Ava's Check-up

This morning was Ava's three year check-up at the pediatrician.  She did a great job!  I had prepared her a little by telling her what the doctor would do (check her ears, nose, throat, tummy, etc...).  She didn't hesitate as the doctor checked everything out.  In fact, when Dr. Kirkby was checking her ears, she sat with her mouth gaping open because she knew her mouth was going to be checked soon.  It was kind of cute.

Ava has finally had a growth spurt big enough to move her into the 50th percentile for height for her age.  She has been pretty consistently in the 30th since her first birthday.  I knew she had a major growth spurt this past fall.  She pretty much went from wearing size 18 and 24 month pants to wearing 3Ts overnight.  That's right...she never really wore a 2T pant ever other than a couple of Old Navy stretch pants, but there clothes are never sized right anyway.  

So, Ava is 37 inches tall and weighs almost 29 pounds fully clothed.  Lukas weighed over 30 pounds at his 2 year check-up, so it makes me laugh to see how tiny she still is at 3!  This puts her just below the 50th percentile for weight though.  I don't get that.  She gains 2 pounds in a year and has suddenly moved from the 25th percentile at age 2 to the 50th percentile at age 3.  I guess most kids lose that baby pudge between 2 and 3.

I'm babbling now...sorry.  

The last thing I want to share is that Lukas was so, so, so wonderful to his sister today.  The doctor explained to me that I might want to consider giving Ava a hepatitis A vaccine.  After talking it over and ensuring me that there was no mercury in the vaccine, I agreed to let her have the shot.  When the doctor left the room, Lukas sat down and asked Ava to come to him.  She did so willingly, and he hugged her and stroked her back as he explained to her that the shot would only hurt for a second.  Then, he said, they would put a really cool kid band-aid on it and give her a sucker.  I cannot describe this scene well enough in writing.  It was one of the sweetest moments I have ever witnessed between my kids.

Enough bragging about my kiddos for one day.  Of course, if you didn't want to hear me bragging about my kids, then you would have stopped reading my blog ages ago.    Thanks for stopping by!

Predictability

My kids are so much fun.  Every single night when we get ready for family devotions, Eric and I can tell you with certainty several things that will happen.  After my kids listen to the Bible story and say a short prayer, one of them will shout that it's time for singing.  Then, they will argue over who picks the first song, which doesn't make sense because we make them take turns anyway. 

If Ava's song is first, it is ALWAYS "Jump!  Jump!" as she calls it, "Jump Into the Light" is what it is really called.  Whatever it is called, it doesn't matter.  She loves this song, and we have been singing it every single night for at least six months!

After we sing Ava's song, Lukas will ask us to sing his favorite song, which is "Trust and Obey."  We've been singing this song to him since he was a baby, but in the past year or so, it has become his favorite to sing at bedtime.  Both of our kids know the words to both songs and happily sing along, and that time is so precious to us.  I love to hear their sweet little voices singing, especially when they are praising God!

On another note...Lukas had his 5 year old check-up today.  What did we find out from this?  Well, he can see well, hear well, communicate well, knows his address but not his phone number (my fault, not his), and he's going to be tall.  DUH.  Yes, the son of a 6 ft 2 Daddy and a 5 ft 7 Mommy is going to be tall.   His doctor was supportive of our decision to homeschool, especially when she asked if Lukas knew all of his letters and was told that he could read (okay, so I'm bragging a little here). 

I'll leave out the gory details of Ava and I having a stomach bug the past two days.  We are on the mend.  Actually, Ava has bounced back quite well, but I'm still dragging a bit.  We had our first "sick days" of the school year yesterday and today, and Lukas wasn't even sick!  We'll make up for it though, and it won't be a problem at all.  This is the only downside of homeschool that I have found so far, there is no substitute teacher to make fun of.