We hope everyone had a nice Easter weekend. Yesterday we not only celebrated Easter with a delicious meal at my sister's house, we also celebrated Jeff's birthday. We are looking forward to next year's Easter when the boys can join in on all of the Easter fun!
Today was their 8 week check up at the doctor's office. (They are actually 9 weeks old.) It was quite an adventure getting to the dr's office as Blake woke up halfway there screaming for his next meal. It got so bad, poor guy, we actually stopped and made him a bottle. As he was eating, he decided to go #2. We were running late (I know, big surprise!) so I thought I could wait to change him when we got to the dr's office. As I was checking us in at the front desk, Jeff took Blake out of his carseat to soothe his cries. He then handed him to me to change the poopy diaper. Well, to our great pleasure, we discovered that the poop had escaped the diaper and made it all over Jeff's shirt. What a lovely way to start the day! I chuckled a bit, got him cleaned up and we headed back to a room. Now it was time to weigh the boys. I got Nico undressed and as I was handing him to the nurse, he decided to pee all over me! (I guess it was a little cold in the room!) So here we are standing with our two babies, one of us covered in baby poop and the other drenched in urine. It was one of those defining moments that we knew we were officially experiencing parenthood in full swing!
We quickly forgot all about our soiled clothing when we got the boys' weights. Drum roll please:
Big Boy Nicolas- 9 pounds 5 ounces
Hands Man Blake- 7 pounds 6 ounces
On top of their incredible weights, Nico is measuring 21 and a half inches long and Blake is only half an inch behind at 21 inches.
After this Dr. Pecht (who we love!) asked us about some developmental milestones. Most 2 month old babies should be smiling, cooing, tracking with their eyes and they should have better head control. Since they were 6 weeks early, they aren't quite expected to be doing all of these things yet. But, not our boys! Blake flashed us a smile yesterday and Nicolas smiled at Jeff and the Dr. right there in the room! Dr. Pecht put them on their bellies and was very impressed with their muscle strength and control. Nicolas even tried to roll over to his back, something that is normally seen at 4 months old.
Then the not so fun part came, the shots! Poor babies! But they were brave and with a little Tylenol when we got home, all is well!
Here are a couple of new pictures!
Blake working on the head control:
Nico hanging out with Blake during his tummy time.
We hope you are all well!
Lots of love,
Rebeca
2 comments:
Wow, such big boys! And, so cute! We are so looking forward to meeting the "not so little anymore" guys in person this summer. Congrats on surviving the first big check-up. Yeah, being pee'd and pooped on is definitely a defining parental moment! A Tylenol tip for next time - give it to them just before the appointment, that way it takes effect sooner and you have less time with cranky babies!
You had us laughing out loud over this one! Aaah...memories! Glad to hear they are getting so big. I don't know how you keep up with your blog, but thanks. The boys are adorable and we love checking their progress. Take care.
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