Surprise at the Doctor's Visit

     Today at our 6 month check-up, Marcus sported his new Carolina gear (courtesy of Pam Hunter) in honor of Carolina's win yesterday (hey, who cares if they BARELY won...a win is a win).  Anyhow, when we got there, they called us back pretty quickly and I undressed Marcus for the nurse.  He is 28 1/4 inches tall (95-97%) and he tipped the scales at 18 pounds, 12 ounces, which put him in the 75%.  He has a big ol' head, like his mama, and that too was in the 95-97%.  When Dr. Love arrived, he was having a blast looking at himself in the mirror and wiggling all over the place.  He had drooled and picked at the paper on the bench so badly that we had to take it off all together.  We asked Dr. Love about teething and while he was checking Marcus' gums, Marcus thought it would be a good idea to spit in his face!  Luckily, we have a very cool pediatrician, so he laughed at it as hard as we did.  He was finishing up the check-up and said, "will one of y'all hold his arms down while I check his ear again?"  I did, and Dr. Love confirmed...ear infection in his right ear.  Booooooooooooo!  Other than his cold symptoms last week, we had no idea.  The past two nights, he's slept MUCH better than last week, and his eye goo is clearing up.  So I thought he was getting better, all to find out he has an ear infection!  To add insult to injury, our sweet baby had to get shots again today, too.  Now, the great part about this whole thing is that he's a baby and has no memory of any of this!  It's great.  Since we gave him a little medicine, he's been more smiley than before and is in a great mood.  He's in his walk-around-table right now, playing with Mark, who's sitting in the floor with him.   We praise God for a great doctor, for modern medicines to help comfort our baby when in pain, and for a precious little man we like to call our little buddy.

 Just because I don't want to give you a blog with no picture OR video, here's one from the other day.  

I laid him down for a nap and he was quiet and happy.  I heard him grunting as if he had rolled over 

and sure enough, he did.  You can tell from the video...he wasn't that tired anyhow.  I just needed a break. :)