Doctor Updates

This picture was taken shortly after Ryder got his shots today at the doctor showing off his cool crayon band-aids. He took them like a champ! He didn't even realize the first one happened... not even a flinch on his face. The second one got him a little, but after crying for about ten seconds he calmed right down in his Daddy's arms. We thought we beat those dumb shots today, but unfortunately they have gotten the best of us. Derrik had a cold earlier this week, which was passed to me, and Ryder woke up with full blown this morning. The combination of his cold and the shots has mananged to give the little man some trouble. His temp before bed tonight was at 101.4 :( He's been up since then and was still smiling with his bright red cheeks and all. He's such a great baby! Derrik and I are suppose to be leaving on a seven day cruise Sunday morning. We are hoping tomorrow proves to be a better day so we can go on our cruise with feeling any more guilty then we already do for leaving him. Of course if he isn't okay we won't go, but we know his Grammy can handle a few sniffles and gives him lots of loving!

Now for the stats on our growing man. Gosh he's huge! His head circumference is at 17 1/4" which is in the 85th percentile, his weight was at 16lb 7oz which is in the 80th percentile, and his heigh was at a whopping 26 1/2"... off the charts! His heigh didn't even get a percentile it was so tall. The nurse actually came back in to re-measure him to make sure she wasn't wrong. We're thinking his height is coming in from his Auntie Ally (there baby pictures at this age are identical too!) The doctor says that he is doing great. His height and weight are proportionate to each other so everything is great... he's just a big baby!

If you don't hear from us for a while it means all is well with Ryder, he'll be spending some quality time with Grammy and Grandpa, and Derrik and I will be sailing off into the Carribbean cheering the Eagles on!

We hope everyone had a very Happy New Years... no pictures from that night for us. We were in bed by 8:30 both with colds!