Pelican Food

Connor was FINALLY healthy enough to get his 4 month vaccines :) Little guy was a total champ. Took the oral vaccine with no problems (since he's on reflux medication 3x a day, he doesn't think twice about taking medicine from a syringe) and he didn't even cry when he got his first shot. He cried for all of 2 seconds with the second shot, then was completely fine. We were in and out in a few minutes and everything looks good. His ears are also finally perfectly clear. "Pristine" in the words of his doctor! We're on the verge of being too close to his 6 month appointment for him to get his 6 month vaccines, but they said we were ok to keep our already scheduled appointment, so that was good news. His 6 month appointment is with the doctor that Sydney has seen for the last 5.5 years (she's hard to get an appointment with), so I'm happy to have her see Connor as well. He's also finally gaining weight again and is up to 12lbs 4oz. Still small, but growing as he should be :)

I took him to school after his appointment so I could finish working for the day. His teachers cuddled him and kept him comfortable when he got a little fussy from the shots. He took a nice long nap :)

He was smiling and very happy when I picked him up this afternoon. When we got to Sydney's school, she had just finished reading an entire book to her class :) I'm so proud of her! She's reading so incredibly well - she's one of two kids in her class in her guided reading level and they're reading several grades ahead of where they "should" be. She's really been enjoying reading chapter books to herself lately, too. Of course, her favorite book at the moment is Frozen. To say she's obsessed is an understatement!

We met Brad at Dogfish for dinner (it's really close to her school). Shockingly, she didn't get the mac and cheese (that's usually why we go there). She got a grilled cheese and ate a really good dinner. We let her get some ice cream for dessert. She couldn't shovel it in her mouth fast enough.

 

She got to help feed the fish when we got home. She's changed the name from Sarah to Ice Cube. Brad was talking about which kind of food to give the fish and Sydney came in to Connor's room and told me they were going to give the fish some "pelican food." Huh? Brad told her "pellet" food and she heard "pelican" food. That made us all laugh.

I'm so glad tomorrow is Friday. I've been telling Brad that every day now feels like a marathon. There's so much to do and not nearly enough time (or energy) to get it all done. Weekends aren't much less busy, but at least there's less pressure to get up and out the door with our millions of bags on time and the evenings don't have to be spent preparing for the following day.

Hope everyone is well - take care!