4 and 5 months

I am sorry for the lack of post the last month, my computer is out of commission and it is not the most pleasant thing to blog for an iPad.

Let's just do a little catch up.

The end of January Nikson wasn't sleeping very well and started to cough a little, but he was acting happy as ever. Nikson's cousin Hadlee had a cold and so I wanted to take him to the dr to make sure he wasn't getting sick especially because Josh and I were planning on taking him in his first trip to Florida. After a 3 hours at the dr we found out the Nikson did not have RSV (thank goodness) but he did have a nasty ear infection (yikes, we were supposed to be on a plane to 2 days). The dr decided the kick this ear infections butt with antibiotic shots and a prescription for liquid antibiotic. Those shots were AWFUL he cried and cried, but Josh had to get the same shot a couple years ago and said it was very painful. But the next day when we won't back to the dr for more shots and he's nasty ear infection went from nasty to almost gone to 2 days. I have such a good baby. The whole time ha had his ear infection I didn't even know because he is such a good baby, it kind of made me feel bad that I didn't know he was in pain.

Taking his antibiotic, kinda hated it.

Josh insisted on taking this picture of "baby butt crack". It is pretty cute :)

One of my favorite pictures ever of the "best cousins"!

The first of February Josh, Nikson and I made our way to Fort White, Florida. Nikson did amazing. The first flight from Salt Lake to Atlanta (about a 3 1/2 hour flight) he ate pretty much the whole time, he ate 14oz and then slept the last 1/2 hour. He did so good even on take off and landing even with his ear infection. The second flight he slept pretty much the whole time. As soon as he landed in Florida he started sweating, he had a hard time adjusting to the heat, but he loved being able to go outside with our being bundled up.

Eating in the Atlanta airport.

Napping on the plane.

Josh was teaching a class so Nikson and I got to hang out at the house. We went on some walks, sat in the sun, tried to cure some diaper rash (from the antibiotics) and we got to go out to dinner a few nights with Josh and his students. We were very glad we got to go on that trip with Josh, Nikson and I don't like when Daddy's out of town.

Laying in the sun!

Love this!

We did lots of snuggling in Florida!

Sweaty baby.

Airing out his bum to get rid of diaper rash.

Once we got home we had Nikson's 4 month dr appointment. He is good and healthy and gaining weight like a champ. When we went in for his 2 month appointment he was in the 10th percentile for weight and just 2 short months later he is in the 60th percentile, weighing 15 pounds. He is getting chubby. That night I was rubbing his little chubby legs where he got his shots so they didn't knot up, and he giggled for the first time. It was so darn cute. I thought for sure he was confused because what i was doing should hurt, but his cute thighs are just very ticklish. The dr said that I should start him on rice cereal, I was so excited to try it because I thought he was going to LOVE it. Boy, was I wrong. He hated it and still hates it, no matter the temperature, no matter the time of day, even if I make train noises, I've even tried it in a bottle mixed with formula and he just gagged and whined. Josh says Nikson has my awesome gag reflex since he gags when I feed him cereal.

Baby Houdini!

We also stopped swaddling him and moved him out of our room into his crib

We caught his adorable laugh on video!

He has learned to roll from his back to his tummy and now is a pro. Any day now he will be a steam roller rolling around the floor. His record so far is 3 rolls in a row, from back to tummy to back to tummy!

We celebrated our St Patrick's Day at the dr office. Josh left out of town on Thursday and once he was gone Nikson started not sleeping very well, not eating very well and just acting whiny and miserable so at first I thought it was a tooth or an ear infection or both but the dr checked him out and it wasn't his ear, a tooth or a sore throat. On Sunday it seemed worse and kind of seemed like a tummy ache after some Tylenol and gripe water (I swear by it, I think it works better than gas drops) he finally slept all night Sunday night.

Oh, and at our St Patty's Day dr appointment he weighed 17 pounds 10 ounces fully clothed. What a chunk!

He is just a great baby all around. Very happy and smiley. Loves to chew on his fingers. Sleeps usually 11 hours a night, momma likes her sleep!

I'm so blessed to be the mom of this precious baby. It's kinda overwhelming that he is mine and that I get to take care of him and raise him to be a prefect little man. I really couldn't have asked for a better baby.

Your mom and dad love you, dude!