Christmas Preparations

Well, the shopping and wrapping are done and I decorated the tree yesterday so I think we are in good shape. Christmas cards are printed but still need to be addressed and sent. It's been fun to get everyone's cards in the mail. Everyday, I hope that there will be more. We were supposed to have Christmas with my mom's side of the family today but Sean, Cade and I opted out. There has been flu going around and we decided to not expose Cade. This will be the first year in 33 years that I haven't celebrated with that part of the family but there's always next year when Cade's immune system is stronger. This week we went in to get another synagis shot and his second flu shot. As part of the trip, he gets weighed. On Thursday, he was 14 lbs. It was a little surprising that he had only gained 7 oz in a month but he had a cold so maybe he lost a little (?) He has been growing in length though. I just put away his 6 month sleepers because it seemed that the snaps were popping in the middle of the night. The 9 month ones are still pretty big but soon he'll be out of those. What's amazing about his weight is that his cousin that is 2 months old weighs more than him! Phillip weighed in at 14 1/4 lbs at his 2 month appt. Oh well. I guess that just shows you how different babies can be. The ECSE teacher and PT were here on Monday and the evaluation went well. Cade seems to have mastered the 4 and some of the 5 month stuff and maybe a few 6 month things. Since he was 4 months adjusted on the 1st, he's doing just fine. Another thing that we've been dealing with over the last week is that Sean's car is sick. The transmission is bad and we've decided that instead of putting a bunch of money into it we would look for a new car. Through some connections that Sean has we have the option of possibly getting a car from an auction. So maybe by Wed we will have 2 working cars again. Cade and I have been driving Sean to work and one day I put his Santa hat on him to go get daddy. Here's what he looked like by the time he got home. Then, there's a picture for grandpa Phil and the Petrangelo's. And lastly, Cade working on sitting up and helping me wrap presents.