General update

Well, we're up to 3 new teeth this week. One of the top front ones broke through today. We also had a doctor's appointment today and Jake is 31" tall (90%), weighs 25 pounds (75%), and his head is in the 90%. Big guy!! He's very healthy and Dr. Robin was very happy with his progress and how he's meeting his milestones. She was extremely impressed with his willingness to eat anything. He does have a little yeast infection, which is the diaper issue we've been battling for a while which I thought was milk rash. The good news is it's easily curable and I no longer have to send milk with him to school. He can drink regular milk again instead of the lactose free stuff! Yay! He also got 3 shots today, including his first flu shot. Boo hoo! He cried, but clamed down fairly quickly. Still, between that and the teeth, not a good week to be a squeaker. But he was, as always, a total trooper and just a really good guy. I'm always so proud to be his mommy and always so impressed by him. We're so very lucky!

We also went back out to UC Davis for another series of "tests" at the infant cognition lab. We love helping science - especially when we get a new toy! These tests were videos again, but shorter and I could bounce him if he got antsy. He made it through both sets. The first was a study on short term memory and the second was something about pictures vs. sounds and how kids learn. I don't really remember. And that's not a joke about the short term memory study - it's just mommy brain. Either way, he did great, seemed to have fun, helped science, and got a new squiggly lobster for the bath. Super fun!

Grammy, if you check in on this while you're off cruising, we miss you and love you and can't wait until you're home. Have fun!!

Sharon and Jake