Four Months and Growing!

My sweet baby boy is four months old...and a few days. We've been out of town, celebrating Tristan's birthday with family, so I'm a few days late doing this. Four months old!! Noah is a sweetheart! A chubby sweetheart, but so incredibly cute. Honestly. He LOVES to smile, and he's starting to laugh a lot more. He's one of those babies that you loves to take naps with because he's so cuddly. I do every once in a while while Tristan's napping, but if I did it all the time, I would never get anything done! He had his four month check-up and is doing great. Only downer is that he has eczema on his arms and back, so we're trying to lather him up with some strong lotion every morning and night. He was 15.15 lbs (78%) and 25 inches (62%). He's just taking after his momma, being the even-chubbier baby that she was! Here's some random facts about Noah this month!

*He nurses every 3-4 hours...but he's a FAST eater. Probably the cause of his frequent spit-ups (Tristan was the exact same way).
*He goes to sleep pretty easily around 7:00, but still wakes up once to eat. He's been waking up an additional time lately because he's been unswaddling himself, and he is definitely a swaddle baby. I'm trying to transition him out of that, but we'll just have to see.
*He's rolled over a few times but isn't consistent yet.
*He's really starting to play with his hands and grab for things now. He likes his paci but also really likes to chew on his hands. One thumb knuckle is actually getting a little raw from his chewing.
*He LOVES his brother (and his brother tells him constantly "I wuv you Noah!"), but Tristan still can scare him every once in a while. He's starting to toughen up around Tristan though -- getting kind of used to Tristan constantly hugging/kissing/laying beside him.
*Noah is quite a peaceful baby. He's usually happy as long as he's not hungry or tired. He can get quite mad when he's tired.
*Nursery workers LOVE him. They are always telling me what a perfect baby he is. I'm glad he is like that for them...because I know he has that sleepy/hungry temper :)

Noah is such a fun baby. Having two young children is hard, especially when the oldest wants your attention 24/7 (thank goodness for naps!), but Noah makes it a little easier. I will have to confess, there has been many a times when the TV is on for Tristan due to a screaming Noah. But that is how life goes at times, I guess! Here are some recent pictures of my precious boy: (forgive the out-of-order sequence)