9 Months!

That's right, sweet LJ is 9 months old! I can't believe it! One year will be here before we know it! Craziness.

Here are his stats: 21.2 pounds, 28.5 inches long, and 18.5 inch head circumference. Yes, it's official. My child is a moose! But I wouldn't have it any other way.

On to the more traumatic info now. He didn't need any vaccines at this appointment however he did get a TB shot (a needle just under the first layer of skin). He handled it like a champ. He only cried for about 10 seconds. Not bad. But then........bloodwork. Holy Christ was this traumatic....for ME! Sure he cried. That's expected. But I didn't think it would be so hard on me too! I had to hold him in my lap and pin down his one arm while another (male) nurse held his other arm down on the counter. Then another (female) nurse drew the blood. He started to cry as soon as they tied that tight band around his fat little arm. And it's not like his arms are skinny or something and the veins just come popping out. But they only had to stick him one time, thank God! I don't think I've ever heard him cry that hard before. It broke my heart. If I had known that we would be doing bloodwork that day, Daddy would have joined us and done the dirty work. Instead, I was stuck with it. Ugh. He has a little bruise now from it. It's a battlescar. 

We also got the green light on table foods. And it's perfect timing because I think he's starting to get sick of the baby food. He's been slowly refusing it more and more. 

And on that note, I must go. Someone is starting to fuss! I'll post pics later!

Holy horrible blogger!

Has it really been over 2 months since my last post?! Noooooooo! I don't believe it! Man, I truly suck at this.

But I can't lie. I totally remembered the blog but was just too lazy to update. A ton of crap has happened with LJ but I'm just lazy. No, I'm pregnant. I'm blaming the fetus for this one. 

Anyway, sweet LJ is doing great! Aside from the ear infection he was diagnosed with today of course. It's his very first one! I feel like I should pull out his baby book and jot it down. He's rolling all over the place now and trying so hard to crawl. He's pretty good at the backwards crawl but hasn't quite mastered the forward motion. He gets up on all fours and sort hangs out and then just face plants. It's actually pretty funny. 

His first tooth broke through in April...thank sweet Jesus. That was a fun few days...NOT! But it's so cute to see his big, goofy smile and one tooth!

He's still a moose of a child too. At 8 months he weighed in at 22 pounds. When I had him back at the pedi today he was 21 pounds. So he's lost a little. But I'm sure he'll put it back on in no time. He hasn't been eating the same lately because of the ear infection and snotty nose. 

Pregnancy #2 is going well. No more morning sickness luckily. I don't know how I would have made it through if it weren't for that Zofran. It gave me horrible stomach aches but I didn't care. I hate feeling nauseous and throwing up so I took the belly aches instead. I go for my BIG ultrasound on June 11th. Everyone is saying they think its a girl and I agree but I'm telling everyone that I think it's a boy. I don't think my head wants to believe my gut. I had a gut feeling about LJ and I was right then so we'll see! 

Alright, time for bed. Lord knows I need to get in there now while LJ is still sleeping. It's only a matter of time before he's up screaming from ear pain!

Oh, and of course, some pics...