Virtual Baby Book

In true second child fashion, Lily's baby book is almost completely empty. Thankfully, I have somewhat inconsistently been updating my blog so we have some record of her existence. One day I really would love to print it out in hard copy form. But until then, I will keep updating important information here so I have it for future reference!
They both had big check ups about a month ago- Tripp's four year old appointment and Lily's 18 month appt. They of course are perfect in every way.

Tripp's stats:
Weight: 44.2 lbs, 94 percentile
Height: 44 inches, 99 percentile
BMI: 64% (not really any clue what that means?!?)
BP: 96/56, very normal of course

Lily's stats:
Weight: 27 lbs, 3.2 ozs, 91 percentile and almost all of it is located in her belly :)
Height: 34 inches, 97 percentile
Head Circ: 19 inches, 91 percentile (and a genius of course).

Well, besides the fact that they are perfect, here's a little run down on them both.

Tripp: Caring, sensitive, hates meat, cries and throws a temper tantrum if you try to make him eat a turkey sandwich (which I do on days when I am feeling strong!), loves his sister, talkative, loving friend, super hero obsessed, fruit hoarder, independent dresser, great chore do-er, and silly of course! He and Lily love to be together except they may or may not fight all the time and I may or may not get really annoyed by this!! I think that this phase (that will apparently last for a very long time) of sibling rivalry, fighting, etc is the hardest. I tend to get super frustrated and find myself saying things in my head "Well you totally deserved that" or "just get over yourself" but have so far refrained from saying too many inappropriate things out loud (or at least within earshot). It is so fun though to do things, go places and experience life with Tripp. He understands things, gets excited about things and loves to learn so it is such a privilege to be his mom and try to teach him things! I am certainly looking forward to this up coming year!

Lily: I look at her face and my heart just swells up with love. That blonde hair and her blue eyes are adorable and she gets more and more fun every day. She just wants to be independent so I try to foster that independence in healthy ways each day. She takes great pride in the fact that she does by herself: feed the dog, set and clear the table, and put away her laundry. We are working on dressing herself (she picks out her own clothes and shoes), and getting buckled in her car seat. She hates being carried and only wants to walk, hates her food cut up any smaller than Tripp's, gets very sad if Tripp is not around, kisses our dog before nap and bedtime, greets her first thing in the morning, and usually is found throughout the day laying down next to Padme either reading or just hanging out. Her current word list includes: mommy, daddy, doggie, nonny, papa, cheese, hi, no, wawa (water), pease (please with no "l"), and probably some others that I can't think of right now. She is one tough cookie and knows how to turn on the charm. I can't bring myself to get her hair cut quite yet, so the mullet and out of control bangs continue. And of course, she basically refuses to wear a bow or a pony tail holder so her hair closely resembles a horse's mane.

I am so incredibly thankful for these two beautiful, tangible gifts from God!