McKay's Two Month Check-Up

McKay in the blessing outfit his Grandma Delta made.
McKay had his 2 month check-up yesterday and is doing great. I've loved being able to go back and look at these milestones with the other kids, but just ignore this if you aren't interested in how he is doing.

He weighed 11 lb 11 oz which is in the 34th percentile. So he is dropping a little bit on the curve, but that is pretty normal for my kids and the doctor said he is still growing great. He is 60.2 cm long and is in the 80th percentile for height. He is hitting all the two month milestones like holding his head up during tummy time, cooing, and smiling. He is a great eater and has been doing great at night. He eats about 8 PM and then sleeps until about 330 AM when he wakes to eat and then falls right back asleep until 730 AM or so. Once in a while he will throw an 11 PM feeding in there too. He got his 2 month shots which I remember as being terrible with all the other kids but he only cried for a few minutes. Today he has a slight fever and cries when I change his diaper (his legs are sore) but is doing alright.

We had his blessing 2 weeks ago on December 29th when my parents were in town. I didn't take one picture the whole day, but we had a good time. In attendance from my family were my parents, Grandma and Grandpa Milne, Jessica's family, Maralyn and Scott, Chris and Kelsey, Carl, Joy and her family, and Uncle Gord. From Marshall's family there were his parents, Grandma and Grandpa Jones, Eric's family, Candi's family, William, Aunt Rene, and Norm's family. After sacrament meeting everyone came back to our house and had cinnamon rolls, quiche, sausages, fruit, hot chocolate, and milk. We had a nice visit and it was a great day.

We are so happy to have this little boy in our lives. It is wonderful to have a little baby in the house again. He is absolutely adored by his brothers, especially by Myles who I have to peel away from kissing McKay constantly. He is a happy and tolerant baby and we sure love him!

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