4 months old!

Nathan is 4 months old today! He had his checkup today, and here are his all important measurements:

Length: 25 inches (50th percentile)
Weight: 14 lbs. 4 oz. (50th percentile)
Head Circumference: 16 3/8 inches  (50th percentile)

Ridiculous that he keeps growing so exactly. 

The doctor said that he was delightful with impressively great gross motor skills. Nothing we didn't already know, but it was nice to hear again! He cried a bit with the shots, but in true Nathan fashion calmed down after a few minutes and a little distraction from Dad. 

General milestones:
He's gotten very good at grasping, though he isn't switching things back and forth yet - at least not on purpose. While he started rolling over around 2 months, he hasn't seem to be inclined over the last month or so. I'm not too worried. How many adults do you know that can't roll over? Mostly he just seems pretty content on his tummy so I think he's not as motivated to change his situation. He's also started to try turning pages of board books. Warms my heart.

He's got the best hearty laugh known to mankind and especially loves being startled. He's definitely on the shy side, and large crowds are NOT his favorite. When he's surrounded by people he doesn't know well he spends most of his time in deep concentration just taking it all in, and it's much harder to elicit the wonderfully easy smiles he flashes at home.

He loves being naked, baths, and music. He generally sleeps between 8-10 hours in his first stretch at night (AWESOME BABY!!!!) followed by a few more hours. His naps are definitely on the shorter side, somewhere between 45 minutes to an hour typically, but he takes a lot of them. It's a trade off we're willing to take.

This is from the beginning of the shoot. Wouldn't he make a great cherubic statue?

Also, here's Leah at 4 months! Maybe it's just because they are both babies, but I can't help seeing a resemblance. 

Credit: Book of Days (Liz Wyderko :))