Big Boy

All three of our boys are growing so much. Joey is turning into this skinny little kid that you never thought would happen since he was such a chubby baby. When looking at pictures on the computer, even Joey will say, "There's Chubba Bubba." Now, his 3T size pants are starting to look like high-waters, but the waist still has to be cinched in. So we will have to get him the next size up for length, but cinch the waist in even more.

Friday was a day of appointments. First, I had a follow up appointment with the optometrist. He noticed at the first appt. that I had some retinal scarring on my left eye, but since I had to drive, we couldn't dilate my eyes for him to get a better look. So we set an appt just for that. I have never been told before that there was a scar on my retina, but the doctor took some pictures of my eye and I could see the damaged area. The doctor said that, at this point, it doesn't seem to be effecting my eyesight, but we want to keep watch over it so that it doesn't get worse. He said it would be really bad if it got fluid under it which would cause the retina to detach. The encyclopedia says this about the retina: "The retina is a thin layer of light-sensitive tissue on the back wall of the eye. The optical system of the eye focuses light on the retina much like light is focused on the film in a camera. The retina translates that focused image into neural impulses and sends them to the brain via the optic nerve. Occasionally, posterior vitreous detachment, injury or trauma to the eye or head may cause a small tear in the retina. The tear allows vitreous fluid to seep through it under the retina, and peel it away like a bubble in wallpaper."

I have the comparison pictures now for two months. This first picture is Bubba at two months, 7/5/04. He was already 16 pounds by this point. What a chunk.Nick was two months old on 10/12/06. He weighed 13 pounds and 10 ounces. Everybody thinks that Ethan looks like Nick. I think it is because they both have blue eyes. I think that Ethan is such a mix of the other two boys that it is hard to say who he looks more like.
Ethan had his two month check-up on Friday. Here are the stats: Ethan weighed in at 13 lbs 8.6 oz putting him in the 75th-90th percentile. His head circumference was 41 cm; 70th percentile. And this tall little dude is 25 inches, placing him in the 95th-97th percentile! He has grown 4 inches in two months. Ethan is two inches taller than Joey at two months and an inch and a half taller than Nick! He also weighs less tan both of them did.

Every week when we get home from church, Nick picks Ethan up and calls him "Pass-Around Pete." That's because he can smell all the different perfumes from the ladies who lay claim on Ethan.

Yesterday we took the kids to Trick-Or-Treat Town. I will post pictures of them dressed up a little bit later. I am feeding Ethan right now, and it is very difficult to type with just one hand.