Winston is 4 Months!

My sweet baby Winston turned 4 Months old on December 21st

Here are his stats from his doctors appointment:

Weight: 13.3 Pounds  (18%)

Height:  25 1/2 Inches (73%)

Head Circ: 42.9 cm  (69%)

We have one tall skinny boy!

He also had to get his shots :(

There is a shortage for the shot that has 3 shots in it, 

so he had to be poked 4 times!

It was so sad.

He does not handle his shots very well which makes this momma extremely sad.

He wanted to be held all day

(Which is fine by me)

but he also would just cry and cry and cry.

It seriously broke mine and James' hearts.

Winston at 4 months:

He loves his bath time

Loves his big brother Lincoln

Winston loves it when he stands up on your lap when he's holding your hands

Loves to sleep!

He goes to bed at 9:00 PM and wakes up once or twice in the night.

He's up for the day by 8:00 AM

He then will have a short morning nap around 9 for an hour.

Then he'll take his long nap from 11-4ish

(heavenly)

Then around 6 he'll have another short 45 minute power nap

then back to bed by 9:00.

He needs to sleep swaddled
If he wiggles his way out of being wrapped up, he wakes himself up

Winston is always smiling

He has the most beautiful dimples

He still has deep blue eyes

He has gorgeous long eye lashes

He loves to suck on his hands

He is now putting his rattles and toys in his mouth to suck on

He is starting to drool

(it still doesn't even come close to the amount of drool that comes from Lincoln's mouth)

He thinks it's so funny when we change him

He laughs when we use wet wipes on his little bum

He can roll over from his tummy to his back

(some of the time)

He wants to roll from his back to stomach but just can't figure it out yet,

he twists and turns so much - he'll get it soon

Win is not a fan of tummy time. He just lays there and gives up
His neck is strong and he can hold it up but he just gets lazy.
(Lincoln was such a champ at tummy time and holding his head up - but I am defiantly not complaining...I am loving have a 'normal' paced baby!)

He likes to sleep with a blanket by his face

He loves to sit up

Loves his bumbo!

Winston loves to play with his toy mat

Winston will only take a binki when he is extremely, extremely tired.

Winston is in size 1 diaper

He wears size 0-3 month and 3 month clothes

(3-6 month clothes still drown him)

Winston does not like to have the canopy up and over him when he's in his carseat.

He likes to be able to see everything around him.

So much for using one of those carseat covers...

He drinks 4 ounces every 3ish hours

Winston is so quick to laugh

Winston still hasn't tried his baby oatmeal, but he will next week.

Winston tried his johnny jump up for the first time last week

he didn't complain about it

but also hasn't figured out how to jump in it yet

Winston doesn't like loud noises when it's time to go to sleep.

Winston is such an easy going baby.
He only cries when he is ready to eat (and usually it's just a whine)
and when he is ready to sleep.
I get asked all the time
"He is always this happy? Does he ever cry?!"
And I always say, "Yes he is, and no he doesn't"
He is seriously perfect

We have been so lucky to have him apart of our family.

And just for kicks and giggles
here is a comparison of Lincoln and Winston at 4 months old.
Everyone says that they think Winston looks like Lincoln when he was a baby-
They are defiantly siblings, but I dunno if they look that much a like.
Winston is a lot skinnier than Linc was.
They both have BIG eyes, but they have different eye shapes.
Lincolns head was more round than Winston's is.
Either way-
They are both adorable :)

Santa and Silly Faces

We had our ward Christmas Party a few weeks ago and Santa made a visit!
Winston did a great job sitting on Santa's Lap.

 Lincoln on the other hand only wanted a sucker.

Little Stink.

Check out his scowl.

hahahahah

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The other day I put Winston on his play mat while I was in the other room.

Next thing I hear from James,

"Jame, you might want to take a picture..quick!"

I went and grabbed my camera and found this...

Lincoln playing with Winston.

 

Then Lincoln started to play his favorite game with Winston,

"Peek-a-boo Winston!"

I am truly grateful for my two little boys.

They bring so much joy into my life.

I love the Lincoln and Winston can interact with eachother.

I love that when Winston is sad, Lincoln will do anything (and i mean anything) to make him "all better"

I am one very, very, very lucky Momma!

Temple Square

There is something magical about seeing the lights at Temple Square.

This year was just as special as any other year.

Lincoln loved seeing the:

"Christmas tree"

"Christmas Lights!"

"Star"

"Jesus"

"Sheep"

"TEMPLE"

 and he went around saying:

"Ho, Ho, Ho! Merry Christmas Lights"

Lincoln honestly loved every second of being on Temple Square.

He didn't mind that it was 30 degrees and raining and snowing on us.

He did not want to be in the stroller,

He needed to be running around so he could see every, single, christmas light.

Lincoln really, truly loves Christmas and all it's magic

I love being a mom and seeing his joy.

This Christmas has defiantly been my favorite Christmas yet

(and we haven't even had actual Christmas Day yet!)

We went to see the Lights with Thomas and Sydney.

We have gone in previous years together and thought that this year we should do the same.

We are so glad that they were able to come from Chicago and spend time with us :)

We decided that the best night to go was Monday night-even though a big storm was about to hit Utah.

We figured that snow was better than 18 degree weather

(yes, it's 18 degrees outside right now)

Even though it was pouring and my forehead was frozen

It was completely worth going-

just to see Lincoln's face light up when he saw all the pretty lights.

Lincoln also LOVED the water fountains at City Creek. 

James had to hold onto him so he wouldn't fall in.

These boys crack me up.

Oh Christmas Tree

I can't help but want to sing

"Oh, Christmas Tree. Oh, Christmas Tree"

whenever I look at our Christmas Tree.

James and I decided that last year was the last time we would have a real Christmas tree.

Unfortunatly, it turns out this year is the last time we will have a real christmas tree

(I hope any ways)

As much as I love the smell of the tree,

 I hate knowing that we have a creature living in our tree.

Throughout the day I'll hear weird noises and shaking coming from our glorious tree.

It freaks me out.

And no, it's not Lincoln :)

James said that our tree is "gonezo" on December 26th.

And as much as I hate to see the tree get taken down.

It has to go.

It's already completely dead

and the creature living in it freaks me out.

Anyways-

We went and picked out our lovely tree at good old Harmons.

I wanted it to be a fun, family event

but it never turns out the way you plan it.

Between freezing, and almost getting hit by cars in the parking lot,

we managed to find a tree and take it home.

When we got home we started decorating it.

I love decorating a Christmas tree

I especially loved it this year because we got all new ornaments.

And i loved it because Lincoln helped put all the ornaments on the bottom branches of the tree.

Winston was a saint and just sat on Daddy's lap while they watch, "Elf"

 After we decorated our Tree

Lincoln wrote Santa a letter, 

where he drew a picture and asked for a Choo Choo Train for Christmas

That night the Pajama Elf came and got Lincoln's letter and left Linc and Winston Christmas Jammies.

 I just love kids in jammies

 ...AND you know you're done taking pictures when big brother decides to roll over little brother...