Sofia's first Shot!

For the record, we are not giving our baby alcohol! On Monday morning Michelle and I had our 2 week (16 day) check-up.  For Daddy, everything Sofia has done, each movement, sound, bodily function... has been adorable.  This included her first vaccination!  We weighed her (7lbs 3 ounces, back to birth weight) measured her (19.5 inches, at this rate she will surpass her mom and dad very quickly) and then the Pediatrician gave her mom and I the amazing news that everything looked great! We asked our idiotic, rhetorical, new parent questions and received the answers we expected but still needed to hear.  Then came the nurse.  Now, we knew what was going to happen and it was still frightening. We both nervously awaited as the awful, mean nurse, sterilized Sofia's foot and thigh.  Starting with the foot, the nurse pricked Sofia to draw blood.  At the beginning of the post I mentioned everything Sofia does is adorable... So was this.  Shockingly, the reaction time from the prick to crying seemed delayed; however, the sudden change in expression made it so much more memorable, that even mom giggled.  The next one, the real shot, was not so funny.  The nurse knew how we were going to respond because the second it was over she was out the door!  The second it happened for Sofia, she screamed!  The reason I say this is adorable was because this scream brought me back to the moment our baby girl was born.  The same high pitched, red faced, full body cry would make anyone stop!  As I smiled in memory of her birth, I looked at my bride... she was crying!

- Justin