Nolan is 12 weeks old today, if you can believe it! Jeremy was out of town for a work training this past week, so my mom flew out to keep Nolan and me company while he was away. We managed to get a huge project (which deserves its own post) and lots of smaller errands done in the course of the past five days, mostly snuck in during Nolan’s morning naptimes. Here are a few pics of the downtime:
Nolan had his 2-month well-baby check-up last week, and seems to be doing just fine. He measured in at 11 lbs. and 23.5″, 30th and 75th percentiles, respectively—in other words, he’s a long skinny baby, as I suspected. 
I think he’s had a bit of a growth spurt since then, so he’s probably pushing 11.5 or 12 lbs by now. Here are a few pics from last night and this morning.
Nolan’s been working on his push-ups, and his chest can clear the ground a little more now. He’d still rather practice standing, though. He also discovered his fists this week, and has been spending a lot of his free time gnawing on his knuckles—no thumb-sucking action, though.
These were taken this morning. For photographic evidence of growth, take a look back to the similar photos in this post from a month ago—the onesie he was wearing in those pics and the one he is wearing this morning are from the same 0-3mos package, and he’s about ready to outgrow them.
We had a little heat wave in Oregon this past weekend: last Friday, the temperature in Salem got up to at least 99F. That’s a far cry from the overcast skies, drizzly rain and low to mid-60’s that we’ve been having all spring, and our house really heated up. We busted out the AC for the bedroom, but we were all still pretty uncomfortable, and Nolan spent most of the weekend in just his diaper.
These, by the way, are his bumGenius diapers, which have been working out great for us. We have 2 dozen and I wash a load every other day; we’ve had no problem with odors, and a little sunshine takes the stains right out. The microfiber inserts are very absorbent, and we’ve only had one real mess, which actually wasn’t too bad.
As you can see, Nolan has very strong legs. He takes great delight in pushing himself to his feet with some assistance just for balance, and then looks all around and flaps his little arms. Sometimes I think he’s looking to skip the crawling stage and go right to walking. Also, not only does he smile that sweet crooked grin and babble away, he’s starting to bat at his toys and show some interest in the cute baby in the mirror. Not bad for a 2-month old, I think.
The heat wave is over already and we’re back to clouds and wind and rain showers. Can’t say I mind too much!
We’ve had several comments from people about how happy and mellow Nolan is, judging on the photos. He really is a pretty good kid, but of course photos can be deceiving. I’m usually only thinking of taking pics when he is calm and happy; when he’s not, I’m too busy trying to figure out what’s wrong. And I don’t usually consider posting pics of Nolan screaming. But you asked for it!
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They say babies grow in their sleep… well, Nolan must be very busy growing! He’s four weeks old now, and starting to sleep for slightly longer stretches between feedings too, at least part of the time. He seems to prefer his swing to the bassinet though.
Then there are days like today, when he only wants to sleep like this:
