18 Month Checkup

Today was Mila's 18 month checkup.  She did great with the shots and impressed the doc with her language.  She is growing really well and he is happy with her development.  Her GI still hasn't fully recovered from her illness 6 months ago so we need to watch her diet and see if we can get her back to good GI health.  Below are her stats:

Weight...........26lbs.................the 72th percentile for weight.

Height..............32 inches............the 55th percentile for height.

     Head.............48cm....the 85th percentile for head circumference.

 

Margaritas on Monday and Hockey on Tuesday

Monday night we decided to go out to dinner at Margaritas.  It was a great way to start off the week!  On Tuesday, Elan had ice skating lesions.  After lessons Mat and Elan hung around to watch Framingham State play a hockey game.  They only stuck around for the first period because it was getting late but Elan had a blast.  He was even more excited because towards the end of his lesson, he was getting frustrated, and the head teacher asked 2 of the college players to go out on the ice and skate with him a little.  He perked right up!

Fun with the Hollywoods

On Saturday we went to visit The Hollywoods in Hudson.  Usually Elan drives Caroline crazy because she likes structure and he is a bit crazy.  But this time they had a blast playing together. 

Boston Children's Museum

Today Mat and Grandpa D went to the Boston Auto Show.  So, while they were there Grandma D and I took the kids to the Boston Children's Museum. We haven't been to the museum in a few years at it was great to see all that Elan could do.  They made hats and got their names written in Japanese on bandannas.  After we met Mat and Grandpa D for lunch.

 

Fun in the snow

We had a lot of snow yesterday and this morning so after the snow stopped and it warmed up a little we decided to build a snowman and go sledding.

4 Year Checkup

Elan had his 4 year checkup today.  Lucky for him there aren't shots until 5!  The doctor is really happy with his language and overall health.  He has perfect vision and hearing.  He weighs 39lbs and is 40 inches tall.  Which is the 68th percentile for weight and at the 31st percentile for height. 

Daddy's Salon

This weekend we went to the cape.  Saturday was pretty calm but on Sunday we went out to breakfast, Elan and Mat went ice skating and then we all went swimming.  Elan is still a daredevil and Mila is getting more comfortable with the water.  Mat is also learning the wonderful art of poneytails.  Mila is really cute and will walk up to you with a rubberband, hand it to you, and then say "hair".  She is so smart!

Ice Skating Lessons

We decided to sign Elan up for ice skating lessons.  We bought him hockey skates and signed him up for age 4-5 hockey skate lessons.  However, when we got there there weren't enough young kids so he was put in a class with 7 year old girls learning figure skating.  But it didn't matter to Elan.  He did great.  He fell down more than everyone else but he was happy the whole time and didn't want to get off the ice.  So, for the next 10 weeks, Tuesday night will be skating lessons. 

 

Look how cute his hockey are!

Framingham Weekend

We decided to stay in Framingham this weekend.  There was a lot of snow and snow cleanup going on around the state so we decided to stay put.  On Saturday night we went to Woburn to spend time with Hero and Indigo.  The kids had a blast playing together.  For some reason they all wanted to spend time in the dog crates.

On Sunday we went out for Mexican.  For some reason they were giving out mustaches and Elan wanted one.

Snow Storm Fun

We started off the New Year with getting Elan's teeth cleaned.  He usually does great but he had a tough time with the cleaning.  Probably wasn't the best idea since he was still pretty exhausted from New Year's Eve. 

A big snow storm hit us on Thursday afternoon.  We picked the kids up from school early and Elan and Mat played in the snow.  It was really cold out so when they came in there were warm cookies and hot chocolate waiting.

 

One thing that Mila really likes is her new stuffed animals.  You can tell by the way she likes to sleep on all of them!