Firsts and Lasts

Jude's First 4th of July:

For the fourth we had quite a bit of running around. First we needed to go to see Ryan's niece for a belated birthday wish. Afterwards we headed over to spend time at my mom-mom and pop-pop's. We had thought about doing some swimming, but having had spent some time at the pool in the days prior we decided against it.

After some quality time with the family we went over to Bryan's for a little party. Being that Jude has been getting on a pretty consistent schedule lately we had to leave earlier than expected to get him home and in bed. In the end we didn't get to see any fireworks and were home before it was even completely dark out. We thought that we might be able to see some fireworks from our back deck, but we were wrong. Instead Ryan and I got to sit on the couch and spent a little time watching TV together.

My Last Day Home From Work:

Today was my last day on maternity leave. I'm not 100% sure that I've really come to terms with the fact that tomorrow I will be dropping my little man off at day care... in the care of someone I don't know very well for more time then I've been away from him collectively for the last two months.

Today I started by sleeping in just a little to spend some cuddle time with Jude. I thought for sure we'd go out and about, maybe taking a walk or something in the morning before his 2 month check up, but I was wrong. I remember looking at the clock thinking I had hours before I had to be at the doctor's office and at some point I looked again and I was basically running late. So, we ran out the door for his check up.

Jude is growing like a weed. He's 23 and 3/4 inches long, 11 pounds 12 ounces. I try to avoid the whole percentile comparison thing, but I'll throw out that he's in the 75th per. for his height and 50th for his weight. The reason I mention this is because his head is in the 15th percentile. The poor guy is destined for a peanut head like his father.

As you can see from his 2-month photo, he's been growing very well (he's trying to roll over on the toy box too- not smart).

In addition to the typical growth check, we discussed his feeding schedule, home life and much more. I brought up the thrush and the doctor said that it doesn't appear that it's too bad (maybe we caught it early on - or maybe it started to clear up a little on it's own). He told me just to be sure to clean his mouth out with a q-tip. I'll be treating myself with a little cream.

Finally it was time for his shots. This time I told them I only planned to do two shots. The nurse seemed very understanding, but said that only two shots would be needed as three of the 4 immunizations were all combined. One of the shots I planned to get today was included in the combo and the other was the one that was NOT included in the combo. Not being sure which was more/least important to me I again just gave in to what the doctor's office suggested and got everything. I could be wrong, but I think we've pretty much started the first of many of the series shots, so he'll be pretty much getting vaccinated on the AAP schedule.

After the appointment the day again blew by pretty quickly and before I knew it, Ryan was home from work. We had a few errands to run so we had a quick dinner out, picked up our rent check, a new battery for my car and decided to stop in the mall for a little shopping. As mentioned above Jude is getting bigger and so he's out growing a lot of his 0-3 month outfits. For some reason the stores feel it's necessary to put fall clothes out in the beginning of July, so it worked out in our favor as we picked up a few summer outfits at great prices!

Finally, after getting home it was time to face reality a little and get ready for my first day back to work. I got Jude's diapers and milk and my breast pump and parts ready for tomorrow and hung around on the couch for a bit.

I'm going to miss spending all my time with him...

Hopefully tomorrow will go well though.