[Belated] official 4 month stats update

Oskar James Swanson
18.1 ounces heavy
26 3/4 inches long
Oskar is holding his ground on the upper end of the growth charts- 93 and 94% for height and weight, 99% for head circumference. Unfortunately we left the camera in Yakima and the computer still won't let us download pics so there are no new photo updates here. However, elsewhere on the web Oskar and Mark made the slideshow on the Covenant Annual Meeting webpage.

These three pics are me trying to figure out how to download pics from Shutterfly for a blog entry without including the entire album as a slideshow. Not quite there, but he's still cute!

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Oskar serious. (He does smile alot, just not for the camera.)

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Beautiful baby. Doesn't he look relaxed?

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We have a 4 month (+ 3 days) old. 

When did that happen? Time has flown by so quickly I am in disbelief each time I look at Oskar. As soon as I delete some files from the computer so it will let me download new pics, I'll post some and you'll see that he hardly looks like the same baby we brought home from the hospital. (We're 90% sure he is however.) He's lost all of his original hair but the bottom inch at the back. If you're trying to picture that, imagine the view of your bald grandpa from the back. That's Oskar's head too. He is holding his head up high, grabbing things, putting everything in his mouth, drooling and blowing bubbles, laughing some, smiling and talking all the time (when he isn't staring at something so intensely you wonder if he's ever going to look away), and bringing us loads of joy. 

Memorial Day weekend in Portland

Here are some shots of Oskar with his dad, both uncles, and soon-to-be-aunt Jenny. Pretty cool to have a long weekend with all of them.

"You're going to make me wait how long before I can eat that stuff?"

3 Month Update
Oskar doesn't go back in to the doctor until 4 months, but unofficially he weighs between 16 and 17 pounds. He is growing in length as well, but I haven't measured in awhile. At the moment he is wearing 6-9 month clothes. He is definitely losing his baby hair (as you probably noticed from the pics). It started with a funny bald spot all around his head from moving it from side to side to look around, and now it seems to be falling out all over as the new stuff grows in. The new stuff is still brown just like mom and dad.
He is sleeping very well at night. For awhile now he's been snoozing one 6-7 hour chunk, and then waking up every 2 hours. Last Saturday he slept 10 hours straight! His daytime sleep is another story... as he doesn't like to be out of reach of mom.
Every day he gets more and more curious about the world. He loves being carried around in your arms (unfortunately he doesn't enjoy the sling carrier so mom's arms are getting pretty sore... but on the bright side, I'll have at least one arm-of-steel in a few months) and seems to be taking it all in. He is finally starting to enjoy tummy time, especially with a mini-"Boppy" pillow under his arms, and will hold his head up high and look about. Not rolling over yet. He also loves to talk and can go on and on in a conversation with people, or just his forest friends on his bouncy seat.
We continue to be amazed each day at the miracle that is growing and changing before our eyes. Just over three months ago he was still inside me, and now he is making his opinions known to and sharing his smiles with those around him. Makes your heart melt.