four months old

Thompson, there are days when we wish we could make time stand still. You have been such a joy over these past four months. In fact, one of your teachers in the nursery today said that you have spoiled us...and you have! You're such a wonderful, good-natured baby, and we are delighted to be your parents.



We'll find out this week how much you weigh and how long you are now. Everyone comments on how big you are! Your hair is most often the topic of conversation. It sticks straight up, and nothing we've tried will make it stay down. You have the most amazing, expressive eyes, and your smile lights up a room. You love to smile and laugh, and you coo and talk to us all the time. We love waking you up in the mornings because you're always so happy and excited to see us. And now you're scooting around in your crib, so we're never quite sure how we'll find you...this morning you had turned almost completely around! You've also rolled over from your tummy to your back, and you're very close to rolling from back to tummy.

You are liking bathtime more, but you refuse to put your feet and legs in the water. When we push them under the water, you immediately draw them up and rest your heels on the surface. It's the funniest thing! You have loved music since you were born. Daddy and I sing you to sleep each night, and you get so excited when you hear Daddy start to play the guitar. When we were at the beach last summer, Daddy picked out a stuffed lion for you. We named him Wrigley, and now you sleep with him each night. We catch you hugging him closely and smiling at him in your crib.


Your class at church is bursting at the seams with new babies, so you got promoted today. Typically they don't promote up until you are sitting up or six months old, but they moved you up early. (Daddy says you're an overachiever like me.) We've gotten used to you being the center of attention, especially at church. When we walk through the Atrium, everyone stops to see you and talk to you...and sometimes they remember to nod in our direction.

We are so grateful for you, Thompson, and we often sit and stare at you, imagining all that God has planned for your life. Even now, we pray that you will be filled with the knowledge of His will in all spiritual wisdom and understanding, that you will walk in a manner worthy of the Lord, that you will be fulling pleasing to Him, that you will bear fruit that remains, and that you will increase in the knowledge of the Lord (see Colossians 1:9, 10). We love you, T-Rice!