Friday, August 3, 2012

On the charts!

The 1st percentile, that is!  Our little Rose is still little, but she's at least made it onto the growth charts!  The doctor was very happy today at her appointment, with her weighing 10 lbs 5 oz, and all of her liver enzyme levels going down.  He has run just about every test imaginable on her blood, urine and poop (TMI, sorry...), and everything has come back fine.  So he doesn't want to see us back for 2 months, which will be great.  Nothing personal against the doctor - because he is a very nice, laid back little Polish man - but it'll be nice not to have to go to the hospital for at least a little while.  Let's just cross our fingers that there are no ER visits for any of us in the meantime!

Rose otherwise is still as wonderful as ever.  She is so happy and content, literally ALL the time.  She cries when she's hungry and tired, and that's really just about it.  She's figured out how to roll herself over and scoot her little leggies when she's on her back... so our world has become one of babyproofing again!  All she wants to do is follow her brother, which I have no doubts she will be doing sooner than we think.

Preston is wonderful as well, and sort of growing out of some of that sassiness that reared it's ugly head a few months back.  He's talking like crazy and learning new things every day.  It just amazes me how fast such a tiny little brain (albeit inside a ginormous noggin) can absorb all that information.  He is so smart, I can't wait to see what the next years bring us!  Oh, and potty training is coming along...

I had a regular checkup a couple of weeks ago, too, just to make sure all my systems were good.  I got a completely clean bill of health, and am getting back into the swing of things with my workouts.  It feels great to be able to make myself a priority, even if it's only once or twice a week.

We've got some fun things coming up soon, with a visit from the Hanson family next weekend, and then Stephanie's 29th birthday celebration on the 25th.  We'll be saving some time and money after that for a little while, in anticipation of our first trip as a family out to see Tom, Erin, Sawyer and neice-to-be at the end of September.