Everyone Loves Marco - Part 3

To conclude the first year of Marco's life, here is everyone else who has held Marco and shown him that they love him by doing so!

FAMILY

~Grandpa~

~Grammy~

FRIENDS

Church Friends

~Brother Dazey~

~Marin Shreve~

~Mernil Bickmore~

~Mason Marsh~

~Katlyn Keaton~

~Chloe Stimpson~

~Isabelle Wallin~

~Kate Henderson~

~Leigh Acosta~

Other Friends:

~Brittany and Kimberly~

~Rachel McClung~

OTHER: Strangers

~Plane Friend - Lilliana~

Store Strangers:

~Costco and Trader Joes~

~Baptist Church Daycare~

Marco, You are loved!

McClungs

Recently, we have become very, very close to our Pediatrician and her family. They are such a kind, genuine, intelligent, and fun family. And we instantly hit it off because we have children in similar ages. 

It all started with a trip to the zoo...

I invited Rachel to go to the zoo with me on one of my many, many hour long voyages down to Asheboro to see all the animals. And I was lucky enough to have Rachel accept my invitation and join me with her children. 

Lily instantly became attached to Jude. They would walk hand in hand to the various animal enclosures, climb on the railings together, play on the sculptures together, and laugh together. 

In fact, our first trip to the zoo, the kids had so much fun with each other than one trip turned into another and another.  Every time we went to the zoo with Jude was much more fun than going with Mommy and Marco.

I feel like Dr. Seuss when I say: "Our friendship grew... it grew and it grew and it grew." And eventually we were invited over for dinner at the McClungs house. 

And later we returned the favor, by having them over. Until we lost track of whose turn it was to have who over. 

We also had a lot of fun doing activities out an about with the McClungs. We were introduced to a fabulous pumpkin patch and we hope we can turn this into an annual thing.

We even run into them when we are out and about. As soon as Lily and Jude recognize each other they are off playing with each other, carefree of the parents trying to corral them into being good.

Rachel is such a good friend, that when Lily got stuck in the play-pen at Chick-fil-a, she took off her shoes and climbed on up to rescue her. Now, that is a good friend!

When all is said and done, at the end of the day, she's our very absolute favorite Doctor (besides Grandpa) and we feel so fortunate and so lucky to be able to also call her a friend!

Hopefully, there are many more adventures to come!

Marco's One Year Wellness Checkup

Marco had his one year check up on January 26. I was anxious to see his stats to see if this little guy had put on any weight from our last visit. I was thrilled to find out he had gained more weight, but bummed to realize he had stayed in the same percentile (6%).

Height: 29 in. (73.7 cm.) 17%

Weight: 18 lb. 1 oz. (8.2kg.) 6%

Head Circumference: 45.7 cm (18 in.) 38%

While we waited for the doctor we had lots of fun playing and making Marco laugh.

And once the doctor arrived the kids were more interested in her name tag than anything else.

Marco had to get his blood drawn (and get shots). He didn't cry at all when he got his finger pricked. (Lily just looks at the finger-pricking needle and starts crying). But she was really concerned for her brother and wanted to make sure that he was okay.

Marco's shots really knocked him out. For some reason, whenever my kids get shots all they want to do is cuddle or sleep. Usually it's the latter. They go to sleep within an hour of their shots and wake up the next morning. I just need to make sure I don't have anything planned away from home and that we can make the rest of the day slow and uneventful. 

On this particular doctor visit, Marco just wanted to cuddle. He is not a cuddly baby and so I was overly excited to get the chance to sit and rock and cuddle my baby boy. These cuddle sessions are so seldom, that when they do occur - I treasure them and make sure that I take full advantage of him in my arms.