Doctor Visits!

Anna went to the doctor last Friday for her 2 year check-up. She weighed in at 25lbs and was 33.5 inches tall. Basically she was just under average (50%) for height and about 25% for weight, head circumference was about 25% too. She is doing very well, her pediatrician couldn't believe she was already potty-trained and amazed at how much she is talking. She puts together really long sentences and uses "I", "me", "mine", etc. And there are very few words you can't understand. All three girls had to get flu-shots too. Anna and Lizzy took them like pros, barely crying at all and Emma got the "mist", the kind they put up your nose. Hopefully these shots will prevent "the flu" this year! I took these pictures last week of the girls.

Thumbs, are they really that important?

So I went to the doctor yesterday to see what's up with my thumb. I was doing yardwork Sunday afternoon, and I remember whacking it really hard on something, but was busy and didn't stop. It started bothering me that evening but not enough to warrant me taking medicine or me even remotely thinking I needed to go to the doctor. For those of you who don't know, I don't take medicine unless it is absolutely necessary. I don't know where this came from but I just think if I can handle the pain I will unless it gets too worrysome. Of course it continued to hurt and I noticed I wasn't using it. Jody finally convinced me to go to the doctor Tuesday night after I had to take some tylenol because it really was hurting a lot and he even convinved me to put ice on it because it was still really swollen. So I made an appointment fo Wednesday afternoon so Jody could watch the girls and I could go by myself! The doctor immediately said he thought it was broken and I was shocked??? He put this "thumb splint" on it, which now I look like I broke my wrist or arm. He sent me to x-ray where they of course made me put my thumb in many hurtful positions to get some pictures. After my x-rays I was told the doctor would get back to me either last night or right away this morning, so I wait. I guess he was worried because I took so long to go to the doctor and I may have to go to an orthopedic doctor. I am hoping he was wrong about the break and I just whacked it really good. Either way I have to keep this arm thing on, length of time dependant on the x-ray results :-( I now believe thumbs are very important and I can't live without mine!

How could I forget?

I forgot to tell everyone that our little Lizzy is walking! She took her first steps a week or so after her 1st birthday and since hasn't seemed to be in a rush to get up and go! She is a whiz at running along furniture, to and from furniture and around things, I can't believe she doesn't fall more? She looks kind of like one of those matchbox cars going around the track really fast and suddenly jumps the track and crash! She figured out last week how to stand up from sitting on the floor without holding on to anything and decided that this walking thing could be beneficial! She would stand there on all fours, (by all fours I mean hands and feet) for a while and then up she would go, quite amusing. She is a climber too, many times I find her standing up on a stool (not holding onto anything and usually on the very top) quiet as a mouse just looking at me grinning! Of course I have to act as though nothing is wrong or she'll get excited and fall off :-( She is such a fiesty little thing and so funny to see walking! You know when they first start walking and they can't move their hips yet, they kind of saunter like a cowboy. I'll try to grab an action shot so you all can see!

Froggy, Froggy, where's your home?

This evening right after Jody and Emma got home from church I noticed a small frog jumping through the kitchen. We have 2 dogs that go in and out a lot during the day so I didn't think much of it, it must have just slipped in. Of course I sent Jody in the kitchen to catch it where he quickly realized it wasn't an ordinary frog! Apparently it's a tree frog that can jump and climb very well. My friend Katie had frogs for a while and we immediately thought of her. Jody spent the next few minutes chasing it through the kitchen, into the dogs crates, onto the girls book shelf, in the living room, back in the kitchen and then to the back door where I took these pictures! It was a pretty cool little frog. Emma of course loved it and Anna would have been petrified if she would have seen it and went running and screaming "Mommy, my scared" (A whole other story of why she is scared to death of frogs). An eventful evening. . .

2nd Birthday Pictures!

The birthday theme was "Strawberrycake" in Anna terms!

Look at those eyes, she really wanted cake!

Her tongue was really enjoying that icing!

Mommy & Daddy, hugging the new 2 year old!

Our goofy family! Anna received a lot of nice gifts including a beauty salon and the bike she is riding, both in the picture! Emma always makes funny faces in pictures now, thanks Uncle Josh!

I love this picture, she had a sequin on her face and she smiled at me with food in her mouth, yuk!

Anna Virginia

Two short years ago at 7:52am, I gave birth to our second beautiful baby girl! Anna Virginia was 3 weeks 1 day early and came in at 7lb 1 oz and 20 1/4in long. Anna is such a joy in our lives and we couldn't imagine our lives without her. She is the most laid back of the Livingston girls, but lately has been showing us her independance! She is now a big girl and was potty-trained earlier this week!!! A far cry from her sister who was 3 years old! She talks all the time and we actually understand her! Lately she is obsessed with brushing her hair and carries a brush around with her alomst all day including in the car and when she takes a nap or goes to bed! We are having a birthday party for her this evening so I'll get some pictures on here as soon as I can!