4 Months!

Nathan is 4 months old! HOW can it be?! We continue to be blessed with a happy, healthy, easy going little guy and are really enjoying his babyhood. He had his check up on Thursday and just like his big brothers is ahead in the motor skills department and is developing nicely. Dr. D called him "another perfect Boyer boy" which made me feel great. He also said Nate is very social for his age. That one scares me a bit, ha! He continues to be long and lean and remains our lightest baby.

 

STATS:
weight: 13 pounds, 10 ounces (15%)
height: 26.75 inches (95%)
head: 16.75 inches (75%)

clothes: size 3-6 or 6 months

Diapers: size 1

NEW SKILLS/TRAITS:
-rolls both directions, but has to really work to roll from back to tummy so doesn't do it as often
-inches in circles, forwards and backwards when on his tummy, I've even caught him with his knees pulled under himself a few times...sheesh
-holds toys and brings them to his mouth (he's chewing on everything lately)
-babbles a lot and has started to make some consonant sounds in addition to his ooos and ahhhs
-can play in the exersaucer
-sometimes sucks his middle two fingers when he's sleepy
-takes the bottle like a pro when I'm working and is spitting up less often and with much less volume
-grabs his feet and tries to pull them to his mouth
-sleeping much better! The last 2 weeks he has been getting up only once at night (usually) going to bed around 8:30pm, waking to nurse around 3 or 4 and then sleeping to 6:30-7:30am  (HOORAY!)
-getting into a nap routine: usually takes 3 naps a day at around 9:30am, 1pm and 4pm with the first lasting around 2 hours and the others usually around 1 hour

Nathan is a sweet guy and is almost always happy. He loves to "talk" with anyone and thrives off one on one attention and face to face time. When he smiles he uses his whole face and body. You cannot help but feel good because his grin is contagious. It seems like we have another water lover in the family. We have warmed up our hot tub a few evenings, and since he is so buoyant he loves to float! Nate rests on his back and has the sweetest peaceful expression while he gently kicks and moves his arms in the water. We are looking forward to lots of family fun in our pool this summer! It's hard to believe he might be walking by then!

We all love our sweet Nate! What a blessing this guy continues to be!

Lovely Weather and Valentines!

Several days leading up to Valentine's gave us such lovely weather, and we enjoyed some fun afternoons playing in our new backyard. I grabbed my camera one of those days and snapped a bunch of pictures of my big boys enjoying our blessing of a yard. I can't wait until spring and summer when we can play outside most days; we are almost always happy when we are in the great outdoors :)

we go through a dozen or more apples a week!

Thanks to some great friends who watched Joel for me I was able to volunteer at Levi's Kindergarten Valentine's party on the 13th. The kids were all so cute and excited about their simple party and enjoyed making love bug head bands and playing candy heart bingo. We treated them with a fancy snack of chocolate dipped strawberries, heart cookies, cheese and pretzles. It was a big hit! The kids homework for the week was to hand label a valentine for each of the students in the class and Levi took the job very seriously. I have never seen him write so neatly and with such small letters. I told him he blew his cover and I now have a new expectation for his handwriting from now on :). I'm so glad I was able to celebrate with my little love bug and his class, it was so fun!

I worked on Valentine's Day this year, so as usual we kept it very low key. Philip had the boys to himself all day and they enjoyed the beautiful weather, but they also took the time to pick up some pretty flowers and yummy chocolate for me as well as making some adorable heart shaped cards. It was so sweet and fun to get my gifts when I got home from work. I also spoiled my boys by bringing home balloons and candy for Levi and Joel as well as gathering quite the spread for a "cheese plate dinner" for Philip and I after the boys were in bed. It was a nice, relaxing evening of eating too much and catching up on the DVR :). That's my kind of date night, and I feel very blessed to have 4 special boys to love in my life!

Levi worked so hard cutting out all the hearts :)