Two Months

Nathan is now 2 months old! I'm not sure if he has "grown up so fast," but he sure has filled out so fast! He is now 14 pounds - and I'm sure that most of that is in his neck and thighs. Actually I asked the doctor if this is okay, and he assured this nervous first-time mom that it is. At five weeks and 22 inches he was in the 90% (really big) but now at 23 inches he is in the 50%. I guess his round face, and no neck, just makes him look extra chubby.

We went for a walk the other night. A neighbor told me that she runs down a road, and it loops around. Jon (who has lived here much longer than me) didn't think so, but we kept walking anyway. It got dark and we were still walking down a gravel road. Three ankle-biting dogs came out in the road. I was torn between the mother bear instinct to stand in front of the stroller and bark back, - or being nice and friendly. I chose the latter. One dog bit at my knee, but it wasn't hard, so I think it was playful. We didn't want to turn around after that, so we kept walking! We hit a main road we knew, but did not want to be near traffic. So we pushed the stroller through tall grass filled with bugs and the possiblity of all sorts of things. We pushed on until we found a road back. This is when Jon found the speed limit sign that made us smile. We got home, and Nathan woke up. Very good timing!Okay, I'm having trouble with this blogging site at the moment. I can't type my wonderful thoughts in a word document and paste them in here. I can't move the pictures in the order I want without resizing them. And when I hold down the shift key to resize, the picture still distorts. So, I'm sorry about the slightly distorted pictures. Any tips - anyone?

Here is one last picture of the cutie. We got this (I don't know what you call it) at a consignment sale for 1 dollar! He really likes to look at the pictures. This was taken yesterday - officially 2 months old.