Emerson had her 1 yr check up today! All is well with our little princess :) She weighs 18 lbs 9 oz and is 28" long. She's in the tenth percentile for weight, height and head circumference. She's been in the 10 th percentile for the majority of her life, so Dr. Radisic said there's no worries with her size! He mentioned something about genetics and her small size?! Hmmmm ... her Mom is short(er), both her Grandma's are short, and she has a couple of Aunties on the short side too!! Yep, I'd say genetics are playing a role!! He also said not to worry if she doesn't crawl, and that she is a strong little girl! She does not care for Doctors visits though!!! She was crying and reaching for me as if to say, "Save me Mom!!" Not that he was doing anything that even remotely came close to hurting her! I asked Dr. Radisic about Emerson drinking homo milk. We started her on homo milk once a day when she turned 11 months and now she's having milk at lunch and supper. She loves it and accepted it readily, but we were wondering if maybe it wasn't filling enough. A few times she's woke up an hour or two after going to bed and has seemed very hungry! She hasn't done that for awhile now, and the Dr. said she shouldn't be getting the majority of her calories from milk anyways, so not to worry about it! Good, because she didn't like formula!!
Blake's has been really stuffed up the past few days, so Dr. Radisic checked him over and everything is fine, it's just a plain old cold. He also weighed and measured Blake and he is now 37 lbs and 38" (but I thought he was slouching, so maybe he's an inch or two taller!). I was really hoping he was 40 lbs!! I want him out of his car seat! He's stuffed like a sardine into that thing. We'll have to see if there's any more adjusting we can do to the seat. He seems way to big for it ...
On Friday we went to Stony Plain for Cal's brother Gerry's 30th birthday party! It was lots of fun and we're glad we got to help Gerry celebrate the big 3-O!! Blake had fun partying with all the other mini party goers!!! Emerson stayed at my parents house and caught a few hours sleep!
Saturday we all slept in ... which was very nice after a later bedtime on Friday evening!! We had our usual swimming class Saturday morning. It's so much fun all going together to the YMCA!!! We're going to continue with the Saturday morning lessons for another session. Saturday afternoon we took Emerson for her 1st hair cut. Her bangs were hanging in her eyes, so we figured it was time! She sat on my knee and did pretty good! Just a couple of tears were shed! She looks pretty darn cute with her short bangs ;) And the certificate she got from Beaners was very cute too!!
Sunday was Superbowl Sunday! The kids and Cal dressed in their jerseys for some cute pictures ;) We were disappointed by the outcome of the game, but the three of them sure looked great in their jerseys!! lol!
Cal has began his 4 10's and now has every Monday off. So Blake and I went to preschool Monday morning, while Em and Dad stayed home! We have 1 more preschool class left.
Tuesday morning I took the kids to the dayhome for the first time. I stayed with them and we all stayed for lunch! Emerson did awesome and Blake did okay too. He was just starting to open up when it was time to go!! Hopefully he'll open up a bit next week when I take him for a couple of hours. I'm going to drop him off for a playdate, while I take Emerson for her 1 year immunizations. Then the following Tuesday (23rd I believe) I am going to take both the kids there for the majority of the day. I'll take them after Em's morning nap. We'll see how their afternoon nap goes :S That is one of my biggest concerns. I'm sure they will both adjustment well though!
Tomorrow is Cal's 31st birthday! We are going for dinner with our good friends, the Parenteau's and will be having birthday cake later in the evening! I am also picking my sister up from the bus late tomorrow night.
Friday morning we're all heading to the RV Show to check out the latest and greatest in the RV'ing world!! We always enjoy picking out our "next" trailer and seeing what neat gadgets are out there!
Saturday is Emerson's 1st birthday party. We are having a small party at our house, with a ladybug theme. This cake should be quite a bit easier to decorate, as compared to Blake's last 2 cakes!! We're really looking forward to celebrating our little girls 1st year :)
We'll let you know how the party goes! Have a great rest of the week and weekend everyone!!
xoxo Tracy
