More adventures at 4 months!

Lewis seems to be thriving! We think he looks like a mini sumo wrestler!!! He’s such a sweet, happy little boy, and we just love him to bits.

A few weeks ago, Lewis discovered his voice, and he loves to “chat” with us, particularly after he finishes a good meal! He also loves to let out some really high-pitched screams when he’s getting tired or excited. We call him our little bird of prey! It seems he’s destined to be a tenor, but for now, he’s a high soprano! He’s slowly moving away from the screaming phase, but it’s still pretty funny when he does let it rip!

He’s had a couple exciting changes as of late. On Easter, Lewis finally figured out how to suck his thumb! We had been waiting on that for months, watching him frantically trying to stuff his fist in his mouth and sucking away at his knuckles. All of a sudden, he managed to pop his thumb out from his fist and start sucking. He is quite pleased with this discovery!

On Lewis’s 4 month birthday, April 19th, he rolled over from his back to his tummy for the first time! It took him a few tries of kicking his legs up and rolling over to his side; sometimes he would get stuck there for a minute. But eventually, he just rolled right over. When it happened the first time, he was playing with his favorite toy – Blabla, a polka-dotted lion man from Norah's cousin Rhiannon. He had thrown Blabla off to the side, and was so excited to try and get him again that he just rolled right over! Since then, it’s so fun to watch him roll around on the ground now. He’s able to entertain himself so much better! That said, Mommy is becoming more and more aware that the window of time is closing before she will be spending all of her energy running after this little guy! Anything else of note? Well, you have to watch out for hair grabbing, because Lewis is getting better at holding and latching on; hair seems to be a favorite of his!

Other vital stats – At Lewis’s 4 month appointment last Monday, he weighed in at 17lbs, 3 oz, which keeps him right at the top of the 90th percentile for weight – he’s a chunker! He measured 24.5 inches, which is still 50th percentile. And, his head circumference was 75th percentile. He seems to do OK with his shots, which we think is due to the abundance of padding on his thighs! The doctor was very proud of his tracking, talking, and rolling abilities!



As for us, we’re doing really well!
Our big adventure as of late was a trip out to Las Vegas to visit Aunt Cat. Uncle Tyler, Didi, and Papa John also came down to join us there, and we had a wonderful reunion for a long weekend. Didi treated us to a fabulous dinner at a fine French restaurant in town. We had a great picnic after church on Sunday while we listened to the philharmonic orchestra play. The guys all got out for a game of golf while the ladies relaxed by the pool. And, we just had lots of good chatting, playing games, catching up, and oogling over Lewis. It was wonderful!



Mommy and Daddy did learn that there are definitely consequences to traveling with babies. While Lewis had been getting up only once in the night for a month or two before the trip, it took him a good three weeks to get back to that schedule after we got home! Finally, he’s sleeping a bit better again and Mommy’s starting to feel a little better rested herself.

We had one funny night out in Vegas with Lewis waking up all the time! Mike has been so sweet to help with the night feedings on weekends recently. Norah had been able to express enough milk for a night feeding, so we thought that Mike would take a feeding while we were on our trip. Well, it seemed like a great idea at first. But of course, since we were both staying in the same room with Lewis at Cat’s apartment, it didn’t play out so well. Norah ended up holding Lewis while he screamed, waiting for Daddy to warm up the milk. Then she lay in bed just laughing at the fact that she was totally awake the whole time that Mike sat there feeding Lewis. Oh well! Norah may not have gotten any sleep, but she did appreciate Mike’s support!


We also had our first time leaving Lewis with someone besides family! Norah had a choir concert in March, and our friends Laura and Dan were kind enough to watch Lewis for a couple hours so that Mike could come and watch. It was during his screaming phase, so they were very sweet to do it!

We had a wonderful Easter weekend with a fun outing to go antiquing in the area and yumma dinners with Jake, Michelle, and the girls. Easter Sunday was a beautiful day, and we had a rousing Easter egg hunt for the girls at our house after Easter dinner. Wonderful memories!

Norah’s been able to meet a couple moms in the area, and one is becoming a running buddy. Lewis still loves being out in the jogging stroller, so our favorite afternoons involve jaunts around town on sunny days. Otherwise, all things Neosporin are keeping Mike busy at work! Norah will be doing a little bit of outside item writing for work, but otherwise, she’s happy to be staying home with her little guy. We’re hoping to tackle a couple projects on the yard over these next couple weekends, so wish us luck! It’s so much harder to get a lot done these days!!!

Lots of love to everyone! Hugs from us, and drooly kisses from Lewis!