Shots

Yesterday Griffin had her 2 month appointment with the pediatrician...and that included her 2 month immunizations. Yuck!! Poor, innocent little peanut didn't know what was coming. As much as I know she needs these, it is still gut wrenching to hear those screams when the nurses stick her sweet chunky little legs. Let's just say, tears were shed by more than one person yesterday!

2 Month Stats:

Height: 22 inches (10%)

Weight: 11.1 pounds (50%)

Head circumference: Didn't get measurement but 25%

Before - waiting room

Waiting for the doctor...happy at this point!

No idea what is coming!

After...after the shots, screams, and tears...exhausted!

Hugs from brother

Doctor Appointment

So today was a (pretty uneventful) doctors appointment for Baby Lew 2. However, I just want to document the stats (more for my own records).

Weight: Same as last month - gained 0 pounds! (Total gained so far in this pregnancy is only 6 pounds! Yay me!!)

Blood Pressure: 126/78

Baby's Heart Rate: 147-153

My appointments will get closer together now, as I start going every two weeks. Home stretch!!

26 Weeks

26 weeks pregnant with Baby Lew 2!

Today was a busy doctor appointment...I got to drink this

...and then see these...

That would be her leg/foot kicking me!

Sweet face!

Heart rate = 147

And now she's punching me!

Spine

Also I had my Rhogam shot (since I have A- blood), and a blood draw. Good times!

Good news...everyone is healthy and growing...and still a baby sister!!

Baby Lew 2 - First Pictures

Today was picture day for Baby Lew 2 (finally!) We were thrilled to see (one!) healthy, growing baby this morning. Sweet baby was wiggling his/her arms and legs almost the entire time. We got to see and hear the heart beat. (Amazing!) Here are the stats:

Momma:

BP - 130/80

Weight - same as two weeks ago

Age - still "advanced" (ha! ha!)

Baby:

Heart - 163 bpm

Length - little over 3 cm

Age - 10 wks 3 days

Due - April 27

Doctors, kittens, and grandmas

Doctors:

Yesterday was Hadley's 6 month visit to the doctor. Unfortunately, that meant more shots. He is very healthy, and is growing just like he should be. However, I think he remembered what happened last time we laid him down on the table with the crinkly paper, because he totally freaked out every time I laid him down on that yesterday. It was lots of fun (note the sarcasm). Here are his stats:

Weight: 16 pounds 6 ounces (about 50th percentile)

Height: 27 inches (about 50th percentile)

Head: 44.5 cm (about 75th percentile)

All of his measurements are pretty much right where they have been every time so far, so it appears as though he is growing very proportionately. And the best part of the visit...no more shots for six months!

Kittens:

This part of the post is very sad (just warning you). This morning when we were all leaving to head to work we had a little accident. When I started my car we all heard the most horrific noise (coming from my engine) so I quickly cut the engine back off. Eric was getting into his truck at the time and obviously heard the racket and came shooting around the front of his truck to see what happened. That's when he saw it and looked up at me with a pretty terrible look. One of our kittens (about 2 months old) was apparently in my engine when I started the car, resulting in the horrific noise mentioned above. At this point all we could hear was the poor kitten crying and meowing as loud as possible because she was in so much pain. Eric told me to go on because he was going to have to shoot her. I couldn't bear to watch, and he didn't want me to watch so I backed up and drove away, and as I did I heard two shots as he (mercifully) put her out of her misery. Although all of our cats are just barn cats, there to catch critters, it was still very sad to see, and I feel terrible about it. Not a good start to the day!

Grandmas:

I decided this post needed something happy to end on, so in honor of Mother's Day (yes, I know it was a week and a half ago) here's Hadley with his grandmas and great-grandmas who love him so much.

Nanny (Mandi's mom)

GiGi (Eric's mom)Mema (Mandi's grandma)
Grandma Molly (Eric's grandma)

Shots, Thumbs, and other Things

So I'm a little behind in posting a few things. First, Hadley turned 4 months a week ago and we didn't take his monthly "teddy bear" pictures until this week. And even with that, I am still not posting them here because they are on my camera at home and I am at work (that's right...I'm updating this at work!). So I will try and get those on here sometime in the next few days.

Hadley has started doing some pretty cute things lately. He has been sucking on his hands for quite a while, but just in the past week he has found his thumb and can now find it (always the left one) every time. Although I don't know that thumb-sucking is the best habit for him for start, it's just so cute and at this point it is just as soothing to him as a pacifier but better because it's always there with him!

He's not rolling over yet, but I really don't think it will be much longer. Last night I had him propped up on a pillow on our bed while I was starting a load of laundry and when I turned back around to him he was not propped up on the pillow but instead laying on his tummy in front of the pillow. Since I had missed whatever he had done to get into that position I decided to try propping him up again to see if he would repeat the same thing. Luckily, he did it again (over and over since I kept propping him back up). The process was this: I would sit him / prop him up against the pillow, then he would leeeeeean forward as far as he could before he just toppled over forward and ended up on his tummy. Super cute! A couple times he tried really hard to get back over onto his back once he was on his tummy but he just can't quite make it yet...soon!

Tuesday of this week Hadley had his 4-month checkup and shots at the doctor's. He did pretty well with the shots - still cried but only for a couple minutes. I thought this time around was much better than the 2-month shot experience (or maybe I was just more prepared!). The doctor said he looks good, his ears (which I asked him to check since we hadn't been back since the ear infection several weeks ago) looked good, his heart sounds great, and overall he is a thriving, healthy boy. Here are the stats:

Weight: 13 pounds 15 ounces

Height: 25 1/4 inches

Head: 42 1/2 cm(?)

He is still right around the 50th percentile in both weight and height, and his head size is a little under the 75th percentile. All of that is right where he was at 2 months, so I guess he is growing pretty proportionally. Overall, a very successful doctor visit.

This afternoon Hadley and I are going with Eric and Gary (his teaching partner) with a group of their students to College Station. We just decided that instead of spending tonight and all day tomorrow alone we should just tag along on the trip. So, off we go!

After putting these pictures on here I now realize just how far behind I am with the pictures. Hopefully I can get caught up this weekend and post some from this week (before another couple weeks pass by!)

Shots

I have been informed by Mr. Hadley that he is not a fan of needles and/or shots! (Big surprise there!) Yesterday he had his 2 month immunizations which included three shots. Ouchy!! He let everyone know of his dislike, and actually spent the remainder of the day making sure I was aware of his discomfort and his annoyance at having been stuck (3 times). However, this morning he seemed to have forgotten the happenings of yesterday, so maybe he isn't upset with me anymore.

According to the nurses' measurements:

Weight: 11.11 pounds
Height: 22.5 inches

He is around the 50th percentile for this weight and height, and around 75% for his head circumference. (He already has the big head - probably because of how cute he is!)