2 months!

Jasper is growing strong and big. We've had to move the straps up on his car seat, and this allowed for more room for strap covers and new friends Gio Giraffe and Larry Lion. (Gio is short for Giovanni.)

We took this photo (above) after our visit to the doctor's office this morning. As indicated previously, we thought his weight was around 14lbs. Our home scale as an accuracy of +/- 0.5lbs, but today we got the official weigh-in at his 2-month appointment.

Jasper now:

• weighs 14lbs, 10oz ... 97th percentile.


• is 23.5" long ... 75th percentile. (his girth outstrips his height - but that's ok for now.)


• has a head circumference of 42.4cm ... 95th percentile.

If you recall photos of him sitting in the corner of the couch from the beginning of January (with the football), we took a photo of him tonight (teddy bear outfit) ... Look how he's changed.

For one, he is much more alert these days. He has more control over his arm and leg movements, too. The teddy bear outfit he has on tonight is actually a 6mo outfit. He's fitting into it now with little room to spare. His torso especially is quite long. We don't really have any clothes that are baggy on him anymore. He's keeping me guessing with what still fits him. :)

We rounded out the doctor visit this morning with three vaccine shots. He really didn't like them, but he recovered faster than I expected. Daddy held him tightly and calmed him down pretty quickly. He hasn't shown any signs of fever since the shots, so that's good news! Our next round of shots will be in 2 more months. For now, we'll start heading out into public a little more and hope he doesn't get sick.