Mia's Stats

Mia had her 3 year check up with the pediatrician today.  She is doing great.


Height - 36" (up 3 inches from last year)
Weight - 29lbs (up 4 lbs from last year)

She is now big enough to get her blood pressure taken and the vision tests attempted.  While the blood pressure and Random Dot E (RDE) stereotest (measures how well your child's eyes work together as a team) were not a problem, Mia got shy during the distance vision test.  After a strong start naming all the shapes, she wouldn't even whisper them to me.  This isn't uncommon and because we haven't seen any other vision issues, we'll just try again next year.

Happy Birthday, Mia!!

 Happy Birthday to our wonderful little girl!

We started off the day with a little fun in the birthday dress that Grandma made for Mia.

 

And then, Mia's friends from preschool came over for some cake and ice cream before heading over to the Chinquapin Soft Playroom.

(Instead of traditional cake and ice cream, Mom made cupcakes inside ice cream cones and put a scoop of ice cream on top.)

Sorry about the lack of playroom pictures, but we were just having too much fun!

La Furia Roja

So, it turns out it is easier to get a world cup fan t-shirt for
Spain, Mexico, and Brazil than it is to get a USA one at our local
Target.  Since I felt that the kids should sport some sort of World
Cup attire, I picked up two Spain shirts for them.  The kids decided
to celebrate Spain's win yesterday by wearing their t-shirts today.
(We had meant to wear them yesterday and forgot.  Mia demanded she
wear her "Uncle Allan and Tia Raquel Soccer Shirt" today and then said
that CJ had to match.)

Pool Time

 The fun of being a SAHM and Mia being on summer vacation is that you can have impromptu pool parties.  We joined Sienna and her mom at her grandparents' community kiddie pool along with Noah and his Mom this morning.  All the kids had a fantastic time.

 

Last Day of School

Today was Mia's last day of preschool for the year.  She'll return in September and will even attend camp for 2 weeks there this summer, but it was still amazing to consider how much has changed in the past 10 months.

Here are Mia and CJ on the first day of school back in September.

 And here they are today.

CJ's Stats

We've gotten back from the 12 month check-up and here are CJ's stats.

Height - 25 1/2" (41th percentile)
Weight - 20lbs (12th percentile)
Head Circumference - 18" (31st percentile)

Basically, he's staying right on track. He eats a ton and Mia also went down to the 10th percentile around 9-12 mo, too so no worries on the weight. Developmentally, he's doing really well. Verbal and physical skills are good. We're having some coughing/breathing issues that we're trying to solve so let's hope this attempt at albuterol/allergy meds does the trick.

He had a great time trying to climb onto the pediatrician's lap to get to all of her cool "toys". Definitely no stranger fear there, which was a very different experience than Mia's 1 year appt.

Happy Birthday to the Little Man

CJ is now one whole year old! He walks all the time, rarely crawling. He loves to babble and easily says Daddy, Mommy, and his version of Mia. He's in love with the next door neighbor so he also says "Madda" for Maddie. He babbles at you with such intent that you feel like he's speaking some foreign language that you don't understand. (It has a lot of gutteral sounds so maybe he's picking up some Hebrew from Mia?) CJ, this morning, popped his 3rd tooth with the 4th due to pop any minute. This last set was a painful one so here's hoping it gets easier in the future.

On to the fun stuff... PRESENTS!
CJ was very excited to get his first Orioles hat at breakfast



He also didn't seem to mind Mia "helping" open his present from Nina.


Happy Birthday Little Man! We can't imagine life without you.

Crazy Little Boy

CJ is just learning how to go down stairs. Most of the time, he stands at the top until we help him turn around and get him going. This time, there were only two steps so he decided to try it his own way. Let's hope he learns how to turn around himself soon.

Happy Anniversary

 To 4 wonderful years so far and many more to come.

Soft Playroom

Alexandria now has a fantastic Soft Playroom and Mia and CJ adore it. If you've never been to a soft playroom before, they are great for the under 5 crowd with padded floors and walls, cool shapes to play with or climb on, and best of all, a ball pit. This one isn't too fancy, but is perfect when you need to expend some energy on a cold, rainy, or way too hot day.