From Joey's expression, we believe he had a fabulous 2nd birthday. Thanks for all of your Happy Birthday wishes! He woke up a little sad, but as he realized that he was the birthday boy, he got progressively happier. He was able to open one present in the morning (a truck that will be great in our dirt box outside). Daddy worked from home, so Joey got extra birthday hugs from him all day. He was very excited about his cake, which we think is the best I've made so far. We have 1 birthday in each of the first four months of the year, so I get a lot of pracitce (well, and now with Sheila in December, we have 5 birthday months in a row!).
In other news, we spent an hour at the doctor today for Joey's 2 year and Sheila's 2 month well check-ups. Everyone behaved very well, and the kids are doing great. Thanks to my sisters-in-law who have paved the way for alternative vaccination schedules, I felt well prepared and had no troubles at all. Joey is actually shorter than MJ was at 2 years (36 inches compared to 36 1/2) and he weighs 4 lbs less (32 lbs 4 oz). Sheila seems small to me for a reason - she only weighs 12 lbs 10 oz (which is a little less than how heavy her brothers were at 1 month old). But she's still in the 90%. She's not as tall as her brothers were either, about an inch shorter, but she is 24 inches (95%) Blah blah blah...lots of numbers which are probably boring you... I have my own spreadsheet of our family growth chart to compare, I guess the bottom line is she's big, which doesn't suprise us very much.
