18 Months Old!

Yesterday was Brenna’s 18-month “birthday” and her check-up as well. She did pretty great at the appointment, until the nurse I’m going to call turtle came in to give her the shots at the end. I have to say, nothing makes me want to reach out and slap a nurse more than seeing her move at a snail’s pace while stabbing my child with multiple needles. She even hummed. Really? Ok, moving on now…

Brenna weighed in at 24 lbs. 1 oz. putting her in the 47th percentile, and measured at 32 ¾ inches tall landing her in the 84th percentile. She is on track with her fine motor and verbal skills, and way ahead as always on the physical side of things. He said she looks healthy and hopes to not see us back there until her 2 year check up, that would be so nice!!!

She received three shots yesterday, one of which was the new and improved Prevnar vaccine, which now vaccinates against 13 strains instead of 7. Sammie is going to have an impromptu visit soon for one herself, which will be SO much fun! (read sarcasm here, a lot of it...)  Hoping this new vaccine will help keep my girls healthier this winter. We had a blood panel done on Sammie in the spring that revealed her antibodies weren’t as mature as they should be for fighting certain strains of pneumococcal, and our pediatrician felt that this new vaccine would cover those that she was weak on. We didn’t test Brenna, as they always catch the same thing at the same time, so the hope is that this will be a “fix” for them both! Keep your fingers crossed everyone!

I haven't posted pictures in a LONG time, so here are a couple recent ones of the girls, courtesy of Rachel, so that you can remember what they look like!