Newest Stats

Cedar went to his 9 month check up on 12/16/10 when he was almost 10 months old. He is doing very well. A little delayed on the eating but we already knew that would be a problem due to the aspiration issue. We are not going to revisit speech therapy yet, we will wait to see how he does between now and his one year apt. No shots were due at this time :-)! Here are his stats:

Weight 21lb 14oz (60.86%)

Height 28 inches (25.83%)

Head Circumference 47 cm (85.51%)

We have been fighting an ear infection since Christmas. He is following in Carters footsteps on the ear infection part and he takes several rounds of antibiotics and at least a month and half to get over. Finally this last one has cleared.

UPDATE: Cedar got his first tooth at 11 months and still only has the one. He looks cute! I am sure the rest will all come in at the same time like Calla's did. He took his first steps at 11 months and one week. He still has only taken a couple steps just a hand full of times. He thinks about it a lot and then most of the time will get down and crawl. He walks often pushing things and almost runs pushing his zebra toy he got for Christmas. He is really a happy baby and LOVES his siblings. He wants to do everything they do and wants to play with everything they do, which sometimes leads to crying when they don't want to share. He is especially fond of Carter and follows him everywhere. He is eating great, pretty much anything that doesn't require lots of teeth. He is still on thickened liquids but I don't think it will be long before he can come off. We are going to start the transition to milk in the next few days. He will drink from a sippy but REALLY still wants his bottles. He may be harder than the twins at the transition from bottles. He still take a paci when he sleeps. He is so sweet, loves to give hugs and kisses (open mouth slobbery ones :-) at that) and can be super snugly.

Calla had her two year check up on 1/19/2010. Of course I felt like a terrible mom when they took her temp and it was 99.9 and she had a double ear infection! I had no idea! She also got SUPER sick at Christmas time and had a slight ear infection then that must not have cleared all the way. She got one shot, which ended up keeping her up all night! Here are her stats:

Weight 21lb 8oz (1.3%)

Height 32.75 inches (10.56%)

Head 49 cm (85.05%)

He seemed worried about her wt last time, but this time he didn't really dwell on it. We still try to get her as much calories as possible, but she was so sick after Christmas that I think any wt she had gained was lost. She really eats well, so I am not worried.

UPDATE: Calla talks ALL the time. She now says "whats that" at least a hundred times a day. She is for the most part a happy child, however she has a drama aspect of her when things don't go her way. She now screams very loud and high pitched when Carter or Cedar even get near a toy she has. And if they take it watch out, full blown fit. Her feelings get hurt easily sometimes if we laugh too much at something she does, she will end up in tears, a little sensitive. She blows kisses and says "I love you" at bedtime. She loves her brothers most of the time and pats Cedar on the head when he cries and says "its alright". Same thing for Carter, pats him on the chest. She is so smart, tell her once and she has it down.

Carter had his two year check-up on 1/26/11. We got two things accomplished. Carter has had lots of trouble with ear infections so we finally got a referral to an ENT. We have already seen him and just this week Carter got tubes in his ears. SOOO hoping this is the answer! Also, he still walks a little stiff and his left foot turns in and his knees point in as well. So we finally also got a PT eval ordered. We go to that next week. The DR thinks he might end up in some type of braces. He has tibial torsion which means the bone bends in and is growing that way (from what I understand). I look forward to learning more next week. Other than those two things, Carter is a healthy, happy boy! He also only had to get one shot and it went much better than Calla. Here are his stats:

Weight 29lb 12.8 oz (69.23%)

Height 33.75 inches (26.10%)

Head 51.5 cm (97.36%)

UPDATE: Carter is talking but not anywhere at the level of Calla. His speak is harder to understand and he still uses a lot of his own language. Calla seems to understand him most of the time. We are hoping this will get better now that he has tubes in his ears. The fluid and infections could have damaged his hearing, we are praying this is not the case. He still has a love/dislike relationship with Cedar, but mostly love. He calls him baby and always likes to know where he is. He doesn't however want him close to him and his toys. He will occasionally play nice with him but mostly will shove or tackle him. I have seem Cedar tackle back so at least I know he can stand on his own. I am sure there is much more of this to come in our future with two boys. Carter also shoves Calla and pushes her over. For the majority of the time the twins play well with each other and with Cedar. He is a mama's boy these days and I am loving it. If I am around he wants me to pick him up or sit in my lap. Only bad part of this is that he is getting sooo heavy. He can climb up the ladder to the swing set and Calla cant by herself yet. They all love to be outside.

All three are still such blessings in our lives and I could really go on forever about all of the amazing (and not so amazing) things that they do, but I can imagine that no one wants to read all of that! We are blessed and thankful, and I will leave it at that!