day at home, filled with lots of chatter and cuddles. We celebrated getting through another work week without any trouble, although it is still really hard. Some days are ok, but some are still just as hard as the first day. One day he was so smiley and cute when I woke him up (ok, so he’s always smiley and cute to me, but he was especially so this morning, really hamming it up). I hated to drop him off. Don’t get me wrong – I don’t want him to be upset when I leave him. But it’s hard knowing he’s in such a great mood that I won’t get to see all day. Anyhow, we survived and talked about how we only have seven weeks left now. It was a tough week of state testing, and I was formally observed (an unannounced visit by my principal) on Friday. Everything went extremely well, but I was so glad when Friday afternoon rolled around. Will is growing so fast. We just switched to size 9 month pajamas! He's so long that he seems to wear a size larger in pjs vs. onesies in pants. He can still wear 6 month pjs, but the leg room is getting a little cramped. His 3 month onesies are getting a little snug, so I washed his 6 month ones over the weekend. I pulled out some of his newborn stuff yesterday, and I couldn't get over how tiny it was. And to think, it was HUGE on him at first. He wore premie diapers in the hospital and would have fit in premie clothing if I had bought any. Time flies. I can't believe a third of his first year has already past.

Back to Saturday – Will supervised while Brian and I cleaned the house. Together we covered most everything, so it’s nice to have a relatively clean house again. After hanging out with Will and straightening all day, we got ready for our first night out together since we had Will. Our wonderful friends Krislyn and Scott, who are both in law school with Brian, came over to keep our little man. They are truly awesome people, and we are so thankful for their help. We never really went out to celebrate our anniversary back in March, so Brian had arranged for us to go to our favorite special-occasion restaurant, Ruth Chris, and see the musical, Wicked. It was amazing! The music, the costumes, the set, the message … it was all wonderful. It’s my favorite musical out of all of the ones I’ve seen (which is only about five, but still … this one blew me away). Brian had read the book last summer, so he was excited to see how it compared to the novel.  Krislyn and Scott reported that Will was fun and that they pretty much held him the entire time until they put him to bed.


We have an exciting week ahead. Mom is coming Wednesday, and she is babysitting Will Thursday while I’m at work, and again Thursday night while we’re at a law review banquet. Friday, I’m taking off work so we can visit and get out and about. I also have Monday off of work since we never used the day for bad weather. I’m so excited to have a super long weekend and for mom to get to see how much Will has grown since she last saw him in early February.
Speaking of Will growing up, here are a few pictures taken this weekend. You can see that he’s liking tummy time better, and he can stand up with my help. He loves standing and can do it pretty well as long as we help him keep his balance. Also, I included a picture for comparison purposes that is almost the same scale as earlier pictures in the bouncy seat. Enjoy!

Will, several days old vs. two months vs. four months!

Notice the paci size - since it's the same paci, you can see how the face has grown.