brothers

Leon and Kent are so aware of each other and are so funny together. One will make the other start laughing. They smile at each other and start laughing and laughing. Kent is so cute with "Mister Leon" or he calls him "baby Leon" or "Ohhh Leon"

Leon will crane his head and now his whole torso to look for Kent. If Leon isn't in my arm or in an obvious place Kent right away is wondering aloud "Where is Leon? Where did he go?"

Kent shares his toys with Leon. Piles of cars end up next to Leon. Leon's blanket that he was wrapped up in got covered in stickers that Aunt Beth had given to Kent.

Once Leon got Kent and I laughing so hard. Leon was sitting up in my lap and Kent was in his high chair. This was a few months ago - (I don't think I've typed this on the blog before) Leon's head was moving left/right/left/right at a fast pace. It was like he was watching a tennis match. Kent caught Leon doing this and started laughing and said to me "look at Leon! he is being funny!" Leon was! It was hilarious! He kept going. It was as though he and kept doing it to keep Kent laughing.

Last week Kent said the funniest thing! He was sitting in his high chair. I was holding Leon and moving around between getting food prepared and serving. Leon fell asleep. I laid him in his bed and returned to the kitchen. Kent looks over towards me and as clear as a bell (and as loud as one too) says happily "Hallelujah! Leon's asleep!" I guess I've said that a few times before... but I didn't know I had a parrot that would say it too.

I'm telling ya - Growing up. Saying sentences that we didn't know he knew. The thing that I am enjoying a lot is his recall. I will begin lines from a story book and he will complete the lines and go on to the next ones without help. When we read books he is either mouthing the words exactly or saying them out loud with exactness. (yes I do need to go the Library again)

Wade and I sure get a kick out of his ability to sing along to songs and dance. He does the Chain Gang "Hoo! Haa's!" right on cue. He knows the words to some poems: 5 little pumpkins, Wynken Blynken and Nod, and some of: I had a hippopotamus, nursery rhymes, days of the week. On Monday I thought of Sound of Music Do Ra Me Fa So La... Pulled it up on You Tube and no jokes after watching it a few times that day on Tuesday Kent sang the correct pitches for each Do Ra Me Fa....I was floored. I think that is pretty cool.

Leon is growing up right before our eyes literally! At his 4 month wellness check up with our dr. he weighed 16 pounds! His height 25 1/4 inches. He had to get another round of immunizations. There he was happy as could be. Smiling and cooing away. The nurses did their job in both of his chubby thighs. He looked up at me his little lower lip went way out and his brow furrowed. They were all done and then he whimpered. I scooped him up and then he was back to smiles. The nurses were so pleased. They both commented he didn't even cry!? Only a whimper!? What a sweety! I think we just caught him off guard enough that he didn't have a chance to register that that was really uncomfortable. I took pics of him that day and he sure was brave as a Lion. Aunt Bethany gave Leon this sweet onesie. I thought it was an appropriate day for him to model in it. Thank you Bethany - it is such a cute onesie! Kent was sincerely concerned for Leon. I was consoling Leon and Kent at the Dr. Office. It was so sweet but also quite sad. Last time Kent interested in a book when the nurses gave Leon his immunizations but this time I failed to turn Kents interest away from all of us hovering over Leon. Holding Leon I turned to Kent who had this horrified face on him. He said nearly shaking with terror "Leon has ouches!" I quickly bent down to Kent and hugged him and we looked at Leons band aids and said thank you to the nurses for the "medicine." Kent was alright after that - but for the rest of the day randomly needed to see Leon's band-aids and talk about it.

Leon is grabbing his feet and even manages to get a long savoury taste of those cute toes of his. He sucks on his big toe! He just about stuffed a whole set of 5 toes in his mouth. This is only cute if you are 4 months old.

Thankfully this is still a constant in his life: So ticklish! When you change clothes on him and guide his head through the hole and guide his arms in or out of the sleeves he can't contain himself. He laughs and laughs. His giggle is so cute. It's either a rapid chuckle or a frozen laugh - you know the I'm laughing so hard there is silence. Yes he is ticklish but you don't even have to touch him to make him laugh. Wade is good at this. Wade will put a big fun expression on his face and that will send Leon laughing and laughing. I love in babies that increase in breathing that occurs. When you appear to pick him up or when he gets a hold of a favourite toy rattle
or when he is so excited that he gets to eat - his breathing gets rapid. It is so cute. I am amazed at how much babies can communicate. Really they can communicate to survive - it's just that they can't do things for themselves. I'm SO grateful that I get to help this baby survive and thrive. There is nothing like a baby in the home. He is so loved by his brother, father and mother.