"We're Back, We're Back!"

I told you it would be a couple weeks; sorry I didn't get a chance to post anything while away. But, we're back home "on the Texas range" and happy to get back in our routine. I haven't downloaded the pictures from Florida just yet - that may take some time - but I promise to blog about that as soon as possible. However, a little teaser - the beach was beautiful (as always), the house was gorgeous and it was a blast watching Jackson have a blast! We also had a great time visiting everyone in Sulphur despite our bout with that nasty little stomach bug that spread through the town (okay, not really, but close enough!).

Today, we visited Dr. Hunt, Jackson's pediatrician, for his yearly checkup (a couple months late). He got a round of immunizations and screamed like he was having his leg cut off. Of course, this broke my heart into pieces. It must be terrible for them to get poked so many times - and I still hate getting shots to this day, even when it's only one! She monitored his growth and we reviewed all the skill sets for this age. He is doing very well with his development and she was impressed to see how well balanced he is at this age. He is 31 inches long (placing him in the 60th percentile and his head circumference falls in the 18th percentile) However, the bad news is he still is not gaining weight. He is now only 18lbs 3oz - that means he's gained less than one pound in three months. His weight is below the 3 percentile; in fact, he doesn't even register on the growth chart. So, we have to really continue working hard to get him to eat really fattening foods as much as possible. We have a checkup scheduled in 7 weeks to see if he's improved at all and at least made it onto the growth chart. If not, we will do another round of blood testing to determine if there are any issues we need to know about and deal with. I, along with his doctor, am still not extremely concerned at this point because he appears to be healthy, active and with a good color in his cheeks.

He had gotten two new molars in the bottom of his mouth while we were in Sulphur, so we are going to schedule a visit with the pediatric dentist in the coming months to monitor those chompers of his and make sure they're growing correctly.

Finally, I just want to add that I went out and bought myself a brand-new Dyson vaccum cleaner. I got so tired of messing with our old, cheap ones that I decided it was time to move up in the world of household cleaning. I have now reached "housewife heaven" - or maybe I've sunk really low, depending on how you look at it...