Lean and mean!

This weekend was a busy one in the Carr household. Sunday was Austin's baptism at church. Both sets of grandparents came down for the event and even Aunt Jessie was able to make it from Indiana. Three generations of Carr boys

Austin was such a good boy for the baptism - no crying whatsoever. What a trooper!
Aunt Jess, Pastor Steve, Mommy, Daddy and Austin

On Monday we went to Austin's 2 month check up. The doctor said Austin is perfect, of course. He weighed in at 11 lbs 15 oz (this was after two wet diapers) and was 23 3/4 inches long. That puts him in the 50th percentile for weight and the 80th percentile for height. The circumference of his noggin measured at 16 inches which is the 85th percentile. So he is still long and lean with a big head (much like his daddy!). He got three immunization shots and one oral immunization. He was hungry going into the visit, so he was less than thrilled about the shots. There was alot of crying but when the shots were over and I was able to pick him back up, he calmed right down. As a result of the immunizations, he slept almost all day long yesterday. We were afraid that with all of the sleeping during the day, baby boy would not sleep last night. Luckily we were wrong and he slept fine!

I am super happy to report that Austin is sleeping incredibly well. He has been waking up only once during the night. He typically sleeps in 4-5 hour blocks which is really nice. The past couple of nights we have been able to put him to bed while he is still awake (drowsy but awake) and he has gone to sleep on his own. This is a vast improvement over the first few weeks of his life when going to bed was an ordeal that involved much rocking, singing, putting to bed, rocking, putting to bed again, and so forth. Overall, we are very blessed that Austin is an easy, happy baby.