We gave Sam his pacifier his first night when we were still in the hospital, and it has always been a great comfort for him. Lately, however, he has discovered that chewing on his fingers is more effective in drool generation and dispersion so he will often discard his pacifier for efficiency's sake.
Sam is getting stronger all the time also. He needs help of course, but he likes to stand up and we catch him straining in his car seat trying to sit up. Our friends the Bergers gave us their Bumpo (they have two girls, which is why it is purple) and Sam is pretty stable sitting in that already too. And he loves watching tv, especially OU or BYU football on weekends or Food Network during the week.
Sam no longer fits in any of his 0-3 month clothes, so I see him in new outfits regularly that we got from baby showers that he now fits into. In fact we went out on Saturday and found him some new church clothes. Pretty stylish, eh?
Emily mentioned in a previous post how difficult it can be to get Sam dressed because he grabs at anything that comes close to his head and tries to stuff it into his mouth. I was getting him dressed this morning and he kept doing that so I couldn't get his arms in and he was laughing at me as I pulled his hands away from him. We weren't quick enough to get all of that on camera, but he was still in kind of a giggly mood afterwards so we got some good laughs on video here.
Speaking of stuffing things into his mouth, Sam was getting a little fussy during Sunday School today so I took him out and decided he could use a diaper change. I put him on the little changing table and when I got his used diaper off I just set it down for a moment up above his head. So of course Sam rolled right over, grabbed the dirty diaper and stuffed it in his face. Fortunately the back side was facing him rather than the inside, but it was still a little gross.
So that's Sam at four months. He's a very happy kid most of the time, and always entertaining.
