A Brave Day At The Doctor's

Nick and Ethan, having just celebrated their birthdays, went to the doctor today to see how much they have grown. Each of them are doing well and were very brave. Ethan has been scared of the doctor for awhile, but today, although he played a very shy child, he did not fuss with all the equipment as usual. They were each given a book, as each patient is for their well-child check ups until age five, to promote reading.
They each needed shots today which has been a horrifying experience for both of them in the past. They have been so afraid of getting shots. They don't even like it when their brothers need shots. Nick decided to go first today. Although he was very scared and shaking, he never cried even once. I was so proud of him. As I was helping him with his shoes, he looked over at the nurse and said, "That hurted." (Kind of reminded me of the "Charlie Bit Me" video on Youtube.) Then it was Ethan's turn. I think he was lulled into a false sense of security with Nick not crying. He didn't seem to scared at first, but then he was poked for the first time and did not like it AT ALL. He only cried a little and was very quick to calm down. They were so good.
I also got to show on of Andrew's 10 month pictures off and everybody thought all my kids are the most beautiful. Everyone agreed that my kids are too beautiful to stop having kids. Nick wasn't happy to here that when I told him. Of course.
Nick also had his eyes and ears checked and has perfect 20/30 vision and perfect hearing. He's all set to start Kindergarten in a couple weeks.
Here are their stats:
Nick - 39.3 lbs (39%) 43.5 in (52%)
Ethan - 32.3 lbs (56%) 37.75 in (59%)

The school offices just opened back up yesterday, so hopefully, we will hear soon about what teachers each of the kids have. I did find out that the first day of school for 1st and 2nd graders is Wed Aug 29, and for Kindergarteners with last names starting with A-L is Sep 1st. So Nick will go to school, yes a full day, unfortunately, on Thursday and then have a four day weekend. There will be on open house on Mon the 29th so we can meet the teachers and see the classrooms. And then we are supposed to have a 1/2 hour meeting with Nick's teacher sometime during the first day of school (the 29th.) I'm still worried about Nick going to school. I'm sure he'll be fine and will adjust, but he is still so young. If in a couple weeks he doesn't seem to be handling it well, we will rethink the situation.

I have given up soda and started drinking that horrible water. But I'm doing really well. I drank 84.5 oz on Saturday, 70 oz on Sunday, 80 oz on both Mon and Tue, and 120 oz on Wed and Thur. By 3pm today, I will have finished 60 oz, so I'm well on my way to another 120 oz day. I'm still getting headaches everyday, which is not fun. I don't think it is because I'm detoxing from soda, or dehydration anymore. Nick wants me to go to the Dr. but I think it may just be allergie congestion. I don't feel very congested in my nasal sinuses, but the headaches feel like an intense pressure at the top and front of my head, as if my skull is ready to burst. The bones above my eyesockets feel bruised to the touch, as well. I hope these headaches subside before too much longer.

Well, I'll leave you for now and will endeavor to be more consistent in my blogging in the future.

August 14, 2011 - Eleven Months

Andrew turned eleven months old on the 14th of August, 2011. This quick post will be a visual tour of each child at eleven months old.

Joseph


Nick


Ethan


Andrew

July 14, 2011 - Ten Months

I know it has been a horribly long time since I've blogged. It's not that I don't want to, it's just that I don't have a lot of time...plus, by the time I have sat down to blog, I have already told the stories I would have written about to all the people who ever read my blog anyway. So then I find I have nothing more to say. Although, since I use my blog as an ongoing "baby" book for all my kids, I should write them down anyway, so that when I go back to write in their actual baby books, I'll have something to write. So for now, let me catch up on the "biggies" that I've missed, starting with the ten month comparrisons.
Andrew turned ten months old on July 14, 2011. He is such a sweet, contented baby...for the most part. So let us take a look at what each of the kids looked like at ten months old.

Joseph was a cute chubby, curly-headed dream.


Nick was already a ham-bone, always posing with a cheesy grin.


Ethan was showing early signs of precociousness, (a trait I find adorable, admittedly.)


Andrew is just too cute not to look at. I could sit at stare at him all day. Such a sweetie, he is.