baby’s first blog
Blake enjoys a Shakespeare play in the park: Twelfth Night. Mom, Dad, and Laura enjoy delicious burritos: Chipotle. Everyone’s happy.
If not exactly high culture, at least it’s culture on a very steep incline.
Our little angel watches the Blue Angels over Lake Washington. Maybe next year he’ll get to see the Hells Angels instead. Or maybe not.
Imagine my surprise when I woke up this morning at 5:45 for the first time all night! It seems our little miracle slept through the night for the first time ever! When I woke up, Blake wasn’t even awake yet, although he was making a racket in his basinet.
I got up to feed him, but when I took him in to nurse, he didn’t even open his eyes. Back in the crib he went and I slept til 7:30 when he woke me up again, smiling and ready for breakfast!
So, his last feeding was at 10:00, that means he went ALL NIGHT - 9 hours!! - Whoo Hoo! I hadn’t gotten a full night’s sleep for 2 months, when he was born.
I am hoping this heralds a new age of sleep for me, but I have heard that other things like teeth may soon interrupt his sleep again. That’s OK, I’ll catch up on my rest while I can!
Well, Blake just had his 2-month physical and according to the doctor, he is a perfect specimen of babyhood. His "percentiles" for head, height and weight keep going up with his weight topping out at a hefty 13.1 pounds. Fortunately, his head is in a relatively low percentile, so all the praise we’re heaping on him, is apparently not lodging there.
The toughest part of the appointment was his shots. He had to get 3 needles and he cried! 
It made me want to cry too, but he took it like a man and sucked it up after we stuck his pacifier in his mouth.
We’ve noticed that he’s starting to get drooly lately, which I read may be an impending sign of teeth descending somewhere from high in the gum. No teeth have erupted yet, and I’m hoping that they don’t until he gets a little closer to eating solid foods.
Other than that, he remains painfully cute. We’re working on getting him to talk and smile more, but he’s only moderately compliant. Ben threatens him with talk of Baby Suresh over in India, getting the leg up on him - just the friendly pressure he needs to stay on top of his game in today’s flat business economy. 
Until next time!
Emily
Blake heads to Biringer Farm to find some fresh raspberries. Since he can’t eat them yet, he insists that we freeze his berries until next year. Happily, he fails to pick a single berry, so this will be an easy promise to keep.
I can teach him the words...
