9 & 10 weeks old

We went to the doctor last Tuesday (which is actually when Ethan turned 9 weeks old) and got Ethan's shots. I had no idea how many he was getting or how big the needles were, and I was a little nervous, but I knew he would be fine in the end.

They weighed our wiggle-worm in at 13 pounds 4 ounces, which brought him up to the 77th percentile (up from the 43rd percentile!). He is doing really well with gaining weight, but it's definitely been some work for me!

Ethan is 24.5" long, which still leaves him exactly where he was 7 weeks ago - the 98th percentile. His head growth is slowing a tiny bit (to me, he looks a little more proportional) and he is down from the 93rd percentile to the 91st with a 16" head circumference!

He took his shots like a ... baby. They reel you in by giving you the first one orally - he didn't know what he was up against after that. The nurse had them lined up and ready to go so she could pop them in him really quickly. She was done in less than 30 seconds but Ethan was bright red and crying. It is so hard to see a baby cry because of something you're objecting them to! I kind of froze and my mom jumped into action and held/soothed him while we packed up & made our next appointment.

I'll be honest - it's already a hassle to haul around a small baby, it's an even bigger hassle to haul one around in the cold. I'm a little burnt out from Christmas shopping/car shopping/grocery shopping with Ethan, especially right after a week when Austin was gone and I had to do all of that by myself. Adding cold to the mix just makes it a miserable process, as you beg your car to warm up for your baby's sake. (Update: we just emptied the garage, so for the next cold spell, we'll be parking in the garage, which will help A TON in getting Ethan to & from places.)

In other updates, we've decided to put the car search on hold for a while. We'll just opt to take care of the Jeep for now (and deal with the fact that Ethan's car seat protrudes into the front seat) and, wait until we are forced to look for another car (i.e. Jeep breaks down, new baby, whatever) in a few years. Not only is the car-buying process exhausting, but we also decided we'd rather get new windows - this cold air was enough to convince us of that - and/or remodel the master bathroom, which we finally have decided on plans for (I think... more on that in another post!).

We couldn't be happier with our little string bean! And he is cute to boot. :)

love,