Tuesday we had a two year check-up with Dr. Bokser. First of all, he couldn’t stop saying, “I wanna see Dr. Bokser”. Even when Dr. Bokser was right there in the room with us. I have to say, she’s pretty great. She lets him play with the ‘flashlight’ that she uses to look in his ears, she lets him listen with the stethoscope. She also let him color on her prescription pad and choose a sticker when he was done. Turns out our big boy weighs 27.5 pounds, putting him in the 50th percentile, and he is 37 inches tall putting him in the 98th percentile. We’re growing a blond string bean. If we use the adage that you double the height at 2 to get his eventual height, then he will be 6’2″. Finally, someone who can reach the top shelf!!! The one bummer of the visit was that he had to get one shot in his sweet little thigh. They said it was one of the less owie ones, though and Brendan was very brave and although he gave a very disapproving look, he did not cry.
There was only one logical thing to do with the rest of our afternoon off: get ice cream.
We also threw a few pennies in the fountain and made wishes. It was a little rainy out, and at one point while I was holding him, I started to slip. He said, “uh-oh!” and I said, ‘Mommy almost fell down, didn’t she?’ and then he gave me the biggest tightest hug around my neck. I love how he looks out for me. The other day he also told Daddy to stop poking me in the ear while we were driving. After our fun wandering around, we went home to ride his new bike. The bike was his birthday gift from Mommy and Daddy and this was Sunday when we gave it to him:
We didn’t go riding on Monday because we went out for pizza, and this is him on Tuesday:
When is the Tour De France? I think we’ll be ready.
(I apologize for Mom’s annoying and loud commentary in every video. I can’t help myself.)
Perfect, no, that both he and Meredith got tricycles for their birthdays this year?!