Here we are again, another week gone by!

This week we had a couple of milestones: Finn’s 4 month birthday and his 4 month checkup! He is growing well. He is giving out a lot of smiles, blowing raspberries back at you, and turning over here and there.  He often rolls to his side, right or left, when he sleeps. He continues to have great hand and eye coordination – putting everything in his mouth: toys, hands, feet, you name it. He now also removes his pacifier from his mouth and holds it in his hand and kind of waves it through the air. This is not such a good thing when he is tired and has his hands near his face! He often removes it and then gets fussy because he wants to have it in his mouth!  We are working on letting him cry some, not a very fun thing for this momma or for his daddy.  I know this is the window of opportunity for him to learn to sooth himself and develop good sleep habits, but it is hard for me to hear him sob and cry so hard sometimes. Ugh!

At his four month checkup the doctor said he looks excellent. He weighs 13 pounds, 10 ounces  (12th percentile), is 25.5″ (63rd percentile) and his head is 42 cm (59th percentile). He is sleeping pretty well, but we are working on getting him on a more consistent pattern of sleep. He often sleeps 4, 5, 6, 7, or occasionally 8 hours at night but each night is a bit different. So  I’m hoping that becomes a bit more regular. He takes fabulous naps during the day, usually a two hour nap first, followed by a 2-3 hour nap in the afternoon. At his checkup he had one oral vaccine and two shot vaccines, one in each thigh. He handled it like a champ and only cried for a few minutes.

Saturday was “date night” where we babysat the Bethune’s. Here are some fun photos of the cousin’s from the evening. They even all four laid down together for a quick minute – and I didn’t even ask them to (the older ones anyway!).

On Sunday we hosted a cookout for my college friends from OU, along with their hubbies and kiddos. We are getting to be a bigger group each year – 8 adults and 7 (and a half!) kids. It was a great afternoon of fun. All of the kids are growing up so fast. They played lots of games outside and we had way too much food to eat 🙂 Kevin was quite the grill master – we had ribs, burgers, hot dogs, and bahama mamas and plenty of other tasty things.  It was good to catch up with everyone – it’s always a good time and I miss seeing these girls!!