4 months old (edited).

*added stats from 4 month check up are at the bottom

March 16, 2014

On Sunday our little bitty baby turned 4 months old!! He is getting soooo big! He has his 4 month doctor apt on Monday so we will check his height and weight then. Nate thinks he's gonna weigh in at 15 lbs.
We are having so much fun with this little pip squeak and love everything about him!
He is just about rolling over (he did it once but has yet to repeat), he has started drooling like mad, he has tried ice cream and is a fan. He is getting really strong abs and can almost pull himself into a sitting position from laying flat on his back. He is also good at using his arms to push his body way up off the floor during tummy time. He still loves bath time and showers. He still pukes a lot, and he's still bald. He loves smiling and is starting to giggle more too.

This is Spencer and his friend Henry.

Height: 25.5in

58%

Weight: 15.8oz

47%

Head: 16.5in

52%

Nate-ism #18.

(looking at a picture of Nate's brother) 

Lindsey: Hey, that looks like they got engaged at the same place we did only on a trail and not on the side of the road.

Nate: Yea, it does.

Lindsey: Where would you have proposed if I hadn't made you stop on the side of the road?

Nate: I probably wouldn't have.

Spencer says the Pledge of Allegiance.

A few weeks ago, someone we know said that her infant daughter (a month younger than Spencer) had said her first word (and it was a difficult word). Obviously this was impossible but Nate ran with it. He made up his mind to teach Spence the pledge of allegiance, they work on it every day. It goes like this (hopefully I'll get a video soon) 

Nate: Ok, say 'I pledge allegiance'

Spencer: goo gah aaaaah 

Nate: Good, now say 'to the flag'

Spencer: oooogh ahgag

Nate: 'of the United States of America'

Spencer: .......

Nate: 'of the'

Spencer:  

Nate: Come on, 'of the'

Spencer: gagoogaga

Nate: good job! Now 'united states of america'

Spencer: gogogag gaaahh agh

Nate: that was 'united states of am...'

Nate: '...erica'...'...erica'

Spencer: WAAAAAHHHHH!! I WANT MY MOM WAAAAHHH!!!

Spencer tries to laugh.

March 6, 2014

This morning was the first time Spencer has tried to laugh where it wasn't an accident. For about 5 minutes he just laid on the floor and laughed at my goofy noises. I was even able to catch the very end with my ipod camera.

Nate-ism #17.

Nate telling jokes to Spencer:

Nate: Spencer, what do you call a cow jumping over a barbed wire fence?
Nate: Udder-destruction.
Nate: Spencer, what do you call a cow that can't give milk?
Nate: Udder-failure.
Nate: Spencer, how many Jews can you fit in a Volkswagen?
Nate: 3. 2 in the front 1 on the back.
Nate: It's not a bad joke.

Nate-ism #16.

Nate was making some delicious oatmeal cream pies (have I mentioned that boy can cook?!) and the recipe called for "2 whole eggs".

Nathan: 2 WHOLE eggs? Like the shell included???

Nate.

I just needed to give a little praise to someone who deserves it and doesn't get it nearly enough.
NATE!

     He is the sweetest, funniest, greatest husband and the sweetest, funniest, greatest dad to Spencer.
I just read a line from the current book I'm reading (The Shoemaker's Wife, totally recommend it and I'm only halfway through), "a father is the person who teaches a son to be brave, to do the right thing." And it made me think of how awesome Nate is to Spencer. He loves that boy a ton and is so excited to teach him everything and be his best friend.

     They already have such a sweet relationship, Spence definitely knows who his dad is. After spending all day with me if he's grumpy or cranky and Nate comes home and holds him he just calms down and will stare at Nate. And every Sunday Nate takes him while I go to YW and he almost always gets him to sleep or at least to be content.

     Nate has also been really great about letting me get some sleep the last few nights. Usually Spencer is an awesome sleeper but the last 3 nights he has not been! He doesn't want to go to bed till 1 or 2am and then he only wants to sleep for an hour at a time. It has been rough but Nate has stayed up till 1 with him and let me get a little sleep and it is very much appreciated!
     We are just loving having this little pipsqueak!

I just realized all these pictures are from at least a month ago if not longer...I need to take more pictures.