Check Ups: Emily's 12 Month and Sean's 5 year Endo

Sean and Emily both doctor appointments in the last 2 weeks. Sean was first. He had his yearly endo check up on the 11th. Endo conformed that even though Sean is way below the chart, he is still on his own curve. He wanted to do another bone age scan since it's easier to read the older Sean gets and he also wanted to look at the interval of change. I received the results on the 18th. Everything appears normal so he'll go back in a year.

On the 18th, Emily also had her belated 12 month check up. Not much to report as everything is looking good. Her stats are 17lbs 9oz, 28.5in. She's close to what Sean was at this age; just a pound heavier. The difference in the boy and girl charts is odd to me. At this size, Sean was well below the chart, Em is at the 5th percentile. Looks like we'll have 2 peanuts in the family. :)

Just for kicks I made charts to compare the kids' weights and lengths through out their first year (click to enlarge):

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Emily: 1 Year

It's time for another Emily update. This time it's the big one. Saturday she had her first birthday. My baby is beginning to be replaced with an adorable little toddler and I'm not sure how I feel about this. I'm excited because it means we have a lot to look forward to. But, I will surely miss my little baby. She doesn't lay in my arms like she use to. She'd rather be on the move or playing. And she's definitely not as little as she use to be! So what has changed this past month? The biggest thing is she took her first steps the day after Christmas. She can only take 3 steps at a time because she gets so excited and falls forward. I know it won't be long before she's running through the house. She's learned to climb too. That one scares me. Especially when she climbs onto her chair and then rocks while sitting backwards. Needless to say, there has been some recent baby proofing! Just recently, pointing has really taken off. She points at everything now and waits to be told what it is. She learned how to say "tree" this way; she was always pointing at the Christmas tree. She's also learned the work "chick". She just adores our baby chicks. She will speed crawl to me and climb onto my lap whenever I have the brooder open. She is still toothless but that has yet to stop her when it comes to solids.

Saturday we had a little party for our birthday girl. It was mainly just family; the perfect size for a little 1 year old. She got her first gift before the party: a little people doll house. While she played, I decorated her cakes; her smash cake and the cake for everyone else. Also, before the party I reminisced on facebook about her birth day. Through out the day I made "one year ago" status updates ending with: 

"One year ago at 1:18 pm I delivered our third baby in our home, in our room, on our bed. As I lowered myself beside my brand new baby we just stared at each other. I was the first to announce “It’s a girl!”. I scooped her up and found a place to lay with her. Heather was the first to see her but I was the first to touch her. She was a nursing pro, and nursed and nursed and nursed. Emily and I then rested there, taking each other in while we waited for Bettie to arrive. Emily's birth was not what I expected but who could expect a 5 hour 18 minute labor followed by a baby arriving before the midwife. Happy birthday sweet Em!"

Her whole birth story can be found here: Emily's Birth Story 

Come cake time, Em did not want anything to do with it! 

She did get to get messy with dinner though!

And finally, I look back on how our little grew over this past year.

I had all these printed and made it into a banner for the party.

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Maddy's 12 month and Sean's weight check

Maddy had her 12 month check up and Sean had a weight check today.

Maddy- 31 1/4in 20lbs 15oz
Didn't shed a tear when she had her shot or when she had blood drawn for iron/lead testing. He mentioned that if she doesn't get teeth by 15 months, he'll send up to a dentist but he can see that teeth are right under the gums and the dentist really won't do anything. lol He didn't bat an eye when I told him that Maddy wouldn't be getting the MMR this time.

Sean- 33 1/4in 21lbs 15oz
He cried more than Maddy...with just the doctor talking to him. Doctor says he looks great and was very impressed with the potty training in 2 weeks. He grew a tad faster than last time but the doc agreed that he should go see an endocrinologist mainly to put our minds at ease. I have to wait till the end of the week to call to make the appointment to give them time to get the paperwork sent over.

AND I finally have kids over 20lbs/1yr...so what did the doctor say!? Keep them rear-facing as long as possible, but at least to 2 years if I can.

12 month check up

Sean had his 12 month check up this afternoon. He is 16 lbs 4 oz and 29 1/4 in tall. He didn't gain much in weight again but he shot up on height (50th percentile!). I do think that their scale may be off alittle. Last time our scale said the same as their's but this time our scale will say between 17-18 lbs. Oh well, the doctor's still not worried about his weight so neither am I...what can I say, he's a VERY active boy. He also had to have his finger pricked today. They tested his iron level and tested for lead...both came out great! He then got 4 shots...that's my least favorite part of the check up. But once again, alittle time nursing and he was fine. We go back in February for his 15 month check up.