9 month checkup

Yesterday, Brody turned 9 months old and had his 9 month check up. His stats are:

Height - 29 inches (75%)

Head - 18 2/8th inches (90%)

Weight - are you ready for this? 25.2 lbs, which means that for the first time ever he is actually on the weight chart. He is in the 96% for his weight, but hey....he is on the weight chart!!!! Christmas came early.

So, his head measurement had me a little worried. At his 6 month appointment, his head was measuring in the 75-80th percentile and this time, he initally measured at the 95th percentile. She said that because their was such a jump, she would see what it measured at his year checkup and then if it continued to increase, she would schedule a CT scan. I asked her what they were looking for and she said that some times the ventricles in the brain can get blocked and it makes the membranes swell, therefore enlarging the head (or something like it.....once she started talking about his brain, I got completely freaked out). I asked her what the treatment for that was and she said surgery. Once she said that, I said "Can you bring the nurse back in and have her re-measure again? I want to make sure we have the right measurement." The nurse, who Brody has had many times before and I absolutely love, appeased me and re-measured his head. The second time, she measured it a tad bit smaller, which brought it down to the 90%. My doctor said not to be too worried about it and we would see what happens at the next appointment. When you say brain, surgery and Brody in the same sentence, my Mommy alarm goes off! I immediately got flustered, but hopefully, it is nothing. To me, his head does not look abnormally large...it actually looks in proportion to the rest of his body. So I guess we will see what happens over the next couple months.

He ended up getting 2 shots yesterday and he was a little fussy yesterday, but that could have easily been a combination of the shots and the fact that his morning nap was cut short because his appointment was at 11:00. Today, he seemed okay, but seemed a little tired and not his usual self. I hope he is not getting sick....he has yet to get sick and I know it is bound to happen at some point. Last week, our weather was pretty screwy, jumping from the 70s to the 40s. That kind of change in weather can screw anyone up.

Today, Missy came into town so we can celebrate Christmas with her this weekend because she is going to her in-laws for Christmas this year. Tab and Kevin came down too. Tab is starting to get a little bump....it is so cute!! It is crazy to think that next year, we will be both be mothers. We always talked about having babies close together. They should be about a year and a few months apart. Pretty exciting! :)

So, here are some cute pictures that I took this week. Brody is on the move....all the time. Crawling, standing, pulling himself up. He actually stood on his own this week for about 5 seconds. I know that pretty soon he will start taking some steps and there will be no stopping him then!

Not sure if I will post again before the holiday so I hope everyone has a very Merry Christmas!! :)

I love this picture! Brody sure loves his Daddy! :)