Wednesday, February 13, 2008

Our big boy is three-weeks old!

Yesterday was a big day! It was Ben's first doctor's appointment, my first time to drive since going into labor, and our first outing - just the two of us. By all accounts, it was a success...although I had my doubts when that evil woman stuck a needle in my baby's heel and dripped his blood into a vile. (She may have mentioned something about collecting blood samples for his state record...but still.)

The doctor was very happy with Ben's progress. Since leaving the hospital, he's been quite the aggressive eater. (The baby books call him a "barracuda.") So it was really no surprise to learn that he now weighs 10 lbs and measures 22.25 inches long! That means he's in the 80th percentile for weight, and 90th percentile for length. Have I mentioned my back hurts already?!

Per my sister's demands, I mean, requests...here are a couple of pictures from his most recent photo shoots!

Just lounging in my crib...check out my rolls!

Showing off my baby blues

So it's only half his face...somehow it's twice as precious!

Ben's buddy, Travis, brought us dinner tonight. Thanks T!

3 comments:

Unknown said...

Oh thank you, thank you for these pics! I needed another nephew fix. He is growing so fast! It looks like he could just sit up and talk to us already. I cannot wait to get my hands on him tomorrow!

Cathy C said...

I feel like it's been at least a month since I've seen Lil Beep and I just can't wait until I come home on Sunday and visit with him during his first visit to Grandma and Grandpa's house.

Anonymous said...

We just saw the three week old pics. I'm so glad to get them because he's changing all the time. I see Ben has one nick name at least, Lil Beep, from your mom. That's cute. He's as adorable as ever. Hope those tornados are far away from you. It's a worry to hear they're in Alabama. Do you have a "safe" spot to go to? Have a great week. This is the week of dads retirement party. Love mom.