4 months old---HOLY COW!!!

Today is SOMEBODY'S birthday.  4 month birthday that is.  Ethan turns 4 month today...can you believe it??? 

He is really growing up too.  He weighed 16 pounds when he went in for surgery.  YEP...I said 16 pounds =)  He wants to be a big boy already.  He turns over as soon as his back hits the floor.  Today he even flipped BACK over to his back, but I think that may have been a fluke.

This was before his surgery, so his head is still a little skinny...ha ha, but this is the view around our house.  Once he flips he wiggles around too.  Like he is gonna take off crawling.  He just wants to learn it ALL in one day!!!  He has started to drool like crazy too.  If I didn't know better, I would think he was teething...I hope we still have  a few months of peace before that happens.  Today Ethan tried out a little cereal in his bottle.  I cannot believe we are to that point already.  He also ate 2 rice crackers yesterday in about 3 minutes.  He acted like I had been starving him for 4 months.  I cannot wait to see how he eats baby food----he might skip right to steak and potatoes=)

You can see he is a NEW man now.  With a nice round head=)  Well mostly.  He has to go back to Seattle in about nine months and have the front rounded out too.  But for now he is our little cutie!!!  HE LOVES HIS SISTER.  She can do no wrong.  He lights up when she is around.  She can get him to stop crying when I can barely get him to breathe. 

Besides the last two weeks, he has been the happiest boy EVER!!  He is now starting to laugh all the time.  He loves to be tickled.  He LOVES to play PattyCake and wants to sit up and see EVERYTHING. 

Since we have been home from the hospital we have REALLY tried to keep him happy.  HE WANTS TO BE HELD ALL THE TIME!!!  For a few days I wanted nothing more than to love on him.  NOW though we are starting to get sick of each other.  OK lets be honest.  I do not wanna sit around and watch Hoarders ALL day.  I got the brigh idea to strap him on me and get some work done.  BAD IDEA.  It lasted about as long as it took to clear the lunch dishes before he EXPLODED.  He was beyond mad at me. 

I guess if MY mom had let someone cut my head open I would sit around and cry all day too......

This is kinda the view around our house these days, but I am hoping things will start looking up.  I hear MONTH 5 is the happy month..ha ha!!!  I cannot complain about this little guy.  He is sweet and loving and melts my heart (except when I wanna drop him at the fire station--haha!!!).  Happy Birthday Ethan Darling!!!!!

Thanks for the pictures Grandma Marilee:)  I had to resort to stealing!!!