Mommys

I know this is a pretty similar statement to the one she made on her questionnaire a few days ago, but so cute and sweet that its worth repeating.  When asked today what she wants to be when she grows up, here's Abby's answer:  "I'm going to be a mommy so I can turn mommy into a grandma."  Love it :) 

Chloe's two year

After some crazy scheduling, Chloe had her two year appt.  Her original appt was with Dr. Bowman, but when I thought we'd be leaving any minute for Great-Grandma's funeral in Massachusetts, I cancelled it.  They didn't have any openings for a long time, so we left it at I'd call back to reschedule.  Of course, by the time I realized we could still make it to our original appt it had been filled already.  We ended up still going in, we just saw a nurse practioner instead of a doctor.  That's my only complaint with Roswell Pediatrics - they're so good everyone wants to go and it's hard to get an appt! 

So anyways, Chloe got a referall for a speech therapy eval.  She also failed her hearing in her left ear.  They did it four times, cleaned her ear out in between, and she was amazingly cooperative.  So I'm not really sure what's up with that.  She will be rechecked at Ryan's seven year and if she fails again, they'll refer her to an ENT. 

The nurse was super happy with her weight, hooray!!  She weighed in at 24lbs even, which is somewhere around the 15th percentile.  But she's steady on the charts and that's what they look for the most.  She actually said that most kids dip on the charts at this age, once they start eating real foods and getting picky.  Of course, we did discuss Chloe's love of whole milk.  She is drinking too much milk, which I'm sure helps her weight.  Apparently, too much milk can affect iron absoprtion.  So we'll work on less milk, more water, and 1% milk instead of whole.  She was 33.5" inches tall, roughly 45th percentile, again this has been a very steady line on the charts.  Her head was 18.5" which is fairly average I think.

Happy happy birthday Sweet Chlo- Chlo!!

Abby Caroline, age four

Ryan Hazen, age six

1st day of 1st grade

Ryan started first grade today! He's growing up way too fast in my opinion :) Whenever asked about school, he's standard response all summer has been : "a little bit excited." He will have the same teacher, Mrs. Sheffield, she looped up with his class. Almost all of his classmates elected to loop with her as well, so it really feels more like starting back after a long break than it does a new year. It's nice having the familiarity, and Ryan wasn't upset at all to leave this morning. The only thing he said he didn't like about school returning was getting up early [Mommy doesn't really care for that part either!]. Once again, he'll be a bus rider this year. We have the same awesome bus driver and the same route, but a shiny new bus! I still can't believe summer is over and he's gone, sad Mommy!