Callen height

We measured Callen today and he was 36.5" and 30.6 pounds.  He's in the 10-25th percentile for height and almost 50th for weight.  We thought we'd measure him since when he went to his Allergist the weeks ago, the allergist was surprised to find he'd gained three pounds since his end of August visit.

Elodie was 44.8 pounds and 47.5".  Elodie is close to the 75th for height and between 25th-50th for weight.

6/19/13: 6 yr old well visit

I can't believe Elodie turned 6 years old yesterday.  Happy Birthday beautiful!!  She looks so much older and taller than she did a year ago.  She's got a ton of energy, passion, and spunk.  She loves to hug and hug you so tight you're afraid she's going to break something.  Elodie is strong-willed and wants to be right all the time so it's hard for her to take constructive criticism or admit mommy or daddy is right.  She loves Jesus and won't go to bed at night unless we've prayed together.  We can't wait for God to get a hold of her heart because we know they'll be nothing stopping her for living for Him then.  She loves her brother and knows just want to say to annoy him or lead him into trouble.  They're quite the pair.  The other night they were both lying in bed in their own rooms yelling back and forth to each other "I love you" and "I love you too."  It was so cute.  She also likes to watch 19 Kids and Counting with mommy and some home improvement shows as well.  Her best friend is her cousin Sara, whom she'll spend hours video conferencing with.  They play games and make believe and have a general great time together.  She likes to dance so we've signed her up for a dance camp at a local dance academy this summer.  She also likes to sing.  Academically, she's bright.  Last year at school, she was awarded "Best Reader" and "Most Dramatic."  She really isn't motivated to read though so we've been trying to make her read 15 minutes per day for the library's summer reading program to give her more practice and confidence.  We also need to be working on her math skills over the summer but she's still technically ahead since she's in the 1st grade math program.  She really enjoys drawing and making art projects and spends most of her free time doing that.  She loves making cards and projects for other people.

Elodie requested a balancing bike for her birthday like her brother Callen has. She had it a couple weeks now and is already picking her feet up for extending periods of time, while riding down hill.  It's so rewarding to see her excited and proud about her achievement.

Today at her doctor's appointment, Elodie weighed in at 45 lbs. (50th percentile) and measured 46" tall (almost 75th percentile) so she's still tall and skinny.  Her BMI was 15 (50th percentile).  She's basically a healthy child, but we're supposed to add Calcium supplements since she's currently still dairy-free.

6/26/12: 5 yr old Dr visit; C words, construction

Yesterday, Elodie had her 5-year-old well visit.  She passed her vision and hearing tests with flying colors and was declared very healthy.  She was 43.9 inches tall (75th percentile) and weighed in at 42 pounds (50th percentile).  Her BMI was 15.3 (53rd percentile).  She was supposed to receive four shots but I thought that was a bit much in one visit so I postponed two of them for in a month, but she received the DTap in her left left and MMR in her left arm.  She was so brave but she cried because she said it really hurt.  I told her if she stopped crying that instant, I would take her to McDs because I couldn't handle both kids screaming/crying, since Callen had started crying before he even got his shots (DTap & HepA) and was still crying and continued to cry until after we were home!  So Elodie stopped that instant and she got her treat. :)

Waiting to do her vision test

Didn't stand still the entire vision test.

On to the hearing test.

I hear it!

Callen LOVES his trains!  Choo choo! (pre-haircut)

Callen got a haircut last night :)

Too cute!  I had to take a photo of the back of his shirt :)

"reading" a book (he likes to make you say what EVERYTHING is in the book)

Today, Elodie went to her second day of Sports Camp at Christchurch in Louisville.  She really enjoyed herself and earned a trophy for "Best Attitude."  We are very proud of her!  She said they did baseball and cheerleading, where she got to put on foot on each adult's hand and stand in the air!  She also did an art project of Shadrach, Meshach, and Obendigo and came home for the second day in a row soaking wet.  They said she was a little over zealous with running through the sprinklers.  Elodie, over zealous??  No! Never!! :)

Elodie & her little bowling pin and ball trophy

Doing warmups

We are on day 4 of the remodel project.  Ed mostly spent today with two helpers doing the second day of electrical so that we can have our rough electrical inspection tomorrow morning.  Then late this afternoon he tore out the front porch and cut the trex-like stuff for the new porch.

The new stuff just sitting on top so no one falls out the front door.

the old stuff in a pile off to the right

A fire started today in Boulder.  Here's a photo of all the smoke from our street:

Callen had his speech therapy today.  I feel like he's finally saying some more words.  He'll say "bye bye" spontaneously.  He'll repeat or tell if you if you ask what it is: ball (ba), up (uh), down (dah), more (mmm-oh), sister/sissy (sss-sss), go (ga!!!!).

3/14/12: C's 18 month old doctor's appointment

Callen had his 18 month old visit tonight. He's 22lbs (10th percentile), 31 inches long (10-25th percentile). Still tiny but growing on his curve. We have a referral to the state funded therapy evaluation for his lack of talking. We also got a prescription for his ezcema because it is really bad. We postponed getting his dtap vaccine because he's sick but she said his lungs sound good and his ears and throat look good considering his nasty sounding cough. Hopefully he'll sleep through the night tonight.

1/15/12: C grows

I feel like Callen's height just grew overnight this past week. On Tuesday, January 10th, Callen turned 16 months old. I put him in a 12 mos. Ch*rekee pair of jeans that I had previously been rolling and I didn't have to roll them at all and he didn't trip on them either. Then the following day, it was cold and snowing so he wore a pair of 12 mos. C@rter's fleece pants and they weren't long either. So when I did laundry, I washed a few of his new 18 mos. stuff (two outfits from Mimi & Poppi from his birthday four months ago and a shirt I had gotten him). The 18 mos. shirt from @ld N@vy fit perfectly on Friday and today I put him in one of the C!rco 18 mos. outfits, and the top fits great, but I had to roll the pant's waist and legs. Woohoo little guy!

He's also been drooling a ton for his molars. I think he's getting all four molars at the same time. Poor guy. His bottom right one has already poked through two weeks ago and then today I felt the bottom left one poking through as well. His mandibular lateral incisors (bottom next to center teeth) are also very visible now...maybe half way up. His top left molar is just about to pop through if it hasn't already. It's poky...hard to tell. He doesn't like me sticking my fingers in his mouth!

12/14/11: C's 15 month old doctor's visit

Callen had his 15-month-old doctor's appointment tonight. He measured 30 inches and 20 pounds 11 ounces, which both keep him about on his growth curve of about 25th percentile. He's my tiny boy. The doctor was okay with his growth now that he seems to be staying on a curve. He might not be growing much, but a little is better than nothing. She did say that since he's such a picky eater that I should start giving him vitamins. We also went over his development and I shared our concern that he only has one word ("dada") but she said that most 15 mo. olds only have six words. She said based on what we talked about that his development is more on par with a 12-13 month old. She's not concerned because he's meeting milestones just fine, albeit a few months behind. We're not really concerned either. It's been really fun having the baby part stretch out a bit. Not quite ready for him to be getting older!! Plus, we feel he's made a lot of developments lately, with adding another sign and being able to shake his head "no" when we ask a question. He'll come up to us and stand at our legs, pull our pants, and put his arms in the air for up. He walks really fast pushing the toy airplane, walks fairly fast holding a hand or two, crawls (fast) up stairs, climbs on everything, etc. She also looked at his teeth and said he's getting his top right front and the two on bottom on either side of the front and the back top molars are bulging but the bottom ones weren't as much. She said he is late in getting teeth. I'm pretty sure Elodie was too. It's hard to remember.

9/14/11: C's 1 yr old doctor's appt

Callen's 1 year old doctor's visit:  28.5 inches long (10th percentile); 19 pounds 2 ounces (5th percentile); 18 5/8 inches head circumference.  He also got his MMR, Varicella, and flu shot immunizations.

9/25/09...height check

L is now 34.5 inches tall.

6/22/09...2 yr old Dr visit...

Today was L's 2-yr-old well visit with her doctor. Here are the stats: 35" long (+75th percentile); 25lbs 4oz (+25th); and 46.25cm head (-25th). Her weight is basically on the same growth curve, but her height has jumped up. End result...she's a normal 2 yr. old. :)

pics from today


me & mom...last pic before we took mom to the airport. Now L keeps saying "grammie airplane"


L in Auntie Jenn's shoes




Jenn, me & mom


mom, Jenn (before she left for work), L & me (horrible pic of me but it was the only one we got before L had a tantrum)


new play shoes for her bday from the Mayernicks. :) thank you!






walking to join me while I did my photography homework

Monday, 9/22/08...15 mo. old Dr.'s visit...

L's 30.5 inches (50th percentile), 21.5lbs (25th percentile), and her head is 45cm (25th percentile).

oh, and the doctor said she's never seen anyone walk around on their knees but it must be a genetic thing since I did it. Hopefully, L will be walking by her next appointment at 18 months, otherwise they'll send her to a specialist. I think she's fine b/c she walks around furniture and holding our hand(s) just fine. Doctor also said that her picky eating is normal and that it might be time to start giving her timeouts for pulling my hair, taking off my glasses and anything else we say no to that's painful or dangerous.