Happy 4 months!

It just keeps getting better everyday! Zachary continues to amaze us with new developmental milestones and the cutest personality!

We just returned from a trip to Idaho to visit my parents. What an awesome time! I was nervous about the airplane travel, but it proved to be a lot easier than I expected. Zachary was a champ, and we made it there and back with zero hiccups. I'm going back in January (without M!), so fingers crossed it goes just as smoothly.

Zachary is such a flirt! He gives the biggest, cutest smiles to the ladies! He is now laughing out loud and still continues to "talk" to us and the handsome baby in the mirror. He has pretty long conversations with that cute baby!

His neck strength is better everyday. My brother just bought us a jumperoo for Christmas, and Zach loves it! He is mesmerized by the lights, sounds, and movement! He also loves when we let him "stand," where we're holding him and he bears weight on his legs. He laughs every time we do this!

Zachary is wearing 3-6 month clothes and size two diapers. He weighed in today at 14 lbs. 4 oz. This puts him in the 38th percentile for weight. I'm curious about his length! His 4-month appointment isn't until January 3, so I'll have to wait. Just looking at him, I can tell he's long!

He is now sleeping 6 hours at a time. This means we are waking only once during the night...! We seriously cannot believe that we are getting more sleep - finally! What a blessing (and no, I'm not so naive to think that it will be like this forever...I do know how quickly he can revert back to waking more frequently, especially with teething in the near future).

We gave him a few little tastes of avocado the other night while we were sitting around the dinner table. He seemed to like them, although lately he likes anything we put in his mouth. He especially likes chewing on our fingers. He has discovered how to grasp certain items and bring them to his mouth to suck/chew, so I'm on the lookout for good soft teething toys.

We are so looking forward to our first Christmas with Zachie! I hope all of you have a wonderful Christmas and very happy, hopeful New Year!