veterinarians, pediatricians, & decorations, oh my!

1. abby is doing great after her surgery. she has a massive incision and a second smaller one. she also has to wear the lamp shade collar so she doesn't chew on her wounds. it's driving her crazy. she's a beagle so her nose is always on the ground, but the lamp shade prevents her from getting the nose all the way down. she's a beagle who can't sniff! she also has no sense for the size of the lamp shade because she keeps trying to get into coves that she could normally get into but then gets blocked by her cone head. she'll go back to the vet in a few days to have the incisions drained and then again in 10 days to have the sutures removed. i need to take pics of her cone head but the camera batteries died and i'm lazy :)
2. quentin went to the pediatrician today for his 4-month check-up. jeremy was even able to meet us there!. the boy is 25.5" long and weighs 17.3 pounds, which puts him in the 71st and 88th percentiles respectively. big baby boy but not too big! he's right on track with all his developmental milestones. we even had our first conversation about introducing solid foods. we could start him now, but they recommend holding off until 5 and a half months or so. gives me time to figure out how to make baby food :)
3. we got some of our christmas decorations up - the tree is up but not yet decorated, the lighted deer and moose are in the yard, and jeremy even got the icicle lights up across the front of the house. we've got more that we want to do, but it's a start!
4. i'm almost done christmas shopping! woo hoo!
5. i'm sleepy. good night.