4 Months of Amazing

On Thursday, Gavin and Aiden celebrated their four month birthday. I, of course, subjected them to more pictures with the monkey (we use a stuffed animal monkey to show their month to month growth). You'll notice that the monkey is not looking very big. When the boys were two weeks old the monkey looked huge! In fact, I am confident that it was almost bigger than them.

Reaching four months meant that the boys also got to go in for another well baby check-up on Friday. Something funny happened while we were in the waiting room before the boys' appt. There was a mother leaving with her baby. It was a baby girl, and it appeared to be her first appt. after coming home from the hospital. Compared to Gavin and Aiden, the baby looked tiny. This made me realize two things, 1) This was the first time that Gavin and Aiden looked big compared to other babies, and 2) Gavin and Aiden not only used to be that small, but they were even smaller. People always tell me that you never quite remember how small your babies used to be. It has only been a couple months and I have already forgotten (and am perfectly okay with that). Looking at those early pictures of Gavin and Aiden is so hard now, but also an incredible reminder of how far they have come. They are truly amazing little guys, and we couldn't love them more. Okay, enough sappy stuff.

Since we have been working hard at fattening our boys up, I was really excited about our appt. I couldn't wait to hear what the doctor had to say about their weight gains. At their last check-up, two months ago, Gavin weighed 6 lbs, 13 oz and Aiden weighed 6 lbs, 2 oz. On Friday, Gavin weighed 11 lbs, 10 oz and Aiden weighed 11 lbs, 6 oz. [I am sure you noticed that Gavin reclaimed his title of "Bigger Baby." He let Aiden keep the title for about a week, but day by day he slowly chipped away at the lead. Don't worry, he didn't gloat.] The doctor was recording their new statistics and said that Aiden's length (21 1/8") was good. Then he saw Aiden's weight gain and described it as "impressive." I was a very proud mommy. He was also very pleased with Gavin's growth (he is now 22" long). Since the boys' weight gain is not a problem, we can continue to let them have their new found 7-9 hour nightly sleeping stretch. The doctor saw no reason to wake sleeping babies, and we support his decision 100%.

The two pictures show Aiden (top) and Gavin (bottom) in their car seats before we left for their appt. Notice how excited they are to go to the doctor...are those looks of apprehension or just sheer terror?