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Nolan turned 4 months old on Tuesday, and had his well baby check-up on Thursday this week. He weighs 13 lb 10 oz now, and is in the 25th percentile all around—very symmetrical.

Jeremy’s parents were with us until Wednesday, and helped us out tremendously with the preparations for Nolan’s bedroom. We were able to move all of the home theater equipment and furniture to its new home in the back room, and put a fresh coat of little boy blue paint on the walls. We’ve still got lots of rearranging and organizing and crib assembly to do, but I feel better already, and Nolan seems to love the color of the walls… he smiles every time I take him in there. I’ll post some pics of the nursery once it’s more together.

And in case you are getting tired of looking at baby pictures, here’s one of Jeremy with our sweet little lap dog:

Jeremy’s parents are here visiting us at the moment—or, I should say, they’re here visiting Nolan. He’s been getting lots of snuggle time with Grandma Leah, and this afternoon he met a bunch of his great-aunts and -uncles too. He did great with all the attention, and is sleeping it off now.

Nolan is sleeping in the bedroom right now. I left him wide-eyed and wiggling on his back to go take care of my freshly pumped milk, and when I went back for him less than two minutes later, he was conked out lying on his side with his thumb in his mouth. It’s been an hour and a half now, so I expect to hear him stirring anytime, but maybe he’ll give me enough time to post a few pics from the week.

Nolan’s big accomplishment this week was discovering how much he has to say. When he is awake now, he babbles constantly, and his range of sounds and volumes has greatly increased. The other night he spent over an hour sitting on my lap (with very little support from me) and talking in highly animated fashion. I’ll have to try and get Jeremy to take some video of it, because it is awfully cute. These pics are completely unrelated, but show him doing some tummy time.

This was a big week for eating. I’m hoping it was just a growth spurt, but Nolan has been eating bottles nearly twice his usual size this week, on the same 2-3 hour schedule, and I’ve been struggling to keep up with his demands. I actually had to break into my stash of frozen milk yesterday.

His other big accomplishment this week was the discovery of his left thumb. He’s always preferred sucking on my finger, but I was getting a little worn out from it after 3 and a half months, so I finally broke down and ordered him a pacifier (Natursutten, made from a single piece of soft organic rubber). But before it could come, I found him in the bassinet one afternoon sucking very noisily on his thumb. On the 4th of July, he even soothed himself back to sleep in the swing with it. Good thing too, because he isn’t really interested in the paci… he doesn’t close his mouth around it very well (similar to how he takes his bottles), so it just falls right out again.

Anyway, a few unrelated pics from this past warm week: