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Happy 4 month birthday, Nora! At 4 months old, she is cooing up a storm and finding her voice. She first giggled when I was tickling her a few weeks ago. She sleeps for about 5-6 hour stretch at night still, but the second (and sometimes 3rd) leg have extended so that twice this past week she had woken up only once for a feeding. She's got a healthy appetite - today she took 4 ounces at a sitting. She's reaching and grabbing for things but have not yet rolled over. She still HATES her carseat, but loves smiling at big sister Evie, looking at the mirror and listening to the white noise machine.

The actual day (yesterday) of her 4 month birthday turned out to be not so much fun. Both girls had been running a slight temperature the past few days and with the shots on Thursday, Nora just hasn't been feeling very well at all. Friday night was a rough night where she woke up more than usual and her cough in the morning sounded really scary - barky and deep. We were worried about it so we took her to Urgent Care and it turns out she has Croup. It's a pretty common virus for kids, and after a dose of steroids, she's doing much much better today. She's still coughing a bit but it's not barky anymore and she was in a good enough mood this morning to sit still for her 4 month session. She sure is a cutie pie, even when she's sick!

Happy birthday, "littely!"

And, for comparison, here's Evie's 4 month shot:

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  1. WDecember 15, 2014 at 8:45 PM

    Oh no! Poor Nora!! I'm glad she's getting better. Croup can be scary. Ian got croup around 4mos too, right after he visited you guys in Seattle. Must be something in the water up there...

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