Mid-month Mugshots - 16 weeks

It's Movember! Emerson is ready for the month of facial hair and turkeys! Of course I had to dress him for the occasion-he's going to hate me for all of this one day!

What a ridiculous hat-I had to buy it!

Emerson is 16 weeks and literally changing right before my eyes. A little over two weeks ago he started rolling from side to side with little effort then two Mondays ago he was inches from rolling over, and this past weekend he finally did it! He was trying so hard to roll from back to tummy so I thought he was going to do that first, but he surprised us with a tummy to back roll. I'm afraid if I blink I'm going to miss all of his new faces, his growing personality, and his big milestones. I turned my attention away from him for 30 seconds and when I looked back he was doing this:

I'm so happy AJ and I were home and filming him when he decided to do this:

Emerson is four weeks into daycare and the whole family is loving it! Miss Vicki is so great with him and she works so hard to help his little body grow stronger. I've told you how much this kid hates tummy time, but with the extra help from daycare he's doing 5-8 min intervals now! Any day now this kid is going to be moving across the floor-guess that means I can't slack on the vacuuming anymore. 

With so many of our friends having babies around Emerson's age it's hard not to compare your baby's growth with theirs. Compared to our friends' kids, our little guy is truly a little guy! He goes in for his 4 month checkup on the 25th and I'm already expecting him to weigh in at the 1st or 2nd percentile. It's not that he's not eating-he just started drinking 6oz and he eats every 2 1/2 to 3 hours. We've had to start supplementing formula on a regular basis because Mama's boobies can't keep up with this little piglet. We have another two weeks before the Dr's so maybe the added formula will help him pack on some lbs before then.     

Besides getting weighed and measured, Emerson will be getting another round of shots. Poor Poor mama baby. I really hope he doesn't get a fever this time around. His shots are coming at a bad time because we're pretty sure he's teething or just about to start. So far he's only been an absolute drool monster, but I'll take that over a cranky baby with a fever any day. Along with the drool comes a new trick-Emerson can make spit bubbles now!

Emerson is starting to really interact with us and his surroundings. He loves grabbing for toys or anything else he can get his hands on (mommy's hair-OUCH). He loves when toys make sounds and play music; he gets so excited! He's learned which toy makes the music play on his bouncer and that's the one he grabs. He never wants to close his eyes because he's afraid he's going to miss something. He takes 30-45 min naps at home, but when he's at daycare he fights off sleep until he can no longer keep his eyes open. He loves looking at the other babies and kids running around. There's another 4 month old at daycare and they love looking and cooing at each other. I hope they will both grow up together and be the best of friends.  

Happy almost Christmas!! If you're like me you're already listening to the Christmas music and just dying to put up your decorations! We don't host anyone for Thanksgiving, but I always wait until the day after to decorate. I CAN'T WAIT!