Early Monday Morning

The girls had their annual check-ups this morning. I was unable to get them in at the same time today, so we made two separate trips to the Dr.'s office. But it's only 5 minutes from our house, so it worked out just fine. Alexis was first @ 8:15 this morning. It was really early, but I think I liked that time of day because the office wasn't running behind on appointments yet, so our wait was very short. The girls both got flu shots...they were out of the flu mist (a nasal form of the vaccine). Alexis did great! It was over before she knew it. Kaylee was not so lucky though. At the beginning of her appointment she was actually excited to be getting her flu shot, but her Dr. and I decided to go ahead and do all of her Kindergarten shots too, so the poor baby ended up getting 4 shots total. One of them was the Tetanus which really stings! She cried a lot...and that made Alexis and I cry too. She still wasn't happy about it when we got home, but she's doing a lot better now. I'm making sure she runs around a lot so her legs don't get as sore. But all in all it was a good visit. The girls 'numbers' were pretty similar. They were both around the 55th percentile in weight with Alexis weighing in at 55 pounds and Kaylee at 36 (not big enough for the little booster yet). Alexis was in the 45 percentile for height at 49 inches and Kaylee was in the 37th at almost 40 inches (39 3/4). I did talk to the Dr. about Kaylee's feet and she said just to do the same thing I was doing...that it wasn't eczema...just dry winter skin. She also suggested that I used some hydrocortisone, which I had thought about, but I wanted to make sure it was alright to use it on her feet. So, she said I was doing the right thing, but maybe just do it three times a day and add in a cortisone treatment.

Yesterday, we went and ordered the 2x4's so we can start framing in the basement. To say Ryan is excited would be a gross understatement! But our "pile of wood" should be delivered tomorrow afternoon. We're hoping to get the framing all done so that when spring break comes we're ready to start wiring. But, we're in no time crunch, so we'll just see how it works out.