Dr. Appointment

We scheduled Sammy's 3 year old check up and Matt's 4 month well baby at the same time.

Samantha: she's 3' 2'' and I forgot to catch the weight. She passed her vision and hearing test and had to get a shot. Apparently they came out with a new pneumonia vaccine that covers 6 more strains than the regular shot, so Sammy needed it, but she did awesome and didn't even flinch. I think she secretly enjoys shots because she gets a sticker. The dr. suspects she may have a touch of eczema, great. Her chest/ abdomen is very dry and sometimes gets inflamed. His solution was to bathe her every other day...gross. Sammy is a sweaty mess by the end of the day and lately she's been peeing in her bed and my bed at night and she refuses to put on a pull up. So, sweat +pee = my child needs a bath every night. He also gave her a prescription steroid cream, so I hope that helps.

Samantha lately: She went back to school on Monday and loves it. Some of her friends are in another class because they are older three year olds. It' okay though because she's making new friends too. She goes every day from 8:30 to 3:00. I could pick her up at 11:30, but she likes to stay for the afternoon too. It's good for me because she gets a consistent nap every day. The summer was torturous for us both because I could not get her on a schedule and she refused to nap. So, basically I pay someone an extra $160 per month to make my child take a nap, such is life.
She just turned three and we had a small party for her at Peter Piper and we had another party with Sam's family at his mom's house. I cannot tell you how many places I looked for a pinata...in El Paso. Finally found one and it was just what she wanted, Woody. She's very much into Toy Story 3 right now.








Matthew: 25" and 16 pounds. Poor thing had to get 3 shots and an oral vaccine. He screamed very loud and Sammy felt very bad for him. We made him a bottle and all was well with the world. We have been concerned because his left eye is always watering. The dr. said it is most likely a clogged tear duct and gave us instructions on how to fix it. If it doesn't clear up in a few weeks we need to take him to a pediatric eye doctor.

Matthew lately: This little guy has changed so much since he was born. His thick, dark hair fell out and now he has dirty blonde hair. I have only been able to laugh out loud once and it was because I made a random duck noise that I have sadly not been able to replicate. He is eating solids and loving it. We started him a bit early about 3 1/2 months, but eats great with a spoon and he was showing all the signs he was ready. He has had rice cereal, apples, pears, carrots, sweet potatoes, peas (not a fan), bananas, oatmeal & bananas (his favorite). He loves to talk/ scream. He puts himself to sleep for the most part (opposite of Samantha). He's just overall a pretty relaxed, easy going baby...opposite of Samantha.
I stayed up way too late trying to load a video of him laughing and it didn't work, ugh!!! Every time I want to put up a video it said an error has occurred.