Who knew Barret and I would create a giant? Owen's 4 month appointment was today and we learned that he is 26.5 inches, putting him in the 91st percentile for height. Perhaps Barret's dreams of coaching Owen in soccer will be squashed by him being a natural at basketball. However, I am guessing that his growth will just start to level out over time. But this height does explain his gigantic feet.
I may need to start cutting out the toes of his pajamas because his feet are scrunched in his 6 and even 9 month pj's that he is currently wearing. He is weighing in at 16 pounds 10 ounces these days - so not long and lean. Perhaps a future offensive lineman would be more appropriate. What is crazy - he is nearly doubled in weight since being born and has grown 5 inches.
In addition to growing way too fast, Owen is learning to hone his fine motor skills. So far, his favorite action by far is to punch. He punches anything that crosses his path - books, dogs, toys, my face. I thought it would be cute to give him a little stuffed animal to cuddle with, instead he just punched it in the face and then stuffed some of it in his mouth.
Owen and Murphy are becoming buds - even though Murphy steals his toys and lays on his blankets. Owen gets him back by punching at his face every now and then. Owen will smile at Murphy though when he comes by to give him some licks and seems interested in what Murphy is doing (which is usually just looking out the window or rolling around and growling at his rawhide). I am curious to see what happens to this relationship once Owen becomes mobile.
Speaking of smiling... not sure what we did to get such a happy baby. Owen will smile at any and everybody. He is also laughing now, which is quite possibly the cutest noise I ever heard. Thus far, he gets most excited at yoga when he gets to look at the other babies.
My mom came this past weekend to help with Owen while Barret was at the Birkie. I treated her to a fancy meal from Noodles on Friday. I discovered that Noodles in Fitchburg is the spot to be on a Friday night. The parking lot was full and I had to wait 20 minutes for my order. So after perusing Facebook on my phone, I engaged in my favorite past time - eavesdropping. I lucked out and had some high schoolers nearby. I was somewhat horrified by what they were saying and the girl told a story of saying something awful to another girl (made me happy to have a boy), followed by "what it's ok to say it on twitter but not to her face?" It got me thinking how different high school will be for Owen than it was for me. It took us like an hour to get onto the internet and venture into some sketchy chat rooms. We still found ways to be mean to one another though, just couldn't transmit it to the world in seconds. Thankfully, Owen only knows how to punch a computer at this point.
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