Nolan- 6 Months!

You have the sweetest shy smile sometimes!

Still loving your front pack! Helps mommy out a lot!

First trip to South Twin! Sitting in the Gator with your brother!

Chilly Memorial Day Weekend!

First ride on the Pontoon!

First time in Camas, WA -- hanging out at Lacamas Lake 

Visiting Grandpa and Grandmas house in Yelm, WA for the first time-- oldest Cousin Esther!

First time at the Minnesota Zoo!

First time sitting up in the bath tub! You love being able to play bath toys now!

Daddy flew us from Seattle back home to Minneapolis! First time flying in an airplane from MSP to SEA. 

Doing lots of arts and crafts in the infant room at Little Lambs Christian Center

You have become quite the Momma's Boy! :) 

Best time in the bath with your brother!

First time sitting up in the shopping cart! WAY better then crying in your car seat, you absolutely love sitting in the cart!

Starting to stand up by the window! Just like how Lucas started!

Happy Fathers day Daddy!

Grandma Wendy time!

Lucas wasn't too happy, but your first parade with Grandma Wendy!

A little nervous about the big drums!

Starting to get up on all fours!!!!

Reading a book for fathers day!

Sold our house in Hutchinson MN!!!

Last visit with your first pediatrician, Dr Knudtson! We loved her!

Holy moly Noley Bug!! You are 6 months old!! The time has flown by, and you have continued to amaze us with your growth! so many in changes for you and our family in the last month!! You are such an easy going baby, sometimes we barely know you are around during the day!!! You are content watching your brother, watching Fenton,  and just much happier sitting up the whole day!

You had your 6 month appointment, and last appointment ever  with Dr. Knudtson, since we sold our house over memorial day weekend and finalized our decision to move to WA. 

You are doing great and developing right on track! (even ahead of the milestone charts in lots of things, especially gross motor!) 

*6 month stats:

-weight: 17.9# - 53 percentile

-length: 26.4 in - 42 percentile

-head circumference: 17.25in - 68 percentile

You are now trying to get up on all fours and moving all over on your belly, mainly backwards at first at 5 months! Then more towards 6 months you are fully up on all fours rocking back and forth! You also began pulling up to stand on tubs and boxes right around 6 months old! Watch out!! I was hoping now that you are moving much more you'd sleep better at night, still love to hang out with your mommy every hour to 2 hours at night! oh so much fun!

We had a lot of firsts from 5-6 months first time:

-going to South Twin at Grandpa and Grandma Schultz's Lake cabin for Memorial Day weekend

-riding on the pontoon (you slept pretty well on their too - with the rocking motion and noisy motor!)

-tried applesauce, spinach, and mangos baby food

-ride on an airplane from Minneapolis to Seattle - you did great!

-visit to Camas, WA (our potential new home)

-visit to Yelm, WA and Lake Lawrence to visit Grandpa and Grandma Ireland and your Aunts/Uncles and cousins

-flew on an airplane while daddy flew the plane (which meant mommy had to hold you and control your brother! Ha!) you boys weren't too hard on your mom! You did cry a little more this trip though! Good thing I am still nursing, thats all I had to do to keep you quiet :)

-visit to the MN Zoo with the Binas (you rode in the front pack carrier and were awake most of the time checking things out!)

-started breakfast at daycare (did fantastic - ate everything)

-sitting in the front of the grocery cart! big boy!! you loved this -- so much more then being in your car seat!

-sitting in the bath tub

-began standing for a few seconds holding on to our window ledge!

-went to a parade in Hutchinson, MN-- weren't too sure of the marching bands

-pulled up to stand!!!

Nolan-5 months!

First taste of rice cereal! You love it!

First ride in a regular stroller with your brother!

As Lucas says, "Nolan, we are going to be best friends forever!"

Bath time! 

You love Mommy's new front facing baby carrier!

Lots of tummy time action!

Sitting on your own for the first time! So strong!

We have been busy, busy, for the last 3 months so I am needing to try and remember everything that you did from photos!
From 4-5 months you have changed a ton little man! You can sit on your own starting right at 4 months old for about 10 seconds! You are constantly on the move and can do circles on your tummy! Your pediatrician said go ahead and start baby food (and this time she said we don't have to wait 3 days to try a new food and we can mix them up) since you are sitting so well! So you were able to sit up in the high chair for the first time and try some rice cereal, you loved it and did so well! You knew what to do right away, swallowed everything right down! We then quickly switched it up to baby oatmeal and you liked that even more! We were hoping this would fill you up more so you would sleep better at night *didnt help! ;) You then tried sweet potatoes, squash, bananas, and pears! I am still nursing you which is amazing to me since I wasn't sure how long this would last especially with returning to work! You also do great at daycare, they say you are an active baby that keeps them on their toes!

You have amazed us with your super strong arms and your tummy time is fantastic! you can push straight up with your arms! Towards 4.5 months you were able to sit for 30 second and then right at the 5 month mark you could sit for 10 min without any problem! You are such a strong baby!!!
You also came down with a terrible cold, and were super congested with a yucky cough-- Mom had to sleep a few nights with you in the recliner! Thankfully, Lucas traveled to WA with Daddy so Mom was able to spend lots of one on one time with you while you were sick! You continue to amaze us with you sweet, but active and curious personality, you are the perfect baby during the day, now only if you slept at night... :) We love you so much Noley, Roley, Poley!

Nolan- 4 Months!

Nolan is 4 Months!

Stats:
Weight: 15# 10oz - 52nd percentile
Length: 25in long - 46th percentile
Head Circumference: 16.6in - 68th percentile

Sleepy boy on his first Easter!

First day at Little Lambs! They uploaded a photo of him on the app!

Met his friend Jaelyn!

First time in the exersaucer, he loves it!

Such a big, sat right up in his bouncy seat, strong tummy  muscles!

napping in his crib!

sitting up so big!

First picnic of the summer!

First time swinging at the park for Nolan!

Had a little fever! but still looks so sweet in his Rock n Play, and Zipadee Zip!

Nolan is a happy baby with the cutest smile! He is the perfect addition to our family and Lucas constantly tells him they are going to be best friends forever (melts my heart!) He loves being talked to, held, and played with. He usually gets bored of being in the exercsaucer, bumbo, or laying on his back  or belly after 20 min! Then he will let us know with his strong lungs that its time to pick him up and move him!

His 4 month well baby check went great! I am still exclusively breast feeding Nolan - my goal with nursing was 4 months so I am happy I made it! Then I was just going to play it out from their and not worry so much about pumping when I am at home! He is right where he is supposed to be for weight and height, and our pediatrician mentioned he is so good with his head control he can start some rice cereal and gradually progress to baby food! And things have once in again changed in regards to feeding babies, now new studies suggest beginning solids at 4 months is beneficial to decrease risk of allergies, and we can mix baby food, or feed him carrots once night, squash the next without having to monitor for any reactions. We were also told we are able to give him foods like peanut butter, strawberries, honey, around 6 months vs prior research had said waiting till 1 year! Our MD also said he should really be able to get through the entire night without nursing (which hasn't been the case - usually its at least 2x I feed him in the middle of the night!) I think I have been nursing him to get him back to sleep quicker and so he won't wake his brother up more so then if he really was that hungry. Maybe giving him some cereal will help him go a little longer at night! So we shall see how that goes in the coming weeks!

From 3 months - 4 months Nolan was quite the busy baby! He officially celebrated his 1st Easter in Grand Forks and pretty much slept through the Entire Easter day! Ended up sleeping from 11:15- (all the way through Easter dinner )- all the way to 4:30 in his car seat! Must have been a tired boy from all the fun Easter activities that we did with family! We then drove home the next day after Easter and he slept the entire drive back to Hutchinson! The next day, I had to return to work and Nolan had his first official long day at day care - Little Lambs Christian Center. He will have the same teachers Lucas had when he was baby and they are awesome! They also have an awesome app where I can check in to see what he is doing all the time! It made his first week so much easier- and they said he did great for his first time! Taking 30-40 min nap and drinking his bottles great! Nolan also started just in time to take his first school photos! They turned out so cute!

We have been working on getting Nolan in his crib more as well, and it is quite the challenge! He will take little short naps at home in his crib, even though we know he needs to sleep more! If he's in the crib, he will nap maybe 20 min, in the car seat, he'd nap for hours! We have been typically starting Nolan out in the crib at night, nursing him around 8:30 or so than then lying him int he crib (I try sticking a rolled up blanket on both sides and under his legs (to replicate the Rock n Play) and he will then typically wake up between 10:45 and 12AM and then we try to get back him the crib, finally give out and let him sleep the rest of night in the Rock N Play (he still will wake up every 2-3 hours). I have decided he is a terrible sleeper! :) But sure makes up for it with how cute and smily he is! Our goal for 5 months is the whole night in the crib! We will see!

Nolan also rolled over for the first time from his back to his tummy at about 3.5 months old! Such a strong boy! He also loves bringing his feet up towards his month, and loves having his legs flexed up! Almost constantly doing a reverse sit up! He is bringing blankets and toys to his mouth all the time, and can hold rattles and small toys for a bit! He also sat on his own for about 10 sec, in a tripod like position! And has continued to do circles on his belly! We will put him down and sometimes he will be 180 degrees in a few minutes!

We have been taking advantage of our beautiful spring weather in April with lots of stroller rides,  picnics, bike rides, and playing at the park! I sure home Nolan will start to love being outside as much as Lucas does!! Cant wait to see what the next month has in store for Nolan and all the new milestones (as well as eating real food!) :)