Karol - not surprisingly, Karol got a gold star for verbal ability. The doctor was floored that she was answering questions like "how old are you?" and "are you a boy or a girl?" I guess those are questions a 3 year old may be able to answer. She was also impressed with the 6-word sentences she was uttering -but Matt and I know she can easily do 15-word sentences and more!
She's an expert at jumping, but hasn't mastered walking backwards yet - although that's another 3 year old task.
Patrick - Patrick is right on track developmentally, and doing especially well in the walking/climbing arena. He's off the charts for both height and weight and a very healthy growing boy. Patrick's language is seemingly ahead of schedule, too, but of course he was too shy to talk to Dr. Fishman at all. He did manage a 'high five' though.
Patrick got a whopping 3 shots, one of which being the chicken pox vaccine. The good news is that he won't need any at all at the 18 month check up. I'm hoping we can squeeze that one in before we have to leave for NYC in July.
Baby #3 - Mommy and baby got a check up today, too. I'm doing fine, of course, and New Baby Plomin has all the major organs and limbs and whatnot that they check for in the 20 week ultrasound. And of course we got the opportunity to find out what we're having. And, as I've been predicting since day 1 - the ultrasound confirmed we're having a boy! Karol and Patrick are excited to have a baby brother and Matt and I are excited to use pronouns like "he" instead of "it" when referring to "him."
Measurement-wise he is still on track with his original due date of Aug 10, give or take a couple days. I'm betting he'll be quite an average size, weighing more than Karol did (7 lbs 9 oz) and less than Patrick (9 lbs 3 oz). It'll be 'fun' to get to know all new doctors just a month before he's born to deliver him in NYC, but we're getting closer to figuring out who that will be now. Or I should say, Matt is. I've put him in charge of finding the doc, the hospital and an apartment in NYC. We'll see how that goes.
The apartment search is still pretty passive - it's still early - but we've got some feelers out. We're still pretty focused on the West side, hopefully somewhere in our between the West Village and Upper West Side. I'm not really thinking about that now, though. For right now I'm just looking forward to tying my shoes without straining and meeting my new little boy, and thanking God we are so very lucky to have such beautiful and healthy children.
So that's the update for now!
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