4 Months Old!

Sunday was Jasper's 4-month birthday. Drew got him dressed for church. Isn't the outfit totally adorable? I saw him after he was dressed and thought, he looks so much older than 4 months! Someone at church thought he was 6 months old. While he might not have put on a ton of weight since last month, his personality is certainly developing more. He laughs and smiles on a daily basis. Sometimes it is for no apparent reason, but it's great! You can see he is more relaxed with his body. He's chill-axing on the couch in the photo from yesterday just below. :)

The photo below (w/ the whale shirt) is from when he was 3-months. My how he's changed!


Jasper has such strong legs, it really amazes us. We help him walk around, although he has no idea what he's doing. Right now, it's just fun for us. Isn't he cute with his daddy in their Sunday best? The shirt is from grandma Gant, a 9M Polo button down. The pants have 5 real pockets and two faux pockets in the back. Of course, anything small enough to fit in the pockets would be a choking hazard for him, but the pockets are cute nonetheless.


Yes, he's a looker and linebacker material. The comment we always get about him is "he sure hasn't missed any feedings."

Tomorrow we go in for Jasper's 4-month Dr. visit. We were looking at Phoebe Gainey's blog yesterday (check out the link to the left), and we noticed that she was 16lbs 13oz at her 4 month visit. Drew asked me, "do you think Jasper is going to be bigger than Phoebe?" I don't know - but if not, he'll be darn close! In honor of our doctor visit tomorrow, I decided we had to try napping in the crib again (Jasper, not both of us). He went down this morning well and slept soundly for 40min. This appears to be his maximum length right now. (It's been that since the beginning. He's never slept more than 40 min in the crib, at least according to my notes.) I tried multiple things for the next 50 min to get him to go back down in the crib, but nothing worked. He was certainly very tired and not really hungry - so he should have been able to sleep more. (He wanted to, just not in his crib.) I think he should be able to sleep a total of 1.5hrs in his crib. Somehow we just have to help him learn how to fall back asleep in the crib when he wakes up in 40 min. Not sure how to do that yet. I'll keep you posted.

If you happen to check out the other links to the left, specifically the "Trust but Verify" blog (Drew's favorite, second to Baby Gant) you'll see that the owner saw we linked up to his blog and commented about it in the Sunday Roundup. Drew was geeked about that. :) Speaking of Drew, today is a big day for him. He starts a new job today at M3 as the manager of the Healthcare Innovations team. He's excited about the prospects for new work and really helping M3 chart a course in this field.

Along with the blog links to the left, we also set it up so you can send us email right from the blog. We know many of you check out the blog at least pseudo-regularly, and we'd love to hear from you. Let us know what you like. :)

And last but not least, we want to send a shout-out to Mindy and Ryan. Congratulations on year #1! Despite being married on April Fools Day last year, we know your commitment wasn't a joke. Now when are you going to come visit us in Austin???