Weston is 4 months old!

Weston is 4 months old!

It has been an action packed month for our little man.  He has been part and parcel to all of the adventures the family has been on and gone from Oregon to Wisconsin to New Zealand.  Through all of this, he has been a trooper!

His fourth month of life started off with a trip to Wisconsin.  We visited with friends and then headed out to the farm, where uncle Patrick laid out a delicious lunch as well as Grandma Weis’ house where he got a LOT of grandma snuggles.  We then headed into Madison to visit with Kelly, Chad, Paige, Jordyn and new cousin Clay!  Wes got to visit with the chickens, meet his cousins, enjoy a movie night and hang out at the lake. The trip to New Zealand is detailed in the other parts of the blog. 

Wes, this month, has made some big developmental strides.  He is able to be awake and interactive with the world for long stretches and, after a cold early in the month, is really happy during this time.  He is napping about three times a day and while he takes a good sleep at the beginning of the night, it is hard to get him really back asleep after about 1 or 2 in the morning.  Given that we have been in the camper van for most of this this month – Crystal has really taken the brunt of this sleeping pattern. 

He is starting to try and stand up and often, if you hold his hands, can balance for a minute or two. He is very curious about the world and we now have to figure out if he is crying because he is hungry, tired, cold, wet or just plain bored and wants to see more interesting things.  The haka in New Zealand brought huge eyes, he loved it! He is SUPER ticklish and has the most amazing smile and little laugh when you sing him songs and tickle his belly. HE has nothing but smiles for his big sister – even when she is trying to smack him in the face. When he does get angry, however, it is in a flash and he gets REALLY mad.  Everything goes along really well until – BAM – he is super mad. 

He has made the transition this month to being able to sleep in the car.  At the beginning of the month, he screamed non-stop in the car and it was really difficult to get him to calm down.  Thank goodness this changed for our road trip in New Zealand.  Given that we are on a month-long motor home trip, this last bit has been key for net family happiness.  There is NOT STOPPING when Wes is asleep – no matter how bad you have to pee or how good the view is. 

New things this month:

                HUGE smiles

                SUPER ticklish and great laugh!

                Long stretches of being awake and calm

                Lifting his head up during tummy time and trying to roll over

                Balancing on two feet if you hold his hands

                Very curious about the world, wanting to face out to see everything

Wes likes:

                Mom

                Elliot

                Belly tickles

                Standing up and looking at the world

                Smiling and drooling

                Being warm

Wes doesn’t like:

                Dad (if he is trying to put him to sleep)

                Not being warm

                Getting smacked in the face by Elliot

                Poopy butts

                Being bored in the car