Six Months Old
Hello everyone!
Xavier turns six months old today! We will not be celebrating with cake and ice cream (so far as I know), but still it's exciting.
Yesterday we visited the urologist. Before the appointment, I met Rebecca at the Panera Bread eatery across from Children's. When I walked in, several people were looking at Xavier as he slept in his car set/bucket. One senior lady was commenting on him to Rebecca.
After lunch, we headed over to Children's and checked in. As always, the lead-in to seeing a doctor is to take basic baby vitals. Specifically, weight and temperature. Xavier's weight surprised us, exceeding our expectations by quite a bit. He was weighed with his cloths on, and he was dressed for cool weather, so he weighed in a little more heavy than he truly is.
What did he weigh in at? 9 pounds 9.4 ounces! We'll have the actual "naked" weight this Friday, but nine and a half pounds is still impressive. Rebecca was hoping he might be at eight, and I was hoping for 8 pounds and 3 ounces.
I mentioned to the nurse "He's getting close to the ten pound weight when he will sleep through the night!" (we've been told that ten pounds is a "magic" weight by a couple of people). The nurse looked at me and said, "Good luck with that." (the common response we get when we mention the ten pound magic number).
Afterward, we visited the NICU to drop off Xavier's preemie clothes as a donation. It was odd being back; I had to think hard to remember what floor the NICU was on. We did get to visit with Kathy, one of Xavier's favorite nurses. She was happy to see us, and upon first seeing Xavier was joyfully stunned at how much he has grown and changed.
Rebecca handed Xavier to me then headed to Buckley AFB to shop the commissary. Xavier and I enjoyed a nice traffic-packed drive home, where he decided to melt down (his new nightly habit). After an hour and a half, I got him to settle down and go to sleep (which was his primary issue, he was tired but didn't want to sleep). Rebecca walked in the door just as I was closing the door to the nursery. It was like she planned it that way!