On Monday I took the boys in for well check ups and I just thought I would document that here to remember. Jackson weighed 39.8 lbs which is the 50th percentile and he was 41.25 inches tall which is the 48th percentile. His eyes were 20/40 which they said was normal for his age. We had to fill out a paper with what he can and and can't do and he could do everything on the paper which went up to 5 yrs and some months. Really, he made me so happy. He was so cheerful the whole time. He's very talkative and social. He is the child that will say something loud and a little offthat makes all the adults in the room laugh. When I told the nurse I wanted to have the Dr. look at a cut he's had on his mouth for a long time that we couldn't explain he said in a very loud whisper "Can I take off my sock and show her the owie on my foot?" So he did and then told the nurse "I have these cuts on my foot and I don't know where they come from. It's a mystery." He had to get two shots which he was scared of but did. He would try to scoot away but nothing like holding him down to do it. I cried to watch him try to be strong. Way to go supportive mom.

Sam weighed 23 lbs 6 oz which is the 12th percentile. He is 32 inches tall which is 25th percentile. Both of my kids have started big then gotten smaller percentile wise. After having jacksons numbers though I not really concerned about them being too small forever. Who knows?? Sam was so giggly through the whole Dr.'s office procedure. He had no problem sharing my attention but didn't shy away from the nurses either. He would laugh and dance and try to do whatever Jackson did (including jumping off the examining table.) Jackson I don't think ever would have crawled up to that table at Sam's age but Sam is much more fearless watching Jacksons example.

It's so fun to watch their personality differences and yet to watch them play happily together too. Sam wants to be and do whatever Jackson is. He's started playing with what I consider "older" kid toys just because that's what Jackson is doing. He builds towers with duplos but jackson didn't even get them for christmas until he was 3. Sam is much more interested in sports and the rougher side of boyhood. Jackson basks in the attention of others. He is very strong-willed and sees things as black and white. It's fun to see him get more adventuresome though as he gets older. He's noticing sports and competition more. He's always had a lot of girl friends in the ward and I'm beginning to see differences with some of them in playtime. He'll agree to play house but not choose it then want to switch to chase, or pirates, or building. Sam does much better than Jackson did alone. He'll entertain himself and he's much more passive. ahhh.... motherhood

Alabama

we went to alabama last week and got to stay til monday. One of my favorite things to do with my family on a sunday night is walk the quad. i feel like in the length of the walk you get a chance to rotate through who you're talking to and I just really enjoy it. Most of the time we have to leave too early though and we miss it. On our way back there are some fountains outside of the Ferg that evidently my dad always walks through when its hot outside. Jackson wanted to walk through with him which was fun for him. When we got back to the car, of course he was soaked and didn't want to get his car seat wet. I told him to strip down to his underwear and ride home like that. Jackson told me he couldn't do that because Sam would see his underwear. "Jackson, you take baths with Sam." "Oh yeah" he said.