Matthew napping in the glider
June 2008
Now that he’s a year old, I think Matthew’s eligible to participate in Flashback Friday posts. 🙂
We got our 2009 recreation department cards this afternoon.
Here are they are!
And a close up of the boys:
Aren’t they cute? lol
The main reason we get the cards is for entry into the Town’s pools. Having access to a pool in the summer is priceless for those of us without a pool AND central air. For $5 per person, its totally worth it.
We’re particularly looking forward to taking the boys to the Clearfield pool. Ian hasn’t been back to that pool since he was about 18 months old. He loved it then and I think he’s going to love it even more now. It has beach entry and a big mid-pool jungle gym to climb on that includes several water slides.
Can’t wait to go soon!
We’ve been attempting to teach Ian how to write his name….little did we know, he already knew how to do it. 🙂
How perfect is that one “N”?
By the way, the little thing to the left of the “I” and “A” in the center of the paper is Ian’s attempt at making a tiny “I”. We had a hard time getting him to write his letters any bigger than that. lol
Again, another uneventful visit. Just a quick check up, 3 shots (boo!) and 2 blood draws (required by NYS).
The nurse took us back, asked the normal questions and did Matthew’s weight, length and head measurements. After a short wait, the doctor came in to do his exam.
Matthew was a little sweetheart during the exam. Sat quietly and looked at the doctor suspiciously. Mostly he just wanted to grab the doctor’s stethoscope! 🙂
The nurse came back to do Matthew’s blood draw and shots. He was such trooper during the blood draw and didn’t cry or get upset. Very different from Ian who SCREAMED bloody murder (an ongoing trend at his appointments as we’d come to find out). After they got all the blood they needed, Matthew got 3 shots. Poor thing just sobbed. 🙁 It took a bit to get him calmed but he managed to survive the heartbreak. 🙂
I made an appointment for him to go back at 15 months.
Stats:
Weight: 23 lbs 15.65 oz (67th percentile)
Length: 32.75 inches (>97th percentile)
Head: Not sure of the number but it was the 67th percentile
Based off of Matthew’s stats against the growth charts, it looks like he hit a growth spurt. Instead of following a nice arch like the averages on the chart, Matthew’s height and weight stats shot up in almost a vertical line.
As an interesting comparison, Ian and Matthew were the same length at their 1 year appointments but Matthew’s weight is 2 lbs heavier than Ian’s was at the same age. Matthew has consistently been a pound to two pounds heavier than Ian was at the same age. Very interesting since Matthew seems like such a chubby thing compared to Ian. 🙂