Well things are getting back to normal – was it ever a busy weekend though! We are officially the parents of 2 THREE year olds and 1 ONE year old! Where has the time gone???
The party – well the party went REALLY well. Sadly my brother and his girlfriend could NOT make it but my Grandma MacLean with my Aunt and Uncle and Cousin Veronika in tow. Both of Ken’s supervisors and some of their kids made it (though not the wives) and a bunch of our friends, my mother and her boyfriend, even Emanuel’s godparents and our god-daughter all made it. We took a TON of pictures (I put a bunch of the best pictures in an album here) and even some videos.
In the morning Emanuel and I went to the rhyming program in the morning before the party. The theme was dinosaurs, there was singing and rhyming and stories and even a craft – that I did most of. There were not too many people there but Emanuel had a blast looking around and watching the other kids (mostly girls). While we were at that (this is the first session of 5) Ken and the twins got our mylar balloon filled. We decorated when we got home with Karyn and Kathy’s help and then the guests started trickling in…
All in all it was a rather full house, our 3 kids, Isabella and 3 of the supervisors’ plus adults. We had hamburgers and punch and cake and presents. The cake was wonderful, I got one of Emanuel’s first photos placed on it. There was some playing of the Wii and chatting and general visiting. All in all a rather good party with not TOO big of a mess to deal with. We still have some of the decorations up actually.
Sunday morning Ken and I took Emanuel to get his pictures done at Walmart. He did really well though one side of his curls was flat and the other curly! We put him in an outfit our friend Jason sent us from Hong Kong and then the onesie his Aunty Kathleen got him from her school. We also brought his Lees-McRae teddy to be in the pictures. It is SO MUCH easier to get his pictures done then wrestle with the twins. Luckily my mom was able to come over and watch them. It turned out that if James and Cindy HAD come we could not have gone swimming anyway – the pool was closed for lifeguard competitions. I would like to take JUST Emanuel some Wednesday but need to get the pool schedule.
Yesterday we had Emanuel’s one year booster shots. Mom came over and watched the twins again and afterwards we picked up a bbq’ed chicken and a birthday cake. Yup, ANOTHER ONE! We gave the twins some small gifts (mom got them Lincoln Logs and we got them each a little tool set) and we sang happy birthday and had some cake. It was nice, quiet and fun. I did take pictures of course!
Today we had all 3’s yearly check-up. Emanuel got a clean bill of health and is to have homo-milk added to his diet. I am going to give him the cereal with yogurt in it and then move him into the milk itself slowly. He is on the lower percentile of whatever chart they use for weight but the doctor says he LOOKS fine – healthy and pudgy and well prepotioned. The twins, on the other hand, still have some fluids in their ears… ugh… so we need to schedule another set of hearing tests. They are doing well in other things. He wants us to keep up with the speech therapist (duh) and work on the potty training – but to leave it until Gavin is over his constipation. If that does not clear up soon we have to take him back in. But really a MUCH better check up than last time. Emanuel goes back at 18 months and the twins at 4 yrs.
I don’t know if I mentioned it but Emanuel got his second tooth recently as well. We need to make the twins’ first dental appointment soon too. I have NO idea how that is going to go… but I can guess… not overly well… although, they were troopers about weight and height as long as they were right with Ken. Much better than last time. All they had to take off was their shoes and coats though. They even sat well while he looked in their ears – a definate first!!
So all in all a pretty good few days – a little stressful but in the end we all had fun. Go figure!