I am trying to get better about updating this blog :) So this post is my best effort at updating our lives....which has basically been uneventful!
Emerson and Isaac both had their respective 3 year and 1 year appointments this month. We were somewhat surprised at the results too...
Emerson is 3 feet 1 inch tall and in 47th % . She weighs 30.4 # which is the 41st %. That was surprising to us since she has always been on the lower % curves. This is good for her! I am hoping she will hold onto weight a little better than I can. Since she is built like me, I hope she doesn't end up with the constant struggle to keep her weight at normal BMI levels. Being thin is great, but there is a point where petite becomes too petite...you can spare me the load of BS on "oh god I wish I looked like you" Because its crap. You may wish to be thinner yes but everyone agrees there comes a point where thin does not look good. It has also always been amazing to me that people are and have so freely had the audacity to grab my arms/wrists and make rude and insensitive statements about my small size. It is just as unacceptable to call a person "fat" but people do it all the time. This is something I hope Emerson never has to deal with...particularly with the attention I see young girls put on weight and image. It would be scary if she bought into that concept with her build. Ok, done with my soapbox. She is growing so well and the Dr said she is doing great! She didn't have any immunizations this visit so she was pretty pumped about that. However, being the big sister, she was concerned about Isaac getting his.
Isaac is starting to get a lot more mobile and is standing up on his own. He needs to hold onto something but we are getting very close to him walking! We were equally surprise to hear that his is 20.2# which is only the 8th % and he is 29.3 inches long or in the 21st %. He has historically been above Emerson in these categories but has now fallen in line with where she was at. The way the kid eats, we would have thought he would have been closer to the 25-26# mark. He is likely taking a dip due to the increase movement and we anticipate he will be catching up to Emerson pretty quickly. He definitely has Bruce's build which is awesome. He is already starting to play with sports equipments so we anticipate he will gain the love of sports like both his parents have. He did have shots and wasn't thrilled about that. But in true Emerson fashion as soon as he was done, she walked over to him, said "Buddy it will be OK." and gave him a hug and kiss on the head. Pretty much melted the nurse's and our hearts.
Bruce gets to go for a Boy's night out weekend this weekend to Columbia. The kids and I are going to hang out at home since it seems like we are finally getting some winter cold. No snow to date. Emerson may have a play date with her daycare BFF this weekend too so that will prove to be fun for her!
