Four Months

The Nate Update:

Nate is sick for the first time. :o( He is congested and has a cough. He's also thrown up twice after big coughing fits. Poor little guy. It breaks my heart to see him cough. Luckily he doesn't understand what's going on and after coughing, looks at me with a big grin. I think it's because of all the attention he gets when he coughs. He got sick Thursday evening, and the doctor said he would probably be better by this Thursday.

We had his four month doctor appointment today and he got a shot even though he is sick. I thought he might have been trying to get out of it, but no such luck for either of us. He was a real trooper, and didn't even flinch while he got poked. Brave little guy. Unfortunately, later that night he got pretty upset. I think his leg must have started hurting.

He is now 16 lbs, 3 oz which puts him in the 74th percentile for weight. He is 25.12 inches long, which puts him in the 56th percentile for length. Yay! He's made it past the 50th percentile. I was worried he might be destined to be short all his life. He just got a slow start.

Nate's new favorite thing is squealing at an incredibly high pitch. Enjoy:

Holding Things

So Nate is starting to hold things! He really has almost no control over what he does with them. All this is adorable right now, but ask me again in a few months when he's grabbing things off shelves at the grocery store...

This picture was just taken today. Nate received this beautiful handmade quilt from Karen Keane and we LOVE it. One of the fabrics was actually the same exact fabric that I picked out about a month ago to re-cover Nate's nursing pillow (which he is laying on in this picture). We took this picture today to send to Karen with the thank-you note. Thanks Keanes!

Here are three video clips of Nate holding things!!!

Karen and Andy's Visit

We had a really good time hanging out with Lesley's sister Karen and her new husband Andy a couple of weeks ago. They are moving to Switzerland soon, and Karen wanted to show Andy where she had grown up before they leave the US. We did lots of fun activities, including kayaking to the Moks, scuba diving Shark's Cove, bodyboarding Makapuu, climbing the Stairway to Heaven, and watching the sunset in Waikiki. Here are a few pictures:

Our little family on the beach at Makapuu.

Karen diving at Shark's Cove.
There were tons of awesome caves to swim through.

Lesley on the left, Karen on the right. Andy and Karen kayaking to the Moks.

Around the backside of the left island.

We saw a monk seal! Very cool and special.

Matt and Andy kayak-surfing.

Sara's friend Alethe on the Stairway to Heaven.

The whole crew on Stairway.