Thursday, July 23, 2009

9 Months

Saturday will mark Michael's 9 month birthday. We've all come a long way in that period, surmounting obstacles, losing sleep, regaining sleep, losing it again, and finding new adventures.

How did we celebrate Mikey's 9 month birthday? We took him to a Well Baby checkup to be weighed, measured, poked, prodded, and evaluated. Here are the latest technical specs on our finely tuned baby machine:

Weight: 21 pounds and 13 ounces (75th percentile). Doctor Travis assured us that Mikey is not a total butterball, but that I could probably lose a bit of weight.

Head Circumference: 50th percentile.

Length: 29.75 inches (90th percentile). This is great news. I am totally ready to vicariously live through Michael's achievements on the basketball court.

Toughness: Michael received a heel stick and a shot today without shedding a single tear.

Cuteness: Michael was mobbed by the nurses and office staff. We heard, "Get over here, you need to see this baby. He's precious. Look at that smile and all those teeth!"

Toothiness: With 8 teeth, Mikey is still leading the league in teeth per capita among all babies we know.

Stethoscopability: Dr. Travis warned us that Michael would probably object and freak out at being examined. Michael's response? Laughing and trying to grab the stethoscope.

As you can see, I'm quite proud of my son. He aced his pediatric doctor's visit. It wasn't all great news. He hasn't started waving "bye bye", so he got a black mark in that section of his development evaluation. We'll have to work on that.

1 comment:

Sarah said...

Well holy shit. Is there finally something Austin can do BEFORE Michael?? Besides drool? He can wave bye-bye! lol! :) Kidding aside...I am glad it went well. Mad Dog is -- as always -- a total stud. Can't wait to see him again.