SeanWatch - Days 96 & 97

Sean Richard is a little over 3 months old, so when you combine that with a mild case of thrush (again), you get a 3 month check-up this past Friday! Sean is now a very healthy 13.5 lbs and 24 inches tall, putting in the 50th and 75th percentiles for weight and height respectively. He also got 4 (count 'em, 1-2-3-4) shots and a 5th oral "shot"-thingy; he took 'em like a champ! The doctor also said that Seanie-boy is doing great with holding his head up and being on his tummy. Bean & I have noticed that Sean is following (pretty much literally) in his brother's footsteps in terms of wanting to stand all the time - he's got powerful little legs!

Then on Saturday, the whole family packed up and walked across the street to Bur-Mil Park's Fall Festival - where we had the chance to pick pumpkins from the Pumpkin Patch, participate in Pumpkin Decorating, go on hayrides, do face painting, see a Petting Zoo, and get involved with necklace making and Bow & Arrow Safety. Sadly, all we ended up doing was picking a pumpkin, petting some dogs and a snake, eat, and watch square dancing and fencing demonstrations until Loch bit Mommy and it was time to go home. I feel the biting incident was partially my fault because I let him run down a steep hill and he took a good tumble from it, thus leaving him in an somewhat questionable mood. Sean slept most of the time in Baby Bjorn either on Mommy or Daddy. The high point of the afternoon for me was sharing apple slices with caramel with Sean (though he didn't accept any, so I got most of them to myself) in solitude on a small hill, and then going over to Mommy and Loch and sharing the rest of the apple slices with Loch - who did take the proffered apple slices, sans caramel.

Of course, you cannot mention the Fall Festival without mentioning the tractor display (OK, it was just 2 tractors). Since we are living in NC, I just wanted an idea about what it would like if Loch went the agriculture route - the results are below, though I am sorry that we didn't dress him differently (coveralls, straw hat). If only we knew there would be tractors there.......

LOCH'S WORDS OF THE WEEK: Loch will call Mommy a "Hot Mama" (with some prompting from Daddy, natch). He will often point to his heinie and say "Poopy" or "Poopies", sometimes before elimination, mostly after the deed has been done. Can YOU say "Potty-training-in-my- future"?