HGGH turns 4 months

The little man is 4 months this weekend, and he's got quite the personality -- inquisitive, charming, talkative, indignant, high-spirited, eager, attentive, these are just a few of his many lovely qualities. Over the last month HGGH has graduated from smiling to laughing; from gooing to hee-yaying, oooh-gay-ahhhing, and eee-ooo-ahhing; not to mention a couple diaper sizes. His 4 month health checkup is next week, after which we'll report his height and weight. (He's about 14.5 pounds and 25 inches now.)

High Roller...Lit-er-a-lly

After much debate in the Lites household, the high chair was whipped out. Let the record show that the adult males of the household thought HGGH would be "too little" and "unable to sit up" in his new digs. However, the mother chic (I'm not a hen YET) knew how big and strong her little man was and decided to give it a whirl one unsuspecting Saturday afternoon. First of all, thank goodness that no assembly was required, else I would never have forged ahead. Secondly, whoever thought of putting the high chair on wheels is a freakin' genuis. The first thing we did after HGGH was strapped in was go cruising around the living room and kitchen for a ride. Then, I decided to throwing hints at what a high chair is generally for. I placed a picture of a bottle in front of him to observe and gave him his favorite toy to eat... I am happy to report that HGGH is successfully pseudo-eating and lovin' his new ride. He is officially a High Roller.  

Step 1 - Placing HGGH in the chair; getting oriented. Doesn't seem to thrilled just yet.

Step 2 - After being wheeled around the living room, favorite toys are placed in sight.

Step 3 - Paci drops out of mouth and "eating" begins.

Step 4 - Pictures of bottle placed in front of HGGH to drive home the message. 

Critical Thinking Skills

HGGH has lost no time in developing his critical thinking skills. While some babies may start by reading Dr. Suess (yawn) or Bernstein Bears (double yawn), HGGH has gone straight to The Atlantic Monthly. Next time you see him, ask him what he thought about the article on Harvard's 72-year Grant Study. Now if only he could hold the magazine up himself, we'd be in good shape.

Major Discovery

So, one day we were sitting in the living room and HGGH was lookin' around like he always does when he happened to glance downwards and notice something wiggling... Unable to resist the temptation to reach out and grab whatever those little wiggly things were, HGGH got his most serious of all investigative expressions on his face, reached down and....Discovered his toes!