The girls

Well Emmalyn & Ariel had doctor's appointments this past Tuesday. Miss Emmalyn is growing at a rate no newborn should be allowed. I'm happy that she's growing great and is healthy but she's just getting so big, so fast! She weighed 9 lbs 12 oz and was 22 1/2 inches long at her check up. That's three whole pounds and 3 1/2 inches more than when she was born! She's doing great though and the doctor was very happy. I need to make her an appointment for her two month shots soon. I dread that.. they always make me worry when they are sooo little. She's six weeks old today so unfortunately my innocent baby girl will have to deal with that soon.

As for Ariel's check up... it was a great report as well! She's 44 inches tall (3 ft. 8 inches) and is 40 1/2 lbs. The doctor said she's pretty tall for her age and is up there on the growth chart. Jesse just laughed and said "well she didnt get that from her mama's side of the family". lol. Too true! She has 20/20 vision in both eyes and passed her hearing screen. She also passed all the motor skills and milestones for a five year old. Then the poor thing had to get 5 shots! That surprised me.. I knew she had to have them but I had no idea it was going to happen at her check up since all the pediatricians in Murphy always just made us go to the health department to get them done. Ariel did as good as can be expected. They had her lay down and I leaned over her and let her hug me and cry as they poked her legs. After each one she's look down at her legs and go "another?" and when they put the shot in she'd just cover her eyes and break down. It must have felt like forever to her. She got over it though and was smiling again once we were leaving (the promise of a sundae from McDonalds helped ease the pain.. lol) and she told the nurses to have a nice day. They all thought she was so cute and sweet. Of course that makes me a proud mama! So now we have her shot record and the blue piece of paper she needs to register for kindergarten! Amazing how fast it's sneaking up and getting things ready makes it even more real that it's gonig to happen soon. This is such a huge thing for me. Especially since I was always dead set on homeschooling her. But I think it's important for her to experience at least the elementary years. I can't keep her from experiencing life because I'm scared for her... I have to let go a bit... which I admit is hard for me! She'll be fine. I have to trust God with that.

Clarity needs her check up. I'm six months late on her two year. Oops! I'll schedule that probably for the same day Emma gets her shots. Then I'll be able to discuss this whole speech thing with the doctor. Clarity has hit all of her milestones just fine but she's just not getting this talking thing down. We'll see if she needs speech therapy. Some doctors start them right away, others wan to wait and see how they are talking at age three. But she's a bright little girl... hopefully things will just "click" for her soon and I'll be on here typing about how she never shuts up! lol.