One Month Stats and a Mimi Visit

Ryan had his one month appointment with Dr. K this week.  Here are his stats:

Height: 23 inches (98th percentile)
Weight: 12 pounds, 15 ounces (98th percentile)
Head circumference: 14 3/4 inches (75th percentile)

As a point of reference, Elizabeth had almost the exact same stats at her four month appointment.  He's such a chunk!  The doctor noted that Ryan was off the scale when he was born and now he's back on it.  We were given the OK to stop waking him up at night for feedings.  Some nights he sleeps from 11:30pm until 5:00am and some nights he wakes up between 3:30 and 4:00am.  We're hoping that he starts sleeping for longer stretches in the next few weeks.

Mimi arrived for a visit on Thursday.  Elizabeth was up all night on Wednesday with a stomach bug (and we were up with her), so we were particularly excited to have some extra help.  We also got to go out for a date night on Saturday, something we haven't done in months.  Mimi and I went shopping for a new wardrobe for Ryan since he has already grown out of his three month clothes and needed six month sizes.  Elizabeth and Ryan both had fun spending time with Mimi.

Joint Celebration

Today was a special day not just because it was my 30something birthday, but because Ryan is one month old today.  The time is flying by!  The sleep situation has improved greatly over the past two weeks.  He doesn't wake up between feedings anymore, and a few days ago we made the executive decision to drop one of the middle-of-the-night feedings since we were having to wake up him for both.  Now, he eats at 11pm and then we let him sleep until 4am or whenever he wakes up, whichever happens first.  After eating somewhere between 3:00am and 4:00am, he sleeps until about 7:30am.  This is a vast improvement in our quality of life. 

Weak attempt to pose a one month-old

This is the picture of a baby who doesn't know that the dreaded one month appointment (complete with his first round of shots) is this Wednesday.  I've got the infant Tylenol ready to go. 

In other news this week, we clearly did not move far enough south.  We had ice and snow and were stuck in the house for three days.  I know that our friends and family up north have no sympathy for us, but this is just not part of the deal in Atlanta.  We put up with the month of August so as not to be iced/snowed in for days on end.  Elizabeth enjoyed seeing the snow, although it took longer to bundle her up to go outside than she actually spent outside.

Up this week: warmer weather and a visit from Mimi!

Three Weeks and a Performance

Ryan turned three weeks old this week and had several visitors, including Kristi, Becca and the Berardis.  I am terrible about taking photos and need to kick that into gear.  Ryan still sleeps a lot of the day and eats every three hours.  Some nights we have to wake him up for feedings and some nights he lets us know when it's time.  His internal clock is pretty accurate.  John worked from home this week so the three of us ventured out for lunch twice.  I managed to take both kids to the playground by myself on Saturday, which was exponentially more complicated than taking one child.  It took about 20 minutes to get out the door.  I quickly learned that I'm going to need to utilize the baby carrier rather than the stroller when I'm trying to chase Elizabeth around.  We'll get it down eventually.

Three weeks old

Short-lived tummy time

We spend most of the day like this

This morning, John took Elizabeth downtown to his office.  They made a stop at the amphitheater in the building.  Elizabeth took the opportunity to perform her favorite song from her favorite movie.  She's seen Frozen three times and knows every word to every song, but we hear "Let It Go" about a hundred times a day.  We are counting down the days until it comes out on DVD (March 18, in case you were wondering).  You'll need to turn up your volume for the video although Elizabeth's vocals tend to crescendo throughout the performance.