4 MONTHS

Silas hit the 4 month mark back in July.  He is 26 inches long which puts him in the 74th percentile for height.  He weighs 14 pounds and 8 ounces which puts him in the 29th percentile in weight.  This little guy has doubled his birth weight and has grown 7 inches.

Here are his weekly pictures...sadly he lost most of his baby hair this month.

He continues to be a very content baby.  When he is hot...he would prefer to just relax.

I took this video of his soft spot moving with his heart beat.

He is a perfect little snuggler...although we have been working hard to train him to sleep in his crib.  

He can go from being awake...

to being asleep very quickly.

He continues to think that his hands are his favorite toy...although his little feet may come in at a tie.

He is a talker.  We gave him the name CHEWY because he makes some serious glottal sounds.

He rolled over for the first time just about the time he hit 4 months.

He is still not a huge fan of tummy time..

He is my little sweetheart and gives his best smiles in the middle of the night...which means he is still getting up in the middle of the night but there has been improvement.

He laughed for the first time on the day he hit 4 months...Phin is the absolute best at getting him to laugh.  The real laughs start about :17 seconds in...you will also notice some of the Wookie sounds.

Millie update:  She seems to have grown so much since Silas joined our family.  I have convinced her to have "quiet time" in the afternoon...she usually ends up falling asleep.  She is doing great with potty training...although she has occasional accidents at the most inconvenient times.  She loves mermaids and constantly watches Little Mermaid and Blue Mermaid from Team Umizoomi.  She is a little mini-me and likes to be right by me in the kitchen or when I am doing chores.  She loves to wear dresses and always likes to show them off to Daddy and to her nursery class.  

Phin update:  Phin is ready for Kindergarten...although I told him he would have to get a flu shot after school starts and he has been obsessively worried about that.  He still has his yesterdays and tomorrows mixed up...but I am sure with daily calendar at school that will be sorted out quickly.  We did a sample Let's Play Music class during the summer and he is so excited to start music lessons in the Fall.  He was stung by some type of insect at Seth's softball game and has become quite worried about insects...to the point that our outside boy doesn't want to be outside.  He loves his little brother and is quite good at entertaining Silas.  He also loves his cousins and would be thrilled if he could play with cousins everyday.  When he gets bored he comes up to me and asks "What can I do?"