Peter, Peter Pumpkin Eater

So, I'm not starting from the beginning of this fairy tale, but I'll start where I stand and then take a look over my shoulder until I piece together the story in its entirety. It's a good story, a magnificent marvel of mischievous plotting speckled with fortuitous and blessed events and of course full of action adventure and love. 

Our most recent and most blessed event occurred when Peter Michael Ely was born August 4, 2012. He weighed 8 lbs. 9 oz., 21.5 inches long. He arrived on his due date! I guess that's rare. He also entered this world with a lot of drama which I'll describe another day.

Peter is now 9 weeks old, This week on October 4th, he was officially two months old. It is quite amazing how quickly time has flown by. He had his two month appointment at the doctor this last Wednesday, October 3rd. He got four vaccinations. Poor Peter! I groaned inside to see him cry as he got each shot and vaccine. He weighed in at 13.15 lbs. and measured 24 inches long with a head circumference of 41.5 cm. It was fun to learn that Peter is in the 93rd percentile in height, 89th percentile in weight and 99th percentile in head circumference. Translated: BIG BABY, but not fat. Dr. Kennedy said so. 

Gavin and I are so happy and feel so blessed to have Peter. He is our beautiful baby boy! He smiles, coos, kicks and grabs, especially my hair, but more recently and more impressively, though perhaps accidentally, grabbed his chain link baby toy Thursday this week . . . first with one hand and then with the other. 

He started kicking, or perhaps it was the first time we noticed him kicking, on Monday, October 1st. Gavin was taking care of him and trying to entertain him when he first saw him purposefully manipulating the chain link with his cute little feet! Gavin showed me later that evening. It was so fun seeing him kick the toy and concentrating while pursing his little lips.

We call him Pete, Petey, and Gavin's favorite, Pedro. He is our "pumpkin eater", our "little Peter cottontail", my "baby cakes", and my little man. He is our wonderful son. We love him so much!