Two Months!

Today Joshua is two months old and he had his two month wellness check with his pediatrician. Healthy as a horse, of course! He had his first set of shots and he was a trooper. Even though I knew what to expect, I did of course get a little teary eyed when he screamed bloody murder when he got stuck with the needle three times. As soon as it was over, I picked him up and he calmed right down. I even got a smile about 2 minutes later! Here are the stats:

12 lbs. 2 oz. (62%)
23 1/4 in. (64%)
~50% for head size

Since Jake has always been about 30% for weight and 80% for height (on average), it will be interesting to see of Joshua maintains a slightly different body shape. I guess you could say that Josh is your average size 2 month old.... but not average to us in any other way ;-)

Josh has still maintained his sweet disposition. He is a pretty easy baby (and I am not just saying that). He has his fussy periods in the late afternoon/ early evening but I think I recently discovered that it's probably because he was ready to go to bed earlier than I was getting a chance to put him to sleep. Since it's usually just me at home with the boys in the evening, I always get so wrapped up in getting Jake situated for bed that poor Joshy wasn't getting to sleep until about 9:30 or 10pm. Tonight he was fast asleep at 8pm (and probably loving it). He is sleeping 4-5 hour stretches at night so most of the time, I am really only waking up once at night to feed him. Needless to say, the sleep is nice! He still eats like a champ but definitely perfers nursing to anything else (what baby doesn't) but we're still working on getting him used to the bottle so his transition to daycare isn't too rough. Josh is also squealing and starting to laugh now! Yesterday I had him in his bouncer chair for a little bit and boy, oh boy, I don't think I have ever seen him so happy and animated! He entertained himself for a good 30 minutes by kicking his legs and cooing and squealing; he sounded like a little piggie! I think he got a kick out of watching the toys on the bouncer chair moving about.

We also celebrated today with me going in for an eye exam and ordering new glasses (so excited, yay!). I desperately need them and my last pair was about 7 years old and Jake just recently broke them... I tried contacts but I don't think they are for me. I'd rather just be able to take the glasses on and off as I need them. After the doctor's appointments, Paul and I took the boys to Splashdown water park in Manassas. Jake had a blast! He played in the toddler area and went down the little water slides about 20 times. He also rode on the lazy river with Paul and played a little bit in the regular pool. After two hours there, he was beat. Josh had a good time too. He and I mainly hung out and we talked and laughed together until he fell asleep for an afternoon snoozer.

Now it's time for Paul and I to clean out my car.... that should keep us occupied for a while. What a mess a two year old can make in the car!