Emmersyn @ 4 months

Emmersyn is 4 months already and it's hard to believe! She's a very sweet baby and has a calm and laid back personality. She loves her hands and still constantly sucks on them, although she does take a pacifier and doesn't suck her thumb. She still hasn't rolled over yet. I always say her big belly gets in the way. I am okay with her not being mobile yet, because I know how much more difficult things get once she does. She's a big, chubby baby and I LOVE it. In the next few weeks we'll be starting cereal and hopefully that will help her stop nursing every 2.5-3 hours and help her sleep through the night again. She's still waking up once a night, although I'm pretty sure it's so she can have me all to herself for once :)!

At her doctor's appointment she was 16 lbs. 7 oz. and 24 inches.

Most of the time she tolerates being on her belly...other times she doesn't...

Lincoln @ 4 Months

Here is my big boy at 4 months old:


My BIG boy is: 15 lbs. 9 oz. (75th %ile; Riley was 15 lbs. 14 oz. at 1 year!!!) and 25.75 inches (80th %ile) long!! His Dr. apt went really well, 4 shots and 1 oral vaccine this time..boo. Thanks to Kelli for a great book about infant/child vaccines I have learned a lot about them and which are necessary and which are maybe not necessary (I'm just not brave enough not to get my little ones vaccinated...a very informative book though)! He has great head control and can almost sit with pillows around him!! WHOOOHOOO!

I also haven't quite figured out why it is that we stress the whole pregnancy on picking out the cutest and most meaningful name before the baby is born and then when they are born, at least in our case, we rarely call them the cute, adorable name we gave them?!! We have so many nicknames for Lincoln, we usually call him one of the following: My little man (especially when he wears a polo shirt), booter, tooter-booter, Stinky Linky, (when he passes gas), angel face, squinty (because when he smiles, his eyes disappear) Bo-Bo, Thunder thighs, Chubby Wubby, Munchkin, Peanut, Peanut Butter, and of course, Ty's favorite: Sausage Link (because he's so chubby). Also, when he's fussy we usually call him one of the following: Fussball, Mr. McFussy or Tiny Whiny. Rarely do I call him Lincoln. :)

Milestones: Eating cereal and he's great at it. He really shovels it in, rarely spitting it out and making a mess. He LOVES his food. He also found his toes a while back and loves to hang onto them. His first experience with the exersaucer was fun and his feet almost touched :).

ALSO, he rolled over for the first time this afternoon (Sept. 8) from his belly to his back! WHOOOHOOO!! Such a big little guy, he was so proud of himself, he just kept doing it over and over again! Such fun...(I'll post a video when I have time)