cherry blossoms

April wrap-up

Some snapshots I neglected to post last month:

sneaky bugger - he quietly filled the sink with water bottles to wash dishes

trying hard to charm his way out of trouble

apparently the sweet woodruff patch looked cozy

Easter chocolate

2 year checkup

Andrew had his 2-year checkup a couple weeks ago (a month late).  He thoroughly enjoyed himself, with one exception..... he was VERY unhappy about having to keep his shirt off!  At the end of the appointment he was quite happy to be allowed to put it back on.

He got one shot, which he handled like a champ.  I told him the nurse was going to give him a little owie in his arm, he nodded and said "Okay."  He winced a little, but no tears!  Afterward he was happy to take a sticker and beg for a couple animal crackers.  The doctor noted an innocent heart murmur, which is very common, not dangerous, and requires no treatment.  He has 20 teeth now - his 2-year molars are completely in.

So, here we go, his final baby stats posting:

height~~~~~~~~~35.25"  (63rd percentile)
weight~~~~~~~~~27#1oz  (33rd percentile)
head~~~~~~~~~~18.9"      (29th percentile)

 

 

latest tricks:  jumping with both feet, rolling down hills, eating beef (specifically, hamburgers and meatballs).

That last one is a biggie, because after 7 years Evyn has yet to take her first bite of beef! 

And, he has gigantic feet.  He's a size 8.5 - 9 shoe now, which Evyn wore when she was FOUR.

Looking back over his stats and growth charts, it's interesting to see how both kids started out with nearly identical measurements, but grew in very different ways.  And it's fascinating to see how differently they play, too.  Evyn was always very quiet, independent, and visual.  Rarely did we make it through an entire book before something else captured her interest and she toddled away.  (She is a voracious reader now - and still prefers to do it quietly, on her own!).  Andrew, on the other hand, will crawl into my lap and beg me to read the same book over and over.  He's also very big on role playing - he'll spend hours each day playing with Evyn's doll house and creating scenarios for the dolls to react to and interact.  Evyn has always been more interested in crafting, building, and creating - she's a very literal thinker, and Andrew is always silly.  Which might be one of the reasons why they get along so well, they compliment each other's personality perfectly!

a few things i haven't captured on my camera lately

• Andrew's obsession with boots (galoshes) and sunglasses.  He frequently wears them all day - including to bed
• the black smudge marks on the wall over Andrew's bed, where he kicked his booted feet
• Evyn's poor, swollen allergy eyes (although you get the idea from this post back in 2009)
• Andrew snuggling in bed with us after waking up with a croupy cough in the middle of the night
• The latest tooth that Evyn lost
• the kids running through the sprinkler with a bunch of kids from the neighborhood
• both kids caked, head to toe, in mud
• the same two kids with Easter chocolate all over their hands and faces
• Andrew's green-stained toes after he "helped" me mow the lawn
• painting the house with chalk (yes, painting, go figure) 
• Andrew putting himself down for nap each day last week
• Andrew refusing to nap this week
• Evyn trying to teach her little brother how to jump rope
• Andrew playing air guitar and growling, "Rock and roll!"
• the kids arguing over whose turn it is to vacuum
• Andrew counting one to ten, and backward from 5