Happy Thanksgiving!

We had a nice Thanksgiving Day here at the Lanz house. Jack was awake most of the day and enjoyed being held by his Aunt Lissa and Uncle Luke. They met Jack for the first time and fell immediately in love (and who wouldn't?!).

Our Thanksgiving dinner was amazing, everyone helped out: Adam made the turkey, Lissa made the cranberries, Luke made the stuffing, and Jennie made the green bean casserole and pumpkin pie. It was great to share a wonderful meal with family and friends (Adam's college friend Mike came over as well). We are all sufficiently stuffed and ready for bed...we want to be able to wake up early to get all the Black Friday shopping deals!

Milestone

New baby milestone achieved: Jack just graduated from "Newborn" sized diapers to size one! Unfortunately, the graduation came about because of a particularly messy "leak." Anyway, Congratulations Big Boy Jack!

The Many Ways to Carry Jack (and he looks cute in all of them!)

In Perspective

Adam did the math: If Jack continues to double his weight every two months, he'll be an 8000 lb two-year-old.

Big Baby

Adam just brought Jack home from his two-month doctor's appointment. Remember how I said there is no way Jack was over eight pounds? Well, guess what?! He's 8 lbs 6 oz! That means he has gained 25% of his body weight since his last appointment (the nurse said they try to shoot for a 10% gain). And remember, he got down to 4 lb 3 oz right after he was born. He is also now 20 1/2 inches long (up from 19 at his two-week appt).

Jack also had his first round of immunizations. He screamed when he got the shots but then seemed to forget about it ten seconds later. The doctor said he might be fussy for the next few days. The doctor also okayed him to fly home to Minnesota for Christmas! Yea!

Dr. H said we should just keep on doing what we've been doing (including feeding him at least every three hours) and that Jack looks great. I was hoping she would say we could try to get him to sleep longer during the night, but alas, it looks like I will be severely sleep-deprived for a few more months. However, I will willingly feed him as often as he wants if it means he continues to be such a weight-gain champ!

New Blog!

I thought it would be interesting and fun to start a blog about the daily adventures of Jack Lanz, baby extraordinaire! He doesn't do much besides sleeping and eating (and of course, pooping) these days, but hopefully that will start changing soon.

Jack has his two-month appointment (already?!) on Thursday. Since I have to work, Adam is taking him alone. I've already prepared a list of questions for him to ask the doctor! It's amazing that we haven't had to call the doctor at all yet with all my questions and concerns. Babycenter.com and What to Expect the First Year have been great resources to allay most of my new-mom worries. And, of course, laid-back Adam has been helpful as usual in helping me to see that Jack really is happy and healthy and thriving even though he had a rough start at life.

Since we returned our rented baby scale at the end of October, we haven't been able to weigh Jack with any accuracy--our bathroom scale says he is 8 1/2 pounds, and I don't believe that! If he has continued to gain one ounce a day, he should be around 7 1/2 pounds by now! I can't believe he's almost doubled his weight in two months! If I did that, I'd be...ugh, I don't want to think about it. But to think that he has become a (somewhat) chubby baby with a couple of chins and some fat creases on his legs in such a short time is amazing. I'm so proud of my baby boy (and myself for sticking with breastfeeding for as long as I have)!