I was counting on Rowan to be my alarm clock this morning. Every morning, he gets me up for the day between 6:30 and 7:00. Today, he gave me gift that every mommy dreams of. He let me sleep in. Until 7:50. And I needed to be out the door with all three fed and dressed children at 8:30. I LOVED the gift of the longer morning, but I had 40 minutes.
That is how I ended up on the road with two kids, each with a ziploc container of froot loops in their laps, and an infant who hadn’t eaten since 2:00 that morning. However, they were all well dressed, and we were on time!
I dropped Dekker off to have some one on one time with my mom, and I took Laela and Rowan into the city. We picked Brady up from work and drove across the city to the public health office in the south end. I know its silly to go pretty much as far away as possible, but we’ve been treated really well there in the past, and they also were able to book both kids in together. We arrived on time, waited five minutes, and were taken back. Our nurse was lovely, and asked each question about both kids rather than one appointment and then the next. She liked all of our answers. Rowan was eating enough, Laela was reaching her milestones, etc.
As for their stats, I had to laugh 🙂
Rowan weighs 14 lbs 2.5 oz, so he gained two pounds last month. Woot! He’s 24.25″ tall, which is more than two inches taller than he was at birth! He’s pretty much 75th percentile all around. He took his oral vaccine very well, and while he cried pretty hard through his shots, he recovered incredibly fast. As in I got him dressed right after and lay him back in his car seat, and he was content already.
Laela weighs a not-so-whopping 22 lbs 12 oz. She’s 2’7.5″. So really, she’s not much bigger than Rowan, haha! She was NOT impressed to have her shots, but the nurse was so good to her and just went nice and fast and then gave her TWO toothbrushes. Those toothbrushes are gold simply because they’re individually wrapped in really loud plastic, and make for great noisemakers. After that, she was fine to get dressed and head out.
We grabbed some coffee before dropping Brady back at work, and I took the kids to go join the fun at my moms. We all had lunch together, then playtime, and then all of the kids went down for naps. They all slept great, whether from the crazy morning or the shots, but upon getting up, neither Laela or Rowan seemed to have any lasting discomfort. That always helps my heart feel better. No sore limbs or fevers. We could have a successful and fun afternoon together before a really yummy supper where I ate my body weight in spaghetti and green bean casserole. Yuuuuum.
Everyone is tucked away for the night, and a bath is running. No snack tonight. Except maybe. Oh self control, where are you?