10 weeks

We weighed Peter on the Wii and he showed up as only 14 pounds, about 5 oz. less than last week. We aren't worried because that's about 1 dirty diaper.

Anybody missing a small dead animal?

I think it's hiding in Peter's diaper. Actually it's better today, but the last couple of days were pretty smelly.

110%????

Peter turns 9 weeks old today. We had a Dr. appt. He's 14#, 5 oz. and 26 inches long! That's 95% for weight and 110% on height. Tera has trouble understanding bigger than 100%.

My take: if there were 100 kids Peter's age in a room, Peter would weigh more than 95 of them. He would be taller than all the kids, plus some in the next room.

interesting fact: Peter is only 3 feet shorter than Tera :)

New tricks

Peter has started of get very smiley right after a diaper change. Just as you finish getting his clothes on... the smile does too. A nice thank you :)

A couple nights ago as I was preparing to swaddle Peter he laid perfectly still, arms at his sides. I picked it the blanket from his left, trapping the arm in place just as I got to his right arm he shot it straight up, with a huge smile on his face. We (Peter and I) laughed for a bit and I tried it again. Sure enough he pulls the same trick with the same big smile. Of course he hasn't done it since, but he seemed to know exactly what he's doing

and I thought my move stunk

It took my sister longer than planned to pack, that happens. At about 7 last night she was done, except for the stuff going in the cab of the pickup, which we were going to do after it got put on the dolly. My brother went to start the moving van and nothing... the battery appears completely dead. my brother checks and it has 3 batteries. Neither Mike or I have our jumper cables but we found Lisa's The truck wouldn't start with just one set of cables, so it was wait for the one pair to charge 3 batteries or use another set. Friends of the neighbor came over and we were on with 2 sets, but still nothing. We saw the battery voltage up into the "normal" range and still nothing. At this point we start checking over things. Maybe the doors need to be closed, seat belts on, etc. Still nothing. My sister finally gets through to someone with the rental company. They will send someone out. It's now almost 8. My sister had planned to take a nap and be on the road by midnight. My brother and I left, telling her to call us if the repair guy won't help her load the pickup onto the dolly.

10 PM I get an IM from my sister. Repair guy is going to have to come back in the light.
Noon. The repair guy came back and the truck started right up. He can tell that the starter has been hit a lot, and someone has tried to hook jumper cables direct to the starter (we didn't try that). He told my sister to not shut off the truck until she reached her destination, because he couldn't find a new starter. He's gone before my brother and I get there to put the truck on the dolly. That goes pretty well. so we get the last of the stuff loaded in.

And then my brother noticed that the tires on the dolly look soft. Mike and I ran up to the true value and pick up a compressor and pressure gauge. Sure enough, the tires are 25 instead of 40-50. we pump her up and she is off.

aboout 6 pm I get a call. there is about 1/2" of snow and ice on the road and accidents all over the place. traffic slowed from about a mile in an hour to stopped for 20 minutes. They ended up almost 2 hours in the same spot.

In normal weather they would be half way to Pittsburgh,

8 ah ah ah

Peter hit 8 weeks and 13 1/2 pounds on Monday.

We took him to Diana's concert last night and he was a big hit. People love the hair and the happy (or at least quiet) baby.

Last Friday we took him to lunch with a couple friends, shopping at the mall and Wegman's and dinner there too.

He was having too much fun to nap, which made for a cranky baby Friday night. After sleeping most of Saturday he was back to his normal self.

7 ah ah ah

Yes, Peter is 7 weeks old. And 13 pounds!!! No wonder my back gets tired.

He's been getting up once a night recently. We aren't totally exhausted anymore :)