Happy Almost Halloween

Hi folks. Jack is still trucking right along. He got a few more immunizations and his flu shot for the year. Jack and I have to go back in November. He needs a booster since this was his first flu shot, and I will get mine for the year. He is almost up to 21 pounds, still eating like a champ. He eats a lot of solid foods, but his favorite seems to be stew. For the past couple weeks we've just been hanging out at home, and having a good old time. We had planned a quick trip out to the zoo, but it rained the day we wanted to go. Jack will have to wait for his caged wild animal encounters. Everything is pretty boring for now, gearing up to see if Jack's Halloween costume will fit and wondering he will handle all the trick or treaters coming by the house.

Follow Up

Just a quick follow up to the post earlier today. Jack had his in home visit with the high risk infant folks. They said he is doing very well. Most everything he is developmentally 8-10 months along. He is slowly but surely catching up to his birth age. The nurses couldn't believe how big he was, and that if they didn't have the paper work in front of them they would have no idea he was a preemie. So, quite a nice review for Jack on his 10 month check up.

Jack the 10 month old.

Seems very hard to believe that our little guy is almost 1 year old already, and just over 20 pounds. It seems like he does something new everyday. He is so very close to crawling on hands and knees. Right now he does a modified Marine crawl to get around. He has also found various things he shouldn't. I found all the DVD's pulled off of the bottom shelf of the book shelf, and he loves to pull magazines out of their basket and tear up pages. With cooler temperatures coming he will have to start get his shots to prevent RSV again, and he is almost due to get some more immunizations. Today he has a follow up in home visit from the high risk infant clinic. They just come in to see how he is at reaching milestones, and if he is struggling in some areas they will give us things we can do to work with Jack.

Not a lot planned over the next couple weeks. We are just going to chill at home. His regular babysitter on Monday's and Tuesdays, Penny, will be back in Oklahoma visiting the family, so he will get some substitutes. My sister and brother-in-law are coming down this Sunday to provide day care, and his Grandma and Grandpa Passalaqua are coming to hang out too.