6 weeks & 32 months

Today we all went to the doctor...it turned out to be nothing...but my throat has been burning for a couple days so I thought we all had better get checked for strep since it has been going around.  My strep test came back negative and I guess we all just have colds/virus junk.  Better safe than sorry, I guess...but sure seemed like a waste of effort to drag everyone there to confirm we had colds.

Axel just happens to be 6 weeks old today...and we got to find out he weighs in at a healthy 11 lbs. 4 oz.  That is almost a 3 lb. weight gain since birth.  I'm glad we don't continue at that pace...or at least shouldn't!!

 

Sporting a full tummy!

Tobi was everyone's best friend until she realized the appointment was for her too.  It's always fun to have a screaming child when the doctor comes in...I had 2 today!  Fun, fun!

Tobi got weighed too...it seemed a little silly to see her sitting in that little baby scale they use, especially after seeing her little brother laying in there with room to spare.  She weighed in at 35 lbs 5 oz.  I can't believe how much she has grown!  She is wearing almost all 4T and 5T clothing now...and she is only 2 1/2+...or, as I was reminded by a monthly e-mail, 32 months on Sunday.  It really doesn't matter what size you are wearing when you pick out your own clothes...she can make it work!

ONE MONTH

I know it is close to impossible to make a statement about the passage of time without mentioning how hard it is to believe that such an amount of time could have passed already...so I won't say that I can't believe my baby is a month old already.  I believe it...because I am looking at a 2 1/2 year old and remembering that it was just yesterday that she was a month old.

And I'm sure our parents would say the same about us...

 

I can do nothing to slow time down, so instead I choose to enjoy these fleeting moments the best that I can...

 

I love having you in my life, in our family and in my heart!  Happy 1st month, Baby Axel!

2 weeks

Yesterday was Axel's 2 week check up at the clinic.  Technically he is 17 days old, but they still call it a 2 week check up.  He was a champ...no crying, and he just looked around and even let the stretch him out to get a good height measurement.  Speaking of his height, this is the second appointment he's had since he left the hospital and both times he was measured at 22 inches.

They had him at 20 inches when he was born...even though, literally, the doctor's first comment about him when she pulled him out was how long he was.  I thought so too...he was bigger than everyone thought when they felt my belly...he was 8 lbs. 6 oz. but not chubby.  This led everyone, including the nurses, to be skeptical of that initial measurement... and it looks like we were right to be so.  Either Axel grew 2 inches in a few days, or he was shortchanged a couple inches on his initial measurement.

In other exciting measurement news, Axel weighs 8 lbs. 14 oz. - 8 oz. above his birth weight.  That is always a good feeling.  I know he's been eating well, but it is just so hard to know how much he's getting and if I'm reading his needs well...so the good report is encouraging.

 

 Of course the nurse practitioner had a little help checking Axel out.  

Tobi has been a great helper at home too.  Some of her help is truly useful...like her willingness to bring things to me when I am feeding her brother.  Other help is questionable.  This poor kid has had his pacifier (which is known as "sucky" around these parts) shoved into his mouth numerous times a day, whether he wants it or not.  She likes to hold her baby brother...but only for a very short time usually.  You have to watch carefully so that when she is "all done" baby Axel doesn't end up on the floor. 

 

She is still mostly busy taking care of her many, many babies.  Here's a typical line up. 

 

I don't know how she does it...one baby is more than enough for me to handle at a time! As you can see Axel fits quite well into her world.