two months old

Today  Slade is two months old!

Hard to believe that he's been on this earth for 60 some days & that I once carried him around in my belly. Dane keeps asking "Could he fit in there now?" umm, no. haha. I wouldn't be able to walk. He had his two month check up today at 11. (odd, 11:00am on the 11th...he was also born on 1/11/11, whats with all the 1's? Its weird and freaking me out!) They should probably go ahead and call it his "torture appointment" since thats pretty much what it boiled down to. We went in and they weighed him and measured his body and head. He weighs 13lbs 6ounces and weighs more than 90% of boys his age. He is 23 and a quarter inch long and is taller than 75% of boys his age. He is a big muthatrucker. He likes to eat, a lot! The doctor was super nice, an older gentleman & Slade was not thrilled at all when he started poking and prodding at him. He said all looked great and Slade was "beautiful" (well, thank you, have you seen me? what'd you think he'd be like?! hehe) and he kissed him when he was done. Never seen a doctor do that before, he must have really liked him! Then the evil nurse came in with her needles and he recieved not one, not two, but three vaccines. 5 in all, with three packed into one needle. He also got some drops in his mouth that protect him from a terrible stomach virus called the rhotavirus. Thankfully, he is now protected from hep. B, polio, diphtheria, tetanus, and acellular pertussis. Well, apparently he is going to get those three shots again and again until he is 4 years old. Gosh, can't they give me a break? It was horrible. He cried, he screamed, he choked because he was crying so hard, he cried for ten minutes...even trying to feed him wouldn't soothe him and I felt like a terrible, evil, mean mommy. I cried...a lot. I didn't even wear waterproof mascara, what was I thinking? He bled through his bandage!!Oh well, its over now. And I have a perfect, healthy baby. I guess it's better to be safe than sorry!



slade and his mama