My Yankee Doodle Boy

For the 4th of July (and Joey's three month birthday!), a holiday-dressed-Joe and his momma and daddy went to a very large indoor outlet mall just outside of Philadelphia. It was our first "trip" since our little guy was born and even though we were gone for about six hours, Joe did great! He actually slept a lot of the time. We made use of a Gap giftcard, took a set of photobooth pictures, grabbed a bite to eat at a nearby Sonic and came home to watch fireworks on PBS.






Joe also had his three month doctor's appointment this week where we learned that he is now 17lbs and still off the charts in weight/height/head circumference, although he's the same amount off the charts as he's been his whole life, so no worries. He got the shots that we postponed at his two month checkup, polio and Prevnar (strep/pneumococcal). Prevnar is supposed to cover meningitis, blood infections and even seven strains of ear infection! As always, Joe took everything like a champ. He's a trooper!

I realized how giant Joe really is when I went to pick up some baby clothes from a lady on freecycle. She had a 9 month old daughter who was 15lbs. She sat next to Joe and then slowly scooted over to him and played with his feet and cooed at him. It was the strangest thing to see! Joey was two pounds heavier than her, but six months younger!


Joseph has started sleeping for longer stretches at night (6 hours!) and has started playing with a new jumper/exersaucer now that he has great head control. Also, he recently learned to roll over from back to belly. More on all that next time!

Strollin', Sleep and Superheroes

I took Joseph out on his first stroll around the apartment complex a few days ago. He fell asleep as soon as we exited the elevator, but I still took a few pictures. He'll be more alert soon and I'm sure he'll have a great time seeing the outside world.



We've started putting a tiny amount of rice cereal in Joe's formula for a couple of his bottles during the night to help him stay full a little longer, but then it also seems to take him longer to feed, so I'm not sure if we're all really getting much more sleep or not. The main problem is trying to find a nipple that works with our "special mix". Either it's too slow and he has to struggle to get anything out of the bottle or it's too fast and it ends up dribbling out all over him. He definitely seems to be hungry all the time now (and growing a ton too) so we'll have to see what Doc H suggests at our one month appointment on Tuesday. The good news is that he doesn't have issues with constipation or gas or whatnot -- thank goodness! He's just starving and his parents are just sleepy.

Speaking of sleep, here's a couple of good mom/dad/joe sleep pics:





It appears that Joey is trying to teach me how to hold the phone to my head in that last one. What can I say... I'm tired!

Lastly, here's a fun picture from a couple days ago. Joe Daddy had joked in the early part of the pregnancy that he was going to name our child "Little Batman" whether the baby was a boy or a girl. Over Christmas, I found this little Batman onesie at Baby Gap, so I picked it up just for this photo op.



Coming soon: Joe's One Month Birthday and Cinco De Mayo Pediatrician Appointment!