(constantly sucking, chewing and drooling on everything!)
This month you had a couple of really BIG milestones, but not as many little tiny changes as usual. One big thing is you got your first tooth! Grandma Pearce noticed it had pushed through while babysitting you on December 16th! I knew it had been on it's way for a while because you were a bit of a grump that week. But that's ok. You got your second tooth not too long after that.
You are sitting up pretty good but I still keep pillows around you just to be safe! (sometimes you tip over when you're looking around or just not focusing quite as hard as you normally would).
You are now eating more baby food and you LOVE sweet potatoes and squash. I tried to give you peas once and you gagged. I didn't make you eat any more; I wouldn't have liked them either! You also like apple sauce and you do okay with bananas but you don't usually finish the jar. You do great with a spoon but you like to put your fist in your mouth and look all around which makes it hard to feed you and makes a mess!
You are discovering your lips and making different shapes and still making high pitched squeeky noises all the time, along with "singing" to music and babbling and giggling. So cute!
You love your dog Izzy and he gets you to laugh all the time. You love to grab on to his fur, especially around his mouth and eyes and he'll just whimper until mom makes you let go! (You have a very strong grip...) He loves to sneakily lick you and put your hand in his mouth and that always makes you laugh.
You have LOVED the Christmas lights this season. You love to lay under the tree and stare at them, then grab for the tree branches. If you are fussy I will take you in to the front room, turn off all the lights except the tree and rock you while you watch the lights.
You are a very happy and social, though high maintenance baby. You love YOUR bed and you do better if I keep you to a pretty strict schedule. You still love bath time and your bouncer and all that fun sort of stuff!
