Growing like a weed

Both Halas and Sydney went to the doctor last week for a checkup and shots.

Sydney got 4 shots that day, two in one arm, one in the other arm, and one in the leg. I could not believe how brave she was! She gave Steve a big bear hug and took every shot without crying at all. We were so proud of her that she got to go to her favorite restaurant that night. It is a Mexican place that gives ice cream and balloons at the end of every meal.

She is growing right on track too. At 4 years old she is 3' 5.5" tall (77th percentile) and 38 lbs. (67th percentile). There is an old wives tale that if you take your child's height when they were 2 years old and double it, that will be their height when they are an adult. If that holds true, Sydney was 35.3" at 2 years old so she should be about 5'10".

Halas got 3 shots and one oral vaccination. He cried when he got the shots but stopped as soon as they put the drops in his mouth. The nurse was very impressed with their pain tolerance.



Halas is getting to be a very big boy. He is 26.5" (95th percentile) and 17 lbs. (87th percentile). He is one of the happiest babies that I have ever seen! He is now "talking" more. He just started eating baby cereal. The most success I have getting him to eat is when I put him up on the counter and Sydney in front of him (I bribe her with applesauce). He loves to watch her and will ignore the part where I am shoveling food in his mouth.



This morning I had breakfast with Sydney at her school. It was Muffins for Mom day. Halas even got me a Mother's Day gift. When I dropped him off at daycare today there was a flower pot with his hand print on it and 3 "flowers" that had different pictures of him on each flower. It was very cute. Sydney got me some bath stuff and made me a card where she used her fingerprints to make the petals on a flower. The gifts are so sweet and are on proud display in my office. Later this afternoon they are having a Mother's Day party in Sydney’s class.

This weekend is Sydney's last gymnastics class for the semester and the following week is her gymnastics finale where she will put on a show of what she has learned and get a medal.

The weather down here has been very rainy but I got Sydney's blow up pool out last week. She will start swim lessons in June. We are going to take a break from gymnastics for the summer at least. One activity at a time is enough for me.

- Ang