Our little buddy is four months.  He is such a happy little guy and we are so thankful for our sweet baby.  Here are some highlights from his fourth month of life...

He got his first ear infection at the end of February (ok, this was not a "highlight").  He really was not that fussy, even with an ear infection.  We took him to the doctor because he had a runny nose, a little cough, and a kid at Nana's had RSV.  Thankfully it was not RSV!  When we went to the doctor he weighed 14 lbs, 7 oz.  We will go back on Wednesday for his four month check up, so we're interested to see how much he weighs now.  This boy loves to eat. He can down some milk!  Jermaine kept saying that he wanted him to be a linebacker, but now he's thinking he may be a defensive tackle (played by a larger boy).  I just know that momma is having trouble keeping up with these eating habits!!

Harrison's dedication was also at the end of January.  Both of our parents came up to share in this special occasion. Psalm 127:3 says, "Children are a heritage from the Lord, they are a reward from him."  We are thankful that the Lord has given us this reward, but know what a huge responsibility He has also given us.  I sometimes feel overwhelmed when praying for Harrison- I feel like there's so much to pray for.  It's usually the same...thanksgiving, protection, development, etc.  I was so happy to find a calendar on Pinterest that has a different topic for each day of the month to pray over your children...so I'm very excited about this!

We moved Harrison to his crib this month.  We were apprehensive, but he did fine.  He actually slept longer than he had been in our room.  I guess we were waking him up when we got up.  Jermaine had to wake him up a few days so he had time to feed him and get him ready to leave.  He has been sleeping about 9 or 10 hours a night...glorious!  We are thankful for normal sleep hours again.  We still swaddle him, although he usually slips his hands out very quickly.

One of the last nights in the bassinet

Harrison has started rolling over from his stomach to his back, sleeping on his side, sucking his fingers (two or three at a time), and putting anything he can grab into his mouth.  He has been sitting in his bumbo, exersaucer, and jumper.

talk about stimulation! :)

he likes to eat...as you can tell

My mom and sister came to visit and keep Harrison when he was sick.  I am thankful that family is close enough to come up for a couple days- on a whim.  My mom came back up this past weekend and kept Harrison at home on Friday just to spend time with him.  It is a great feeling to know that our families love him so much!  Ellen left for Korea on February 6th.  She will be teaching kindergarten there for a year.  We got to Skype with her a couple days ago.  Her apartment is the tiniest thing I've ever seen, but she looks happy :)  I am thankful for Skype so that we can see each other and she can watch Harrison grow this year. 

playing with Aunt Ellen

he loves to read books

playing with Grand Nan

Jermaine's mom also can up to babysit Harrison allowing us to go out for Jermaine's birthday and Valentine's Day.  We celebrated at Mugshots and followed that up by watching The Vow.  It was really good for just the two of us to be out.  Grandparents rock!