Toes!

My youngest child... and only boy... discovered his feet earlier today. It really surprised me since none of my other children really did that. He actually reached out to grab them and seemed quite fascinated by the little pink wiggly things stuck to his foot. He didn't really try to chew on them, just studied them for awhile. It was very amusing.

I hate to say it, because it makes me sound biased, but I feel like with each subsequent child, their intellectual capacity has increased. My eldest is smart and ambitious, a good combination. My second is so intelligent sometimes it's frightening. My third has a quick wit to her (even though she's not quite 3) and catches on to things very rapidly. My 4th has stumped me with how quickly he's learning. At just over 4 months he's starting to mimic. Earlier I was reaching to get him from his carseat, and he actually bowed his back so that I could get him more easily. One day my husband was holding him and jerking his own stomach muscles to make his belly jump. The baby began to imitate him! He's already beginning to test the world around him, he explores people's faces (something my other children didn't attempt until they were much older), he practices grasping the teething ring I got for him, among other things.

It's very fascinating.