16 Weeks - the fun has begun! ;)

16 weeks has passed so quickly - where does the time go! You would think it would go slowly as so much less time is spent sleeping ;) We are sneaking up on four months and having an absolute blast with little Spencer. He is such a smiley, happy baby and his parents are easily entertained. We spend hours each day just watching him and being amazed at how much he is learning! He has found his hands and they are a source of constant amazement to him. He will just stare at them for minutes at a time. With his hands, he has found his mouth...meaning that anything he manages to grab will soon be covered in baby drool. My hands, his toys, Dad's shoulder, etc....

Spencer is slowly grouping his sleeping periods into longer and longer chunks of the day. Brad and I never knew how sacred sleep is...but now do everything we can to protect it! Spencer gets up once at night for a feeding (around 3:00 am) has a couple two hour naps during the day and plenty of short cat-naps in between. At 7:00, he goes down for bed without any fussing...we feel so lucky! Of course, this is how a perfect day looks...every once in a while he does something different, - just to keep us on our toes and to remind us who the boss really is!

The newest accomplishment is a half roll. No rolling over yet, but he does like to move to his side to look at toys that are just out of reach. We think the full roll will be from his back to his stomach soon. Still hates tummy time, but not enough to roll over onto his back!

First thing in the morning is the best time for little Spencer - he is a morning guy like his Mama! ;) He smiles, coos and talks to himself until Brad and I get him out of bed. We usually lay him in bed with us at that point and he smiles and talks some more! Very sweet...