Easton and Layla graduated to a new sport called phone dragging. They race each other around the island dragging their toy phone by whatever cord possible. The racing around is especially loud as the plastic phones bang against the tile floor. It's nothing super exciting, but it is our little version of ESPN highlights.
Easton and Layla survived their 18 month checkup today. I say “survived” because they didn’t enjoy one second of the pediatrician’s time. She turned off the light to do some sort of eye test and they both started crying. Neither one stopped crying until we were home. Poor babies… such a traumatic experience. The pediatrician and nurse were both awesome in getting done what they needed to do, but Easton and Layla hated every minute of it. Especially the shots!
Before all the mayhem ensued the nurses took pictures of each baby (for unknown reasons) and the twins played happily as we filled in all the paperwork. I’ve been looking for months to find a “checklist” of sorts to identify early signs of autism just as a precaution. You’d think that might be a common thing readily available on the internet, but NoooOOOooo. I wasn’t smart enough to find a good one. Anyway, one of the forms we filled out for the pediatrician was exactly that. We are happy to report neither of our babies shows any signs of autism whatsoever.
With that bit of good news, here are the statistics from today:
Layla: 22.5 lbs. and 31.5 inches
Easton: 24 lbs. and 32.5 inches
They are both within reasonable range and doing very well according to the doctor and nurse. I was kind of worried because several of our friends have babies in the 98% range and we wondered what the true “average” or normal is. Daniel, Landon, and Aaron are all monstrous boys who are off the chart in size. It almost seemed like the norm, but our pediatrician today said Easton and Layla are both wonderfully healthy.
Once we arrived home and hung out in their familiar surroundings, they bounced right back to their happy selves.
Here they are sharing Daddy’s desk chair. Kendra bought them some kid-sized kitchen ware this morning. Easton is holding a lid and Layla is holding a pot. She readily gives the “number 1” sign anytime somebody says, “Opa is number ONE!” This was started by Opa himself many months ago and Layla gives the sign on command.
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As you can see, Layla still has a snotty nose and none of us feel up to 100%, but we are all feeling better than yesterday so we are grateful for progress!
See you soon.
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