An apple a day...

Apparently my kids need to eat more apples. We are all about doctors this month! Last week the girls had their 9 month check up and John had his 3 year check up. Here are their stats...

John
height - 37 1/2 inches (40%)
weight - 36 lbs (85%)

Natalie
height - 28 inches (58%)
weight - 18 lb 14 oz (44%)

Rebecca
height - 29 1/4 inches (91%)
weight - 21 lb 8 oz (85%)

John has only grown 1/2 inch and has not gained any weight since his 2 year check up. I didn't realize how big he was for a 2 year old! He is average size for a 3 year old now. Although the boy has been eating like crazy lately, so we may be in for a growth spurt soon. At the appointment I had the doc look at Becca's belly button because it still had some scab remaining from when her cord fell off. The doctor was concerned that it may not have healed properly underneath so she gave us a recommendation to a pediatric surgeon to look at it. I took her this week and he basically just pulled off the scab and that was it. Everything was completely fine. It will be interesting to see how much a scab removal costs! :) While at the check up I also asked the doctor about Natalie's eyes. Every now and then they will go a little crossed, so now we have an appointment with an eye doctor in a few weeks. Then the other day, Natalie's little dimple on her neck started oozing a little. We had asked the doctor about it when she was first born and we were told it was just a little duct that hadn't closed up all the way to the skins surface and not to worry about it unless anything comes out of it. Agh! So now we also have an appointment for Natalie with a plastic surgeon next week. Man! Thank goodness John didn't need any other appointments.

Natalie is standing by herself now. She is still a little shaky, but is obsessed with standing. She will go for like an hour pulling up, letting go, falling down, pulling up, letting go, falling down, over and over. Rebecca will pull up, but then is terrified to get back down. And she hangs on for dear life to whatever she is standing by. You'd think with all the extra padding she has she'd be a little more adventurous. :)

John LOVES everything lately. He is constantly telling me what he loves. He was the hit of Bread Company the other day when he announced to everyone that walked by that he loved orange juice. At dinner last night he told me, "Mmmm. I LOVE bacon. Thank you." He has also started praying for all sorts of things. Every night during prayers we say, "God bless Mommy, Daddy, Natalie, Rebecca, John, and all our friends and family. Amen." Then he adds on things like God bless the closet, or God bless pillow. It's so cute.

We have a new hangout. We have been going to a little train store on Fridays where John can play with huge train displays. He loves it! The girls just sit in their stroller and stare at all the kids playing. Every time we are there a train comes by. It is hysterical to watch every kid there RUN to the window to watch the train. The driver (conductor? engineer?) always waves at the kids.

We had our first parent teacher conference yesterday at John's preschool. He has been doing great. The teacher said he is so cooperative (my son? seriously?) and plays very well with the other kids. She said his language is right on track and he is set to go into the Juniors class next year. Yeah! It is amazing how well behaved he can be for other people and then it is like a switch flips when he is with me. It drives me crazy, but I am glad he is doing so well there. I don't have any pictures today, but hopefully I'll get some up later in the week.