4 months and counting...

this day marks my 4th month outside mommy's tummy. i know it may not be enough to say that i am enjoying it,but i do, i certainly do. this month had also been the busiest for me because of the holidays and with my parents making sure that i'd have the best Christmas and yeah, this year being my first (refer to my post below about my 1st Christmas).

as always, this day wouldn't pass without a celebration. so eventhough my parents had been stuffing themselves with too much food these holidays, we they still feasted on palabok (home made with love by dad) and some carrot cake cupcakes.

more 4th month bday celeb pics here

now that i am 4 months old, i've grown to become a little heavier than a 14pounder and a 2ft high (or short?) baby. i am definitely making my parents (and the viewers of my videos) go gaga over my new "baby tricks" and cuteness. haha.

for one, i just learned to make fun at that lil girl on the mirror reflecting every move i make. she never fails to make me squeal with delight! she seem to be conversing with me as well so i talk (and shriek) back at her almost non-stop. here's a video (this video doesn't showcase what i usually do though since for some reason i get distracted when there's a cam nearby).

also, it looks as if my "hilda"-like cries don't work anymore. so whenever i want to be held or talked to or played with, i try to get my way through my arte shrieks and cries now (here's one video of my arte shrieks). on the contrary though, they find it cute. weird huh? well, there's always my wailing if all else fails. hence i've been branded "ksp". haha

in addition, i am becoming more observant of my surroundings. more than before. now, i get curious. as what mom and dad calls it, i am always "umuusi" or "chumichismis".

and because of my pagka-usisera, heaps of people fascinate me. at church, i like watching a lot of kids move and chat. this makes my parents (and others in the cry room) get to be more serene (coz i wasn't crying) at least for some moment at mass. i like it best when it's communion time. aside from getting blessings from the minister, i also get to watch a lot of people trying to prepare themselves to receive God. some smile and wave at me. and i do smile back most of the time.

this has also made me love parties. parteeeh! uh-huh, i am not a party pooper. what with a lot of holiday parties that lined up, it definitely made one set of happy parents, mine. yep, i can stay up late. most of the time though, i sleep without any whining nor complaints in anyone's arms until the party's done.

i also am now a better travel companion. i can stay buckled in my carseat for longer period now without any crying spills. and yes, i do sleep in my carseat. so travelling isn't a nightmare anymore for my folks. however, if i get bored i still make a scene, with real tears and the saddest cries with coughing and throwing up, that you'll panic. like what dad described, "humihikbi pa". hence,they still aren't taking any risk driving longer than 30mins. my dad is scared to have me in tow anyway, what with this terrible snow.

there's also this habit that i developed for the past month. i tend to put everything that i can grasp into my mouth. i dunno, everything seem to be appealling. that's why my parents make sure that my toys are clean and safe enough to "taste".

dad thinks that i am probably going to be teething early since i always play with and sorta chew my tongue. i also tend to drool lately that they wanted me to wear bib all the time so as not to soak my shirts with laway. well, they don't know for sure. this is just a "well-wait-and-find-out" sort of development on my part.

they were also thinking that i'm probably trying to crawl. coz whenever they put me on tummy time, i always put my bottoms up, and kick my legs (i probably look like a caterpillar trying to move forward). this isn't on video yet coz the lolos and lolas would negatively react again. uh-huh, i just love them taking my side all the time. heehee.

i just can't wait to be mobile! i really can't. so nappy changing's been hard for my parents lately. what with all the kicks and side turns that i do, they really had to get me still to put that diaper properly fastened.

recently, i am also having some fondness in food. yeah, table food. i just get fascinated while i watch my mom or dad eat. i really look with "pananakam", as how my mom calls it, at their food. but when they would try to present a spoon to me, i never opened my mouth. but there's this one time when they placed a piece of grape near my mouth just to check. and oh boy i eagerly opened my mouth. i want some please! but nah, dad didn't put it in. my dad is pretty excited on giving me solids already. well, now that i can already hold my bottle (putting it in my mouth properly is a different story.. i like playing with it though), solid food is probably the next baby step. we'll see what dr. womack would say about me munching on solids during our checkup on january.

and oh yeah, i do tell stories now. mom thinks i'm baby-talking with sentences already since i'm really one talkative baby. my mom finds it cute when i talk myself to sleep sometimes. one minute i was talking to my mom (sort of telling her bedtime stories), then the next my eyes are already closed.

lastly, we might be needing that bouncer a little earlier. i could now kind of bounce up and down since i tend to straighten my legs as if i am always wanting to stand up. well, i really want to be more mobile. crawl or walk or whatever way! when i'm sitted up i tend to lean forward coz i really want to stand-up. my parents already know the cues that i give them as to when we he or she should start walking since i still have the short attention span typical of babies. yeah, i wanna make "usi" here, there and everywhere!

that's all folks! i'll now leave you with some family snaps taken this day... and oh by the way, here's a link to some random pics during my month 3-4.