Rocco turned two months old yesterday. YAY! I'm so excited to be getting out of the newborn stage and to know I WILL NEVER HAVE TO DO IT AGAIN! I feel like I'm starting to come out of the newborn haze, you know, where all the days and nights are a blur and it's all you can do to hang on and survive. This fourth child has really rocked my world. When I had Beckham Jada hadn't even started school yet. Now I've got two kids in school, so I have to set my alarm and get up in the morning to get them ready and make their lunches. And I have to pick them up every day, which means getting both Beckham and Rocco up from naps, on most days. Plus they have dance, and soccer, and playdates with friends. It's just much harder to make everything work and go smoothly.

Really, though, this kid is a sweetheart. He's so mild tempered and basically just chills. The kids love him to pieces. The second Beckham hears him cry he'll run over to his crib saying, "Oh baby, baby, shh shh shh" and try to get him to take his binkie. He likes to hold him, but after about five seconds he says he's done. Jada could hold him all day long, which has been very helpful. Caleb likes to hold him once in a while, just for a while. He really just likes to look at him. He says, "He's so cute, I can't stop saying that cause he's so cute."

He had his two month check up and shots yesterday. Dr. Kaddu said he's supposed to gain one pound every two weeks and since he was last there six weeks ago he's gained over 4 pounds. Holy cow! That's crazy cause we were so worried about him not gaining weight in the beginning. It's cause all he wants to do from 6 p.m. on is eat. I breastfeed him then he has a bottle of formula then I breastfeed him again till he goes to bed around 11. Yep, he's a little pig and he's gonna be huge! I'm glad he's not so scrawny and fragile anymore, I'd much rather have a chunky, healthy baby. He does spit up a lot, Dr. Kaddu said he's a "happy spitter", meaning he spits a lot but is still smiley and gaining weight and not too fussy. He had three shots and that didn't make him too happy. But I was relieved to have him get the pertussis vaccination, I've been a little freaked out about that.

Isn't he just so precious?



Rocco at two months old:

10.5 lbs, 24%

22.4 inches, 31%