Fearfully and Wonderfully Made: Levi's 4 Month Update

Awe, this boy! He is just the sweetest thing ever. When I go to bed at night I seriously miss him and I look forward to holding him again in the wee hours of the night.

Here is what he is doing at 4 months old.

4 Month check up.

I was going to take Levi to his appointments while J and K stayed home with Daniel but Joshua asked if he could come. When I asked him why he wanted to come he said, "Because I will miss you." As sweet as that was I really think he wanted to come so he could comfort Levi after he got his shots (it was right after I told him Levi was getting shots that he said he wanted to come). And comfort him he did. As I was holding and comforting Levi after the shots Joshua was hugging him as well telling him that it was going to be okay. What a great big brother.

Joshua proudly told the nurse, "He got a haircut!"

Our normal doctor was out of the office for the day so we saw a different doc and this was our first time seeing her. She commented on how laid back he is and kept talking about how advanced and social he is. She also commenter on how big his head was, HEE-HEE! All our babies have big heads. The doctor said he was growing and developing beautifully!

Well baby stats...

Weight: 16lbs 1.5 oz (70%) Joshua's prediction was 50lbs, LOL!

Height: 25 1/2 inches (75%)

Head: 17.5 inches (>97%) See, big head!

*Rolling- I've seen him roll from tummy to back 1 time. The other times I am not sure if he did it on his own or if he had a little assistance from his big bro. I haven't seen him roll from back to tummy yet but according to Joshua, he does it all on his own. Again, I think he might be getting a little assistance.

He usually ends up like this and then
doesn't know what to do with that arm of his.

* He loves blwoing spit bubbles and it makes us all laugh.

* He is super happy and smiles the biggest smiles all day long!

* He takes 3-4 naps a day and is still a great nurser. He is still being swaddled. We've tried swaddling with arm out but he isn't ready to ditch the swaddle just yet.

* J just loves Levi so much. He seeks him out first thing in the morning to love on him and he tells him sweet things like, "I want to love you forever." He really has such genuine joy. I love watching Levi smile at Joshua. Kayla is sort of natural. Some days she acts like he isn't here and other times she will wave and say, "Hi baby" and give him kisses.

*When I read to him he stares at the pictures like he is taking it all in.

* He belly laughs so much and it isn't very hard to get him to laugh.

Giving a pretend bath to Levi and her baby.

Sibling love.

Joshua made a fort just for Levi.

First time sitting in the Bumbo.

Then of course the other two wanted to try it out.

"Uh Mom, I thought you said these things were extinct?!?!"

My yongest and my oldest.

As I posted before Levi went through a stage where almost every morning he would wake during the 5am hour and only go back to sleep if I held him. He no longer does that but there was one morning this past month where he did revert back to that habit and I brought him into bed with me. Daniel and I always talk about things that our kids do and how one of the times it will be their last to do something and we dont know which time that will be. So I took a picture of this in case it was the last itme we did this so I would always remember it.