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4 Months Old

Little Joe taking in Yankee batting
practice at Nationals Park
Little Joe is now a little over 4 months old and has been surprising us every day with changes.  Recently he started sticking his tongue out us and trying to mimic our raspberry that we do for him every day and has been laughing and smiling a lot.  Mornings are a great time for him because he seems to always wake up happy with a smile on his face and waiting for us to show him something new.

He's also started standing with our assistance and rolled over this morning for the first time.  He's also trying very hard to get his knees up under him so that he can start crawling and will grunt and get frustrated very quickly that he can't.  We generally don't let him try this for more than a few minutes because once he starts to cry he can be pretty difficult to calm again.

He recently topped 13 pounds which is slightly down from his pace earlier of an ounce and a half a day but is still quite healthy.  He's into the 10th percentile for body weight and height for his age and is in the 90th percentile for head circumference.

My mother has been seeing quite a bit of him lately and Rachael's mother has had a few chances to see him in the past few weeks as well.  We're looking forward to Rachael's father and brother meeting him later in the year and have been happy to get him out more often to spend time with our close friends.

Rachael bought us tickets to see the Yankees and Giants play on consecutive days in September, which will be little Joe's first times at the two stadiums.  We did get him out to see the Yankees when they played here in Washington a few weeks ago and he seemed to enjoy himself quite a bit.  Im definitely enjoying spending the time with him watching baseball when I can and Im hoping itll stick with him as he grows up.

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