Stats!

On Wednesday the 5th of August we headed to our two month pediatrician appointment with Dr. Owens--this was the first big one! Bennett had two shots and goes back next week for two more. When the thigh shark attacked, Bennett let out a wail, then calmed immediately. This was much better than we expected! On the way home he fell asleep and I went to spinning while the Kline's and Mark watched the little guy. Apparently as soon as I left he started wailing like there was no tomorrow--like he had never cried before! Mark and my parents couldn't even talk the crying was so loud and his leg was swollen at least twice its normal size. He is ok now, but it was pretty bad--a good reason not to have all of the shots at once!

His stats were:

23 inches (50th percentile)

11 lbs 4 ozs (50th percentile)

The pictures are from July 25th when Mark did the kayak for a cause--a kayak race from Huntington Long Island to Norwalk CT. His team was one of the first boats to cross the finish line and did it at such a fast pace we weren't even there to see him come in!

The 26th we said goodbye to the Smith Parents that came to help for a little over two weeks. We appreciate all of the help and support and are so glad that they were here to see the little guy when he was really little! The dogs especially miss grandpa Jim who treated them like first class citizens where everyone else has been giving too much attention to the baby. Can't wait to see them again in September!

We also had some of Bennett's first smiles when they were here--now he is a very smiley guy--these pictures were some of his first smiles in reaction to someone smiling at him--it is so great to know that there is a little person in there!!