the boys having a casual lunch together

 tah-dah! Nate and I love to make things and Alexander loves to watch.

 He is such a smiley baby!

 What are you trying to feed me?!!!

 Putting Alexander's bib on to try rice cereal again. He didn't like it the first several times we tried. Only two nights ago he seemed open to it.

 Cannot believe how grown up Nate is getting! 4yrs old next week, can you believe it?

learning to swim

 Nate was SO excited to go to swim lessons every day for two weeks!

Alexander is 4 months old

Today, Alexander went for his 4 month check up. He is 15lbs 4 oz (55 percentile), 25.25" long (70th percentile), and head is 17" (75th percentile). He is happy and healthy (but we really wish he'd sleep through the night :))!
His latest developments...lots and lots of smiles and sounds, rolls over from tummy to back, and from back to side, follows people around room (with his eyes), starting to recognize strangers, increased head strength, etc. He's getting really strong and it's amazing how fast this is all going! I think crawling is going to come faster than we think.

Spring Fun

( I am finally getting some pictures off of my phone, so some of these may be out of order or additions to previous posts.)
        Story time followed by a hike all about the 5 senses at Chautauqua Park in Boulder

 holding Rosie, the tarantula, at the Butterfly Pavilion

 1st time at the dentist. Nate said he loved going. They used silly string floss, a tickley toothbrush and gave him a goody bag for afterwards.

 Cheyenne Mountain Zoo in Colorado Springs

 loving the jump and go

 checking out the open space behind our (probably) new house! It was pajama day at preschool so Nate wore his slippers.

 Hiking at the ponds near Boulder

 How does my child know me so well? Dave said he picked this card out himself.

 snoozing

 ready to talk

 Nate's last day at gymnastics. He loved it!

 Storytime followed by meeting the firemen, touring the facility, and climbing on the trucks at the Boulder Rural fire department.

 Hiking on a mesa near Boulder

 Trying to hold the bug he found

 "helping" clean at Dave's warehouse

 An evening at the river near Eldorado Canyon after dinner

 Loving the new excersaucer

 ...Nate too

 same river....we weren't expecting Nate to take his clothes off but he really wanted to get in. and it was COLD!

 The boys and I after dinner in Louisville

 Having fun at Avery Brewery

 he can sit for a few seconds before tipping over :)

 learning to hold his head up

Nate trying to entertain Alexander...by filling his carseat with trucks!

 already liking the jump a roo

 Nate has recently started "reading" on his own  before bed. He loves falling asleep surrounded by all of his books. p.s. G-ma, G-pa, Nana, Papa- loving how the recorded books are even more great now! I hear him listening to them from the next room :)

 Helping Alexander figure out his jump and go

 peek-a-boo

 tummy time

cutie