rad + mdd

one of my favorite times of the day is when matson and i go in to wake reese up in the mornings. we get on her bed, matson gives her hugs and then plays around and i get lots of wonderful reesey snuggles. it just doesn't get better than that. more silly faces...



since i have a picture of the two of them here and i haven't posted their recent stats i'll do so now.



reese is tall for a three year old. she's 38.5" (80%!) and she weighs 32.5 lbs (50%). she's at the top of the 3T clothing measurements, so probably 4T for her now {and she JUST turned 3!} at least in the shirts anyway. she has the tiniest waist and hips, so not sure about 4T shorts/pants. anyway...she didn't so much like her shot - i felt terrible. i didn't want to "prep" her before hand just in case she didn't have to get one {i might not have gotten her IN the doctor's office!}, so when we got there and found out she DID have to get one i started talking to her about it. she didn't want one just as much as i didn't want her to get one. so basically the nurse and i laid her down on the table and without much warning held her down and the nurse stuck her right leg. :( it was terrible terrible terrible!!! i don't think it hurt her too much, but it just shocked the heck out of her.



matson did a little better at the doctor's office, but was so restless. he was ALL OVER the room while we were waiting and waiting and waiting. {i'm not a fan of doctor's offices for this reason! i think i got spoiled to the promptness of the private clinic we went to in budapest.} he reports in at 21 lbs 14 oz (30%), 30 1/8" long (55%) and for records sake his head is 18 1/4" round. i'm convinced after this stomach bug though that he's lost a pound or two and has grown in length. he just seems lighter and longer after all the sleep he's had! he didn't take the shots much better than reese although he didn't know it was coming. he unfortunately had THREE and to me it seemed like the nurse took for.e.ver! the poor guy screamed his head off! and it took him a while to calm down. reese liked talking about matson's three shots. i think she was proud of him because she told everybody about it, but nobody about hers.



on another note:


i, or really i should say christie has been redecorating the kids room. i've just more or less been approving the changes. we have a little more to go before i can post before and after pics, but i think it will be worth the wait. it looks great so far! you can get a tiny sneak peek at the crazy wall color in the above picture. they used to be brown. i can't wait to show you the rest in a few weeks!