Sam is 4 months old!

Can you believe that Sam is 4 months old + a week. He is such a happy baby. Continues to sleep through the night, as a matter of fact he often sleeps 11-12 hours. He is picks his head and chest up very well as you can see above, and he rolls around a lot. He is often found sleeping on his tummy now, as he rolls over in bed. He has also taken several opportunities this week to roll again from his tummy to his back. This morning he actually rolled from back to tummy, tummy to back, back to tummy. Then he looked up at me a giggled, as if to say "did you see that mom?" He loves to play with toys, it seems to me like he plays with more toys than any of our other kids did at this age, at least they seem to hold his interest longer.

Doctor's Appointments

Sam had his 4 month checkup today, as well as Nicholas 5 year appointment. All is good all around.

Nicholas had his first hearing and eye exam. He passed both...his eyes are 20/15 with both eyes and one of his eyes is 20/15 and the other 20/25. He weighs a whopping 35 pounds (30th percentile) He is 43 1/2 inches tall (50th percentile) He just keeps going up and doesn't gain any weight....looks like he is averaging about a pound an inch as he gained 3 1/2 pounds and grew 3 1/4 inches in the last year.

Sam has made significant strides in his growth. He is up to 13 pounds, 14 ounces (35th percentile) and measures 25 1/2 inches (75th percentile). So even though it took him 6 weeks to gain back his birthweight he's gaining an average of 5-8 ounces per week ever since. What a growing boy.