Good thing I don’t blog for a living, I would be dead.
The last few months of the year have been busy as they usually are for everyone. We have had many doctor appointments for the boys. Vinny’s eyes are doing well and he has actually improved so much that he can wear his eye patch a few hours less each day and even got to have Christmas off, which he was very excited about. Lucas’s big appointments are still coming up,including the follow up with the Urologist from his surgery last year. We did have a slight scare with him.
Our pediatrician noticed that Lucas’s head is still growing. Normally, not a big deal. However our children (and my husband) have GIANT heads. Off the growth chart giant. With Vinny, his head was big like Lucas’s but about the age of 15 months or so it quit growing, which is to be expected. Lucas’s head is still growing and its bigger than Vinny’s was at this age. So our doctor suggested we see a Neurosurgeon to get her opinion on it. She said that it is likely there is nothing wrong but there could be fluid in his brain that is causing the growth. Being that Lucas has bumped his head a lot as a baby (product of being a little brother in a house with a rough 4 yr old), husband and I start to get nervous as any caring parent would.
We saw the Neurosurgeon 3 weeks ago and she said that she isn’t all that concerned but to be on the safe side we will take 2 more measurements over the next 3 months and see if the head has stopped growing and go from here. A huge relief, at least for the time being. Now we just have to get through the Urology appointment and Lucas’s eye exam to make sure he doesn’t develop and eye problem like Vinny.
Other goings on are that we have started to receive letters from the school district about Kindergarten. Holy Crap, Vinny starts Kindergarten in the Fall. Where has the last 5 years gone. Seriously? I remember 5 years ago was when we just found out he was a boy. Time really does go so fast.
The boys are still very much into He-man, although Vinny has moved on to Star Wars as well. We hope to soon move Lucas out of his crib and into either his bunk bed (which would be transformed out of the bunk bed and into the Twin Beds) or a toddler bed. Haven’t really decided. Having the boys in one room is nice because they really enjoy being together and they both sleep much more soundly when they are in the same room, which also has its downsides, ie not getting to work on time because your kids don’t know how to get the hell up in the morning. I also love having the “extra” room that is currently my craft room and also serves as additional storage. However with them being in the same room, there really isn’t much space it there for both of them. It will be better once the changing table is moved. Oh what a glorious day it will be when Lucas is potty trained.
Goals for 2012
- An actual family vacation that doesn’t include surgeries or visiting extended family
- Teach Vinny to ride a two-wheeled bike
- Vinny to learn to swim
- Vinny to join a team sport (I want T-Ball, we’ll see what he wants)
- Vinny to be night potty trained (seriously having to change the sheets almost everyday is getting super old. and yes I know that he is still a little young but I am allowed to hate pissed on sheets)
- Lucas to learn more to speak more English words than he does Spanish words
- Husband and I to have more than one night away from the children, which we have not had since Vinny was born
- Lose some weight so that maybe my back and hip won't hurt so much anymore
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