Last week we took Miles to the doc for his belated 4-month check-up (delayed because he got his first cold on his 4 month B-day-Happy Birthday!). He was a trooper during the first two of the four booster shots he received, but the third and fourth just did him in, despite the cute Spiderman bandaids the nurse put on his legs. Ouch! He was in a bit of pain later at home, too, but thankfully that was remedied with extra TLC from mom and dad and some infant Tylenol.....

He now weighs 15 pounds (which puts him in the 50% for boys his age) and is 24 and 1/2 inches long.

In the past 10 days he has begun laughing when tickled on his sides, razzed on his neck, or legs, or when we make funny faces. It's the best sound in the whole world to us! He loves to smile, too, which he does with his whole face, ear to ear.

He now puts up with tummy time for about 5-10 minutes which is quite a leap from a few weeks ago. He goes until he cannot longer hold that big, beautful head of his anymore and winds up sucking on his blanket. His ability to push himself on to his back from his tummy gets him out of tummy time until mommy turns him back over for more neck exercises.

Miles is practicing holding and grabbing, and occasionally gets his pacifier back in his mouth unassisted.

What else.......he sleeps in his crib that Brian put together just after Miles and I returned from Texas. He looks so cute in it, don't ya think??!