2 month check-up

I took Brian to his 2 month check-up yesterday. Poor guy had a rough day yesterday- he woke up during the night with a goopy eye (luckily his doctors appointment was already scheduled for yesterday), then at his appointment he had to have his blood drawn from his foot to check his anemia, then he had to take an oral vaccine, and get 3 shots in his legs with more vaccines. Then because of his eye infection, he has to have ointment put into his eyes. He was not a happy baby yesterday. Today he seems to be doing much better and his eye already looks like it's mostly cleared up. Unfortunately we have to keep giving him the ointment for a week, and his blood results came back showing that the level is still a little low, so we have to keep giving him iron which upsets his stomach. Hopefully that will go up soon so we can take him off of the iron. I was shocked to see his weight, though! Brian weighs 9 pounds 6 ounces!!! That's exactly 4 pounds more than his last appointment on August 20th, triple his birth weight. Crazy how fast he's growing! He is a little over 20 inches long and his head is 14 inches. Here are his percents with other 2 month old babies:

6.75% for weight
.81% for length
4.15% for head

So, he's still small for 2 months old, but he was 2 months early, so nothing to worry about. I wish they would give the stats for his gestational age, but oh well. Here's some pictures we've taken recently:

We went to the Puyallup Fair on Monday- Brian slept the whole time except to eat, so we didn't take many pictures.

He looked so cute in the monster outfit Aunt Lisa got him

Concerned about getting his picture taken- this is a onesie Ben's grandma sent: "Mommy and Daddy's alarm clock"- so true!!


His favorite place to sleep- propped up on a pillow on our bed. I think he might be getting spoiled.... he doesn't like to sleep in his bassinet in the night!

Due Date!!

Today is Brian's official due date. :o) We weighed him by getting on the scale w/out him, and then getting on the scale with him and he is 8 pounds even! That's probably not exactly accurate, but close enough. He is gaining weight so quickly- at his last doctor's appointment on August 20th he weighed 5lbs. 6oz. That's about 2 1/2 pounds in 23 days! It's fun to see him outgrowing his premie clothes and wearing newborn sizes now. Here are some pictures from the past few days- enjoy!

Napping in his boppy

This picture doesn't do it justice, but he looked so cute when I was holding him the other day- I love his little hand by his face

Ben and Brian asleep after he ate last night. Sad thing is, this was about 9:00 at night! It's amazing how tired we are all the time now.


So cute sleeping on Dad

We tried tummy time while he was awake this morning. This a cool blanket I got from a family in my ward. Their last name is Feely, so they call these blankets "Touchy Feely" blankets. They are made with lots of different materials that have different textures to them for babies to explore. It'll be fun when he's older and can touch all of them.



He fell asleep quickly, though


Enjoying a lazy Saturday morning

Our House!!

Living room- wood panelling will be taken off the wall and wood stove removed

Dining room/deck

Kitchen- will get new countertops and move fridge

Hall/entry- railing will be gone, short wall put in it's place

Office

Brian's room

Brian's closet

Master bedroom

My parents bought a house!!! It's a split level house that they are turning into two separate living areas. Ben, Brian, and I will rent the top half and my sister Lisa, and her soon to be husband Spencer, will rent the bottom half. They are doing lots of work on the house, especially the downstairs to turn it into a living area with a kitchen and all that. We took some before pictures and will post the after pictures when it's all done and we're moved in. We are so excited to have a house with walls! It'll be a nice change from the studio apartment we've been living in since we got married.

Just some more pictures

Hanging out in his boppy chair

People decorated onsies at my baby shower- here's one from my friend Emily- we couldn't get Brian to hold still for the picture. The front says 'Male Model'

The back says 'Jealous?' Ha ha!

I realized we didn't have any pics of him in his cute whale bathtub- I love that thing! This angle makes him look a lot bigger than he really is in that tub

All bundled up after his bath

"Where am I?" He is getting chubbier, but this pic makes him look really chubby

Snuggling with Mom

I realized there weren't many pictures of me with Brian, so I didn't delete this one from the camera ;o)

Fuzzy, but it looks like he's waving at the camera

Fuzzy again (it's hard to catch him not wiggling when he's awake!) but this shirt is funny- "Hi, I'm new here" with a picture of earth


Monkey outfit again- I love it!

Our niece Sally patting Brian- she loves babies!

Trying to be gentle, but it's too exciting!