better check the birth certificate

the "miracle blanket" is just that, a miracle! mason slept 8 hours last night. and then another three after i fed him. i guess we will be getting him in it for a while longer. at least until he can suck his thumb to comfort himself. i will be shocked if he is not a thumb sucker. he works really, really hard trying to get his left thumb into his mouth. he gets so excited when he gets a suck or two that he clenches his fist tighter pulling his thumb back out. he will be glad when that reflex wears off and so will i. this picture is from today to show off his spit bubbles.

we took mason for his 2-month check-up this morning. the doctor said that she should check his birth certificate because he is like a 4-month-old in every sense! not only is it his size, but the way he can roll over stomach to back (which he did twice for her), 'talk', mimic, lift his head, blow bubbles, drool, and the feedback we gave about his eating and sleeping habits.

here were his stats today:

height - 25-3/4 inches (98/99 percentile)
- i think he is a little taller having watched her measure him though; more like 26 inches
weight - 14 lbs., 2 oz. (88 percentile)
head circumference - 41.7 cm (82 percentile)
height/weight combo (bmi) - 4 percentile

by comparison, madelyn was 25 inches, 12 lbs., 5 oz. at two months. i had a really strong feeling that mason was larger than she was at this age. we don't have to overlap his diaper closures like we did with madelyn and he just feels bigger to me when i am nursing him. mason is wearing most of his 6 month sized clothes and almost 9 month sleepers. he has been in a size three diaper for around a month now.

i think that covers it for mason. he is healthy, strong, and happy and we couldn't be happier about that! love.