8/21/12

Today was my day home with the girls. Oh how I look forward to this day (though, it’s much better when it’s my usual Friday!). Life is so much easier when we don’t have to get up and go…go to school, go to work. Just spending the day with my girls makes it better, but also being able to just do what we need to do, get stuff done and not be so rushed all day long. It’s such a relief. It’s not the same as the weekends, because Christian adds a different layer of chaos since the girls act differently around us together vs. us individually, so my day with them alone is just special. I could never give up my job, but my day off with them just reminds me of how much...ummm, different, those days are – minus the constant toddler fight refereeing of course – I could do without that stress.

Today we were FINALLY off to Amelia’s 2 year check-up (just one more thing that has to be put off until my day off ). She is 25lbs and 33.75” tall. I was really curious where she would fall on the scale. Much to my surprise, our clinic has switched to tracking kids on a worldwide scale, instead of the United States scale, because America is getting too fat it was throwing everything off. Wow, that’s kind of sad, but at the same time, it sure made me feel better about Amelia. She actually wasn’t too bad on either scale now though – unlike in her infant months. On the US scale, her weight and height were around the 20% mark – much better than falling off the scale when she was younger. But, on the Worldwide scale, she’s actually completely average for both, right at the 42% mark for both. That was great to hear. She also had to get some bloodwork done today. But, no shots, which was great. I actually left her check-up, got the girls loaded into the car, and was heading home when I remembered she needed bloodwork. Oops, back to the clinic we went. I was fully prepared for my little drama queen to throw a fit, but she didn’t even flinch or shed a single tear through the whole process. My baby, tough as nails. The tech’s were all so impressed with her. She earned a sticker for herself, and Olivia, so that was pretty exciting.

Finally, we were ACTUALLY on our way home. I stopped at Wendy’s to get them some lunch, and myself a salad. We ate, then it was nap time. The girls took a nice long nap…I did some cleaning up and worked on their baby books – finally adding some pictures – for a while. We made some dinner, Christian arrived home and we spent the evening relaxing and hanging out. Back to the normal grind tomorrow – and now it’s going to be an extra LONG time until I’m off with them again. Boo!

Here is a picture of Amelia, showing off her bandaid from her finger prick. Tough girl!