Mia's 18 Month Appointment & Our Backyard

Toady was Mia’s 18 month appointment with her doctor. She did not enjoy the shots nor the probing but on the whole she did a good job. Owen also had a med check appointment (Owen is on Adderol for attention issues). He was his typical self playing with all the doctor equipment (tongue depressors, ear checker thing, etc) and riding the little stool all around the exam room, but everything was fine with him as well.

So now for the good news. Mia’s weight was 19 pounds and 13 ounces--- yippeeeeee!!!! She is almost 20 pounds!!! That is huge as I have been so concerned that she was so little but now she is actually on the American charts (kind of). Her height was 31 inches which puts her on the American charts at the 25%ile and on the Chinese charts at the 50th%ile. Her weight was 19.13 placing her at about the 3rd %ile on the American charts and about the 10th%ile on the Chinese charts. I am so pleased she is on all the charts—Chinese and American!! YIPEE!!

Don't let this adorable picture fool you. They were not so angelic when we actually got in the doctors office.

Here are some pictures of Mia and Owen in the waiting room:

Here are some pictures of the horror of the actual exam room. Ethan was bugging Owen and Owen was bugging Mia and they were grabbing everything and annoying me to death and ugggggg it was crazy!!!! Anyway, it finally ended on a good note but the irritance with the boys continued and they lost a privilege after that lovely episode—oh boys are great fun!!!

Kevin has been doing a ton of overtime. They have some DUI grant and have to do a ton of DUI check points so poor Kevin has had to work almost everyday— even his days off. Today he worked in the backyard once again and it is looking pretty darn ready for summer. We got new cushions for much of the patio furniture. We got a new dining table and umbrellas and just spruced a few things up. I still need to hang my hanging plants on the patio cover and do a few more things, but overall, it is looking pretty good. We BBQ’d bratwurst tonight and the boys were playing with their guns in the backyard so it was a great night to take some cute pictures of the boys and the backyard. I can’t wait for the parties to start—we totally use our yard to death during the summer and I can’t wait to start the fun!!!