Happy Holidays...home at last

Sean, Stephen, and I got home Saturday finally after going to Houston, San Francisco, and then back to Houston. We have pictures to share, but some were on a memory card that got run over in San Francisco...whoops. We had an excellent time in both places and we are lucky to have a wonderful family. He was an excellent traveler on the plane and in the car, but he sure knows where home is because he has been sleeping more and better here and generally less fussy than on the road, which is nice. I told him that tomorrow is another year, but I'm not sure he's grasped that concept yet.

Stephen's milestones

We are currently in Houston. Stephen rolled over on his own last night and again this morning. This morning, after he spit up, Raven gave him a good cleaning. We had fun at the Westside Tennis Club in the Kid Zone arcade.

Common Children's Vaccine Recalled - New York Times

Common Children's Vaccine Recalled - New York Times

I usually don't pay attention to these recalls, but this one has me a little bit at least concerned considering he just got vaccinated today...

Update: I called the pediatrician and he's fine. It is not a recalled lot number that he had.

Small Kid at 2 Months, but just fine

Stephen just had his 2 month pediatrician visit today and he is 9 pounds 6 ounces, or between 5-10th percentile for his age. His pediatrician is not necessarily concerned, although he did move from the 25th percentile to the 5-10th percentile but she's a pretty laid back pediatrician (thank goodness) and she doesn't seemed to be concerned. Sean and I were both really slow to gain weight, so this is not surprising. She did say that I could tweak his feeding schedule a little and feed every 3 hours instead of every 2 during the day, which I think I will do. I have learned not to tweak with his night eating schedule and I'm fine with waking up at 2 or 2:30am to feed him if he sleeps until 6:30am.

He got his first round of vaccinations. He cried for about 10 minutes after them, but then settled down and went to sleep in the car. :)

Friday Night Lights

Sean, Stephen, and I went to see Highland Park play West Mesquite in the regional playoffs for High School football 4A at Texas Stadium. Yes, they really do play high school football playoff games in Texas Stadium. Stephen went in the Baby Bjorn and slept the whole time. We left at the end of the 3rd quarter when the score was 49-6, Highland Park. We used to go to games when we lived on Emerson, seeing Matthew Stafford at QB, but now we get to see him on T.V. as he starts at QB for Georgia. There were about as many people at this game as were at the Rice-SMU game. Sean said that he thought that Highland Park could probably give either SMU or Rice a good game.

Stephen's Photo Shoot

Sean and I were ready to go to the job site and take a look around today because it was about 80 degrees and gorgeous when Stephen was just so cute in his Dreamsacks blanket in his car seat. (made from bamboo! of all things)

Getting the hang of this

It was a beautiful day in Dallas today, 68-70 degrees and sunny. Stephen and I took a walk around the neighboorhood. He's ready to go outside in this picture. Today he is 8 weeks old, and I think we are just getting the hang of this. Every challenge kind of reminds me of communicating with my Grandma who passed away and couldn't talk for the last couple of years of her life. Once we figure out what is in his head, it gets easier. This morning I realized he wasn't hungry but tired, and this afternoon I realized he probably has more gas than I realized and needs to be more upright when nursing than I had known. We figured out that everyone gets a better night sleep if he doesn't sleep in our bed...He squirms and kicks too much and wakes us up. He sleeps really well at night in his own bassinet, from 8 to about 2 or 3 and then until 6 or 6:30.