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9 Month Update

March 11th, 2008

So we went to the Drs. yesterday for the kids 9 month checkup. Here are their latest stats.

James:
18 lbs 6 oz (25%) and 26 1/4″ (10%) head circum. 43.8 (15%)

Evelyn:
19 lbs 7 oz (65%) and 26 1/2″ (25%) head circum. 44.3 (50%)

I could have swore they were the same height when the nurse measured the kids, but they are written down different. I do think Evelyn looks a bit taller. They got a shot, and Evelyn did her usual fever and not herself afterwards, but she is better today. Wonder why it never happened the first time, but has since.

The next appointment is going to be icky. I had asked James to come to this one, thinking I’d want the help as it has taken me about 45 minutes to get out of the room after the shots. This time was so much easier. But this next appointment at a year old, they get 5 shots, and they have blood drawn. By that time, they might even be walking (I vote yes to at least James doing it)… so he’s thinking he’ll be able to work it out. His Mom might be here at that time too, since it’s a day after their first birthday, poor kids.

Evelyn crawled, pulled up to standing, waved bye-bye and really seems to know that James is Dada-all this weekend. It was like one thing after another. She stood while James was at work, using my leg to help herself up. Then when he got home they were on the kitchen floor while I made their dinner and she crawled. The next day she waved and looked straight at James and said Dada, Dada. So that’s been the word of the weekend.

She’s also posessed. We have video of it, but this girl is crazy. She growls still. Last night they got a cookie after their solids and I’m not sure if she didnt’ like it, or was just drooling or something, but she’d let this whiteish (cookie colored) drool out and it looked like she was foaming at the mouth or something. James said we should get a video of her doing the two, foaming white stuff and making her throaty possessed sounds and send it into Funniest Home Videos.

The Dr said we can give the kids diary now, yippee. No whole milk until a year old though, along with honey and peanut butter. He also said we can stop buying the ‘cereals’ and just finish up what we have with the kids, while it provides a good source of iron like 45% the kids just are not too happy with it anymore, and when we mix it with something else it gets a little too runny. May expirement with it a bit today though to chunky it up a bit more.

Tonight I think we’ll try cheese and little bits of meat with toast, and see how they do and then maybe not give them any jarred food afterwards… well fruit chunks.

They can also have ice cream now, so I’m hoping to convince James to stop for lunch at the Indian place on Saturday when we take the kids to the Multiples Club Easter Egg Hunt. Then they can try mango ice cream. Mmmmm.

Both kids are babbling fools lately, and really are starting to interact with each other so much. It’s fun to see. They give kisses to each other, Evelyn is always giving kisses though her Daddy gets them most often. She snuggles with me though, James also snuggles with Mommy & Daddy though.

I am sure there is more, always is but it’s time for the kids to have lunch so I’m off.

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