Baby Hulk and His Brave Big Brother

Daniel is HUGE!!! Seriously, this kid. He turned 6 months yesterday, so today we had the dreaded check-up with shots. I swear, the only cool thing about those is that I love finding out the growth stats for my kids. At his 4 month visit, Daniel was in the 98% for height. Today he was off the charts! And how is there an off the charts, anyway? I think that is kind of bogus. Still, it is pretty cool. :) His weight is in the 60%s, and his head in the 80%s. Respectable. Oh, and his first tooth showed up on Friday, followed quickly by tooth number two, which showed up today! Steven and Rebecca did not get teeth until they were around 11 months old. This is going to make meal times super fun...

Since Steven just turned 4 and was due for a visit, himself, we decided to make it one long appointment, and what a marthon visit it turned out to be! Both boys had 3 shots. As if that wasn't enough, they told us that Steven also had to get blood drawn and provide a urine sample. Joy. Steven was so, soooo brave with his pokies (just a few tiny tears), but when he found out he had to do one more than he was told, he was really angry. To make matters worse, we had to do the blood and urine in the lab--the wait was FOREVER! I kept hoping someone would take pity on a mom with 3 little kids and let us cut in line. No such luck. We waited for almost an hour. Needless to say, all of us deserved a treat! Thank goodness Lady Di does $1 cookie Mondays. Subway is right next door, so we shard a tuna footlong and some chips for lunch. All that and the fact that Rebecca woke up at 5:30 am, saying there were animals in her bed, makes for one tired mommy. Enough sitting down, though, I have an overflowing laundry basket, floors to vacuum when Rebecca wakes up (at least one of us got a nap), and 2 kid rooms to mega-organize. Good luck to me! (Adam, hurry home!!!)

P.S. Steven is 40 inches tall and 40.6 lbs. Rebecca wanted a turn, too (she even felt left out on the shots!), so she measured up at 30 lbs. and 34.5 inches tall. My cute kids are growing, growing, growing! Slow down!!!