Two Months Old

We had a busy week in our house.  One wedding, a trip to the beach, a post-op appointment, first shots, and the fabulous two month milestone for our little Emory (who is quickly out growing the "little" adjective as evidenced below).  I'll post about the rest of this week later, but I thought two month stats would be enough to tie our friends and family over for a bit!

He may have been a tiny little guy when he was born, but Emory is growing like a weed!  His birth weight was 6 pounds 12 ounces, he dropped to 5 pounds 15 ounces thanks to jaundice, and then decided to adopt his daddy's appetite.  He now weighs a very healthy 10 pounds 14 ounces!!!  He went from measuring in the 10th percentile to the 50th percentile in his weight!  We have a motto for Emory when he's ready to eat: He has his daddy's appetite and his mama's patience; together they are a DEADLY combo!  As per length, he is right on track.  He was born a fabulously normal 20 inches and ranged in the 50th percentile.  He has added 2.75 inches to that and remains in the median for his age group. 

Always a Clemson boy.

Emory LOVES to make faces now.  He's got quite an arsenal!

We are so happy and thankful that he seems to be developing very well!  Other than a few hiccups along the road due to surgery, he is still breastfeeding.  He has started smiling a good bit.  I think this is God's way of making sure that I fall in love with those early morning feedings (he smiles the most then and I am DEFINITELY NOT a morning person).  And strong...what an understatement.  You have to fight him just to get a decent burp.  I feel like I'm arm wrestling an infant. 

I refer to this as his Presidential face.  It looks rather distinguished, don't you think?

It's tough keeping a little one happy after shots, but he held up really well!

His hands and feet are still ridiculously large.

Emory did get his first four vaccines this Thursday.  He did really well (Mom and Dad teared up a bit).  He slept the majority of the day after his shots, but only ran a very low grade fever.  We decided to be preemptive and give him some Tylenol before going.  What a little champ!  He decided that he didn't want to sleep in his crib, so he spent his evening in the Moby while Mommy was productive around the house.

This thing truly is awesome.  I haven't tried our other carrier, so I can't say it's a necessity but I certainly couldn't live without it right now!  Emory agrees.  Plus, it's great for bonding!!!

We hope you all have a wonderful week ushering in summer.  We highly recommend doing so by sipping on some ice cold sweet tea (just like a true Southerner).