Our busy day

Today was our first day of music class this semester as well as Kate's 4 month check-up. First ... music class ... I can't say enough how much Anna loves this activity. It was incredible to see how much she'd changed and matured since we'd last gone in May. She was so comfortable and excited, even though there were different kids in the class and it was in a different building. She and her buddy, Henry, (who's from our church and was in class with her last spring) both were following most of Miss Debbie's directions and trying to imitate many of her actions, mostly with success. So much fun!

Kate, by the way, spent the morning with a neighbor who has a 6 month old son, Noah. Jen and I are going to trade off childcare this fall/winter so Anna and I can participate in Kindermusik together and so Jen can have a morning off to run errands and such. This way Kate gets to take a real nap in the morning when we're at class, she'll (hopefully) get used to having a regular "babysitter", AND she'll get to have a good buddy her age in the neighborhood.

After lunch and naps, we headed to the doctor's for flu shots for Anna and me and for Kate's check-up. I think this might have been our longest doctor's visit yet ... we got there before 3:30 and didn't leave until almost 5 ... yikes! Both girls did great, though. In fact, Anna didn't even cry for her flu shot; she was SO brave. Kate, on the other hand, screamed bloody murder for about 5 minutes after her shots. Poor kid. And we're going to have to go back in a few weeks for the other half of her shots. We opted to space out this round since Kate's getting over another minor cold.

Kate's stats are:
height: 25 inches (79%)
weight: 14 lb. 12 oz. (76%)
head: 42.5 cm (87%)

Overall she's doing well, even though this is her third cold in four months. I guess that's what happens when you're not the first-born and you have to be exposed to lots of big sister germs all the time. Oh, well. Only the first cold had any kind of fever; these other two were just runny noses and a little cough.

The other aspect that made our day busy was Kate's decision (albeit not conscious) to pee or poop while her diaper was being changed not once, not twice, but three separate times before 8:30 a.m.