These two

are now the same size. That's right...at Baylen's Dr. appt. a couple of days ago, he weighed in at a whopping 23 pounds, 11 oz. Yes, this kid is huge. It was funny because when the nurse first had me sit him on the scale, it showed he weighed 18 pounds, and that seemed odd b/c at his 6 mo. appt., he was 21. We knew he was sick, but we didn't think he had lost that much weight as a result. So, Dj asked the Dr. if we could weigh him again b/c it didn't sound right. Dr. D. said, "well, 18 pounds is pretty beefy for an 8 month old, but let's weigh again just to see..." and sure enough, 23 11 came up on the scale!!! The Dr. was like...."Wow, you are a big boy, aren't you!" haha. I replied, "Yes, he is quite beefy, but it's all muscle!" Dr. D. thought that was pretty funny.

What is crazy is that Baylen's hands are now bigger than Brynn's. He is stronger than her and when she tries to take a toy from him, he holds onto it so tight that she can't get it from him now. It drives Brynn crazy! Who would have thought that fighting has already started amongst these two? Indeed, it has. When Brynn wants something that Baylen is playing with, she'll just walk over to him and take it right from him if he's not paying attention. When she does that, Baylen gets so ticked and starts screaming and sometimes cries. So then I have to intervene and explain to Brynn that she can't just play with a toy when someone else is playing with it...even if the toy is hers. I know there are many more years of these two fighting...they didn't give me much time b/f they started right in, did they?!

Baylen acts like he's felling better and his meds are not giving him the bad reaction he had last time he was on them. THANKFULLY! He is back to crawling all over the place/pulling himself up on everything and getting into everything known to man. I have never seen a kid who gets into everything he's not supposed to AS OFTEN as this child. haha At least now he's starting to understand what "no" means. But now, when he hears me say "no no" and then stops and looks at me, grins, and then goes right back to trying to do what he's not supposed to.