So much has been happening! first his 2 week check that happened, well lol, 2 weeks ago lol...

He is growing like a weed! he was 6 pounds, 11 ounces at birth and weighed in at 2 weeks old at 8 pounds even and grew 2 inches in length! wowza's! i did have this funny thing that happened at his 2 week check. it seems we freaked out pediatrician out! now, keep in mind, this pediatrician is not the same ped we are seeing with Julia's height issues. that pediatrician is a female, the one we saw with the boy, in a male doc we all really like. anyway, here is a copy and paste of part of what I posted on a forum about what happened at the 2 week check up with Joey. I had titled it "Crunchy Family scares off Ped?"

we really do like him. he's a nice guy...etc. so i'm not sure what it was that made him so uneasy, whether it was me nursing when he walked in the room (which he almost did an about face, apologized and said he'd come back. i told him there was no need. babe was almost done, so he stayed, but sat in the furthest corner of the room lol...i was totally covered up by the way)..or if it was when we mentioned we had a homebirth (which he asked questions about, like he was disbelieving a homebirth could produce a healthy infant with no problems...not in a demeaning way, just in a "i'm curious, everything was ok, right?" sort of way..then he asked about emergency situations what would have happened...etc. all the same questions everyone asks when we tell them we homebirthed *rolls eyes*...so he checks out dear son, whom looks great. notices he is not circumsized, didn't say anything about it (surprised me) and i watch him like a hawk to make sure he doesn't try to retract dear son (he didn't) ...so he says, "he looks beautiful! go out and celebrate!!" (becuase i guess children born at home don't usually look beautiful? *wry smile*) all the while walking backwards towards the door, he asks if we have any questions (while he's still edging towards the door) then says if we do to just call (outside in the hall at this point), then pauses (still in the hall) and mentions vitamins while breastfeeding, says bye and leaves...then peeks back over the door (still in the hallway) and asked "you guys are going to vax, right?" we said, "uh yeah" he smiled, pleased enough ,and left..(truth is we are still researching that right now. we probably will vaccinate, although will be choosy which ones we do and at what age, but no use getting into that with a ped whom is standing in the hallway!)....Joe said, "wow, i think we scared him off."

i had to laugh...he just couldn't get out of that room quick enough, and the vax question really got me...i looked at joe and said, "well, it's official, we're a crunchy family otherwise vax's wouldn't have been a concern!" and Joe didn't even have his sling on and i resisted putting dear son in his "i'm special, i was born at home" tshirt lol! course, maybe it was also that we have two other children too for a total of 3 kids ages 4 and under? (whom were very well behaved btw)....this is where Joe said it was a case of "crazy family" perhaps lol  i chuckled all the way out to the car." Here is a picture of Joey in that tshirt I mentioned above by the way...

This was taken at 3 weeks old

and that's his "feed me NOW" face lol

at 4 1/2 weeks he hit a growth spurt that near wore this momma out! he is out of newborn diapers and getting into 0-3 month sized clothes already! When I step on the scale with him, and then re-weigh myself without him, i come up with him sonewhere between 9-10 pounds now. He won't go ack for another "well baby" visit until he is 2 months old. He is sleeping about 3 hour stretches at night (on "good" nights anyway) and still has "milk chocolate" brown eyes.

And lastly, here is a sweet poem a friend gave to me. I plan on taking this exact same pic and the poem and scrapbooking it in his baby book...or maybe take my friend's idea and frame it in his room...depends how creative i get lol....Thanks Brandie!

These are Joey's feet at 3 weeks old:

Tell me, what is half so sweet
As a baby's tiny feet,
Pink and dainty as can be,
Like a coral from the sea?
Talk of jewels strung in rows,
Gaze upon those little toes,
Fairer than a diadem,
With the mother kissing them!

It is morning and she lies
Uttering her happy cries,
While her little hands reach out
For the feet that fly about.
Then I go to her and blow
Laughter out of every toe;
Hold her high and let her place
Tiny footprints on my face.

Little feet that do not know
Where the winding roadways go,
Little feet that never tire,
Feel the stones or trudge the mire,
Still too pink and still too small
To do anything but crawl,
Thinking all their wanderings fair,
Filled with wonders everywhere.

Little feet, so rich with charm,
May you never come to harm.
As I bend and proudly blow
Laughter out of every toe,
This pray, that God above
Shall protect you with His love,
And shall guide those little feet
Safely down life's broader street.

Baby Feet
Edgar Guest
From the book "Rhymes Of Childhood'" ©1924