Today Emerson had her 8 week check up - although she was 9 weeks old today!! She weighed in at 11 lbs (50th percentile), measured 21.5" (25th percentile) and her head circumference was in the 10th percentile. The pediatrician was a bit concerned with her head circumference. It dropped from the 25th to the 10th percentile. He said we will see how how much it changes in 2 months and hopefully it won't be a problem. Her 2 month immunizations are on Wednesday morning. Can't wait to have those over and done with. She is still coughing up mucus, but the Dr. wasn't too concerned. He said it could be a combination of still getting over her cold and clearing out all the mucus and amniotic fluid from birth. When babies are born really fast they don't have a chance to clear all that mucus, etc. out as the fly down the birth canal vs. being slowly squeezed out! Hopefully it will all clear out soon though. She is very, very congested in the morning when she wakes up. She's sleeping extremely well though. And she's gaining weight, so that's great! Hopefully her sleeping patterns continue! (I'm knocking on wood right now!) She continues to be very smiley! She loves it when Blake talks to her! It's very cute!!
Blake continues to be busy, busy, busy!! He's absolutely loving the outdoors. He doesn't want to be inside much at all. We moved his house from my parents basement to our back yard, which makes being outside all the better!! He also loves watching the kids in our neighbourhood play hockey and drive their motorized jeeps, etc. around. Especially our neighbour Jesse. He always wants to go outside and see Jesse's car and Jesse's house and Jesse's quad, etc, etc, etc ... Jesse gave Blake a drawing and a little bouncy ball when Emerson was born and since then Blake's adored him! Jesse is a bit of a terror, so hopefully he won't be too bad of an influence ;) I'm looking for a good playset for our back yard for Blake to climb on. He loves climbing at the playgym and on our furniture, tables, windows, etc. so we'd like to get him something for outside that's actually meant for climbing!!
Em's baby announcements are being delivered tomorrow, so watch for them in your mailbox!
Take care everyone,
Tracy
