the caroline chronicles :-): Caroline's Quick Getaway

Caroline had her 15 month appointment on Friday. As expected, there was a lot of screaming and crying. Not very fun for anyone. But....she's doing great and that's the important part. For those interested in her stats, she weighed in at 19 lbs 5 oz (5th percentile) and about 30" long (45th percentile). She got three shots and they checked her hemoglobin - the results for that were exactly where they should be. So all of that is good.

As anyone with little ones knows, the kid is only in a diaper for the majority of the check up. After the doctor had left, the nurse returned with the needles. I had put Caroline's pants, socks and shoes back on her so that all we had to do was put on her shirt and coat before we left. I had also brought her in the umbrella stroller which was sitting next to us with the diaper bag and blanket on it. After getting the shots the nurse left the room, I put on Caroline's shirt and coat, and she literally hopped off my lap and started throwing the things off of the stroller seat. She was saying to me "go! go!" It was hilarious actually. She wanted out of there, and she wanted out of there NOW! When I set her in the stroller she even started to try to buckle herself in. And she continued to say "go" just to make sure I hadn't forgotten. Poor girl. Anyway, we left promptly (after making the dreaded next appointment and picking out three cool stickers - one for each shot) and I thought she deserved a treat after that. And so did I. :-) So we went to Starbucks and she had some pumpkin bread while I had a coffee. And all was well in the world again.

She's saying a lot more words. And she's having fun playing outside. We learned how to go down the slide at the park recently, and we're going to do that again this afternoon when she wakes up from her nap. She's got six teeth right now, but I see about four more coming. Two more on the front top, and two top molars. Those might be the reason for her fussiness lately. Her separation anxiety has kicked in lately though too. There is usually quite a bit of crying when I drop her off at school. But she gets over it pretty quickly. Though they tell me that whenever another parent comes to the door, Caroline gets kinda upset and says 'mama, mama'. But overall she's doing awesome!

On a side note, Congrats to our friends Maia and Rich who had their second baby on Wednesday morning! Little Evan might be the fastest birth ever - 39 minutes from start to finish is how we've heard the story. They just barely made it to the hospital in time. Yikes. We're sure that Lainey will be a great big-sister too!

So here are some pictures. Can't have a blog post without pictures. These next few are ones from Greg's parent's camera when we were out visiting. Some are a little fuzzy, but they're funny just the same.

Here she is, leading the charge! See that little finger pointing in the air? Onward, ho!