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I got my camera back from being repaired and presto! pictures

Porter’s birth

Getting weighed

Keeping warm with Dad

Napping

And, a video of Ezra dancing with Francis:

I’m having trouble downloading pictures from my camera to my computer, which is pretty awful because not only are some of Porter’s first pictures on my camera but I also have a video of a naked Ezra grooving to U2’s “Get on Your Boots.”

Thankfully my Dad took some pictures at our Easter celebration which you can view here.

Ezra collecting a number of other things besides plastic eggs

Ezra at the petting zoo.

He was much more interested in the climbing structure than actually petting anything.

Ezra just had his 12 month appointment today (at 15 months) — some things just move a bit slowly when you’ve moved in the last 5 months and are pregnant.

He currently weighs 20 lbs. 9 oz. (5th percentile for age; about 17th percentile if paired with his height)
Height: 30 1/4 inches (25th percentile)
Head circumference: 47.5 cm (50th percentile)
So our little boy has lots of brains and probably his Daddy’s metabolism.

The doctor said he looked good and didn’t even mention his percentiles, which because his percentiles are not “average”, therefore can be bothersome to hear a doctor go on about the fact that he’s small. But he’s healthy and eats like a horse, so I’m not worried.

He was vaccinated for polio (which most babies get 2 doses of the vax before 1 year) but we’re delaying and skipping a number of them. I don’t see any reason to get the varicella vaccine (chickenpox) and am adverse to the MMR, so we won’t be doing that. I don’t see any reason he should get any Hepatitis shots either as childhood reactions are pretty rare. I haven’t made up my mind about doing the Hib or DTaP boosters (he did have the series of Hib and DTap shots, though delayed), which are normally given around now. And because he’s had the Flu (stomach) I don’t think we’ll do the Flu vaccine either.

Ezra got his first fat lip this morning courtesy of some unsteady balance, teeth and a tile floor. I was so sad to see his purple lip with blood on it. My poor little boy! I quickly gave him a popsicle and he’s enjoying chewing on a bag of frozen corn. I put a bit of arnica on it and gave him some homeopathic teething tablets for pain. That’s all this mama can do; we’re enjoying a Baby Einstein video now.

The corn

And, I’ll add, this was after a few mouth-wipes.

(More pictures here.)

I was supposed to meet a good friend from Pasadena at the Wild Animal Park, but child sickness on her end meant we’re going to have to reschedule. Without much of a plan for the day, I started checking out other options and came across Bates Nut Farm that has a huge pumpkin patch in North San Diego County.

Bryce, Ezra and I had a great time exploring the pumpkin patch and taking loads of pictures. Ezra was especially proud of his newly acquired walking skills and liked to play the drums on all the huge pumpkins. We came home with a 76-pound pumpkin to adorn our doorstep. It should last about 3 months as we don’t plan to carve it.

I was at the hospital having pitocin-induced contractions and could only make it through them standing up. At 6:20 pm Ezra Chalmers Hales came into the world via c-section. Happy first birthday son! It’s all been worth it.