Busy Weekend

Nolan had a busy last few days. We went to St. Joe's, Michigan on Friday with Laura and Luke Honda to visit the Marsh Family. We had a great visit and it was fun to see the three boys together.

On Saturday, we went up to my parents' lake house. Nolan had a couple of "firsts" - his first boat ride and his first time swimming! I think we have a water baby on our hands! He really liked the water and had us all surprised. He was kicking and splashing away. I signed up for "Mommy and Me" swimming lessons which start on July 10th at our local park district pool here in Mt. Prospect. I have a feeling he's going to have a lot of fun with it.

Just checking in....

Nolan is really starting to like rice cereal. I don't think he liked the texture when he first tried it. But I'm diluting it a little bit more now which seems to be helping. Now that it's a little bit smoother and thinner, he's like a little bird when I feed him...opening his mouth and wanting more. It's pretty cute.

I was able to get a video clip of Nolan rolling over yesterday. You can tell that he's so proud of himself when he does it. And when he's laying on the ground, he'll keep doing it and doing it...pretty funny!

Have a good week!

Four Month Check-Up

Nolan had his 4 month check-up tonight and also helped Dad celebrate his birthday! The appointment went well and the pediatrician said Nolan is doing great. He said we could start giving him rice cereal once a day. (UPDATE: Nolan had rice cereal for the first time today. Click on Video Clips to see what he thought of it.) I have a feeling Nolan is really going to enjoy that! Nolan is still off the charts for height and weight. He's in the 97+ percentile for both. The doctor's growth chart only goes up to 97% and Nolan is above that!? Nolan handled the 4 month vaccines much better than the 2 month vaccines. Dave made the comment that you know you're getting old when your son gets "shots" on your birthday and you don't! =)

Starting today, Nolan has been rolling over like crazy from his back to his stomach. Just on the exam table alone tonight he rolled over three times!

Nolan is hopefully at the tail end of his cold. He's had it almost two weeks, but the pediatrician said that despite all of Nolan's coughing and congestion, his lungs sound good, ears are clear, and he doesn't have a fever. So we're hoping that he shakes this cold very soon!

Summer is here!

Nolan has been busy this past week. We had a great time up in Lake Geneva last weekend. It was Nolan's first time up there. And Grandpa George and Grandma Becky are in town this weekend. We spent the day downtown today and had fun showing Millenium Park to Nolan.

Nolan is fighting his first cold. He's had it for a little over a week so hopefully it'll be gone soon. Nolan is still drooling like crazy and chewing on any and everything...he has two teeth with two more on the way. He has his four month check-up on Monday.

That's all for now.