Stats

Carter and Mia had a dual Dr.'s appointment on the 30th, this was for Mia's "6 month" check-up and Carter's "3 year" check-up.  As I think I've mentioned before, our Dr.'s office is quite busy, especially in the summer, and we got off track earlier this year and since they have to space out shots so many months apart, we really won't be back on track any time soon. 

Everyone is healthy, believe it or not!  (I'm currently knocking on wood).  This seemed to shock both our nurse and Dr. when they asked how we were doing.  Carter went first and he is healthy as can be.  They checked his blood pressure and recorded his BMI and did an extra vision test, none of which we've ever had done before.   I know it shouldn't surprise me that as he grows they want to do more grown-up type tests on him, but he still seems like my baby and watching the nurse take his blood pressure really hit home that he is such a big boy now.  He weighed in at 30 lbs. which is in the 27th% (last time he was around the 12th% for weight so he's gaining!) and his height was 36 inches, 10th%.  I believe the nurse's words were "he's still a peanut."  Carter had one shot and the flu mist.

Mia was second and she is also very healthy.  She weighed in at 17 lbs. 13 oz. which is the 58th% for her age and she is 26.5 inches tall which is the 45th%.  It looks like Mia is right in the middle and hopefully won't be as much of a "peanut" as her brother.  They also measured her head which ended up in the 81st%, I attribute that to mostly to her hair.  She also received 3 shots (none of which were the flu shot, they were all out).  So we have to go back for the flu shot for Mia whenever they get more in...which they didn't know and told us to simply watch the website.  Like I have time to constantly check their website.

Other Mia stats:  she is still on the verge of crawling.  She can crawl backwards and spin around but the forward motion is still not quite there.  She did however start saying "mama" just a few days ago!  Carter started saying "dada" right around 7+ months so she seems to be on somewhat of the same schedule as Carter at this point.