One In the Oven: Friday, Friday, Friday

Today was my SDO (that's a scheduled day off for those of you who don't speak government employee), which meant that I got a bonus day to spend with Kate. We had a wonderful day together--Kate laughed and smiled for most of the day and was so much fun to hang out with. She decided to start her day early, and woke up around 3:00 am, ready to play. She normally sleeps through the night, but last night she fell asleep in the car on the way home from school and she never really woke up. I ended up changing her into her pjs and putting her to bed around 7:00. It seems that her first full week in the new room at school wiped her out. Her teachers say that she's all over the place, interacting with the other kiddos and crawling all over. And it took it's toll on the little bug, who couldn't keep her eyes open. But around 3:00 am, she'd had enough sleep and was ready to go. Brandon swooped in to the rescue (good thing too because I was dead to the world--I didn't even hear Kate!) and finally got the little one back to asleep about an hour and a half later. Unfortunately he didn't have the day off, so he went to work feeling pretty sleepy.

The first thing we did on our day off was head to Kate's six month doctor's appointment. Our little Bean is indeed little--she weighed in at 14.4 lbs, which puts her in the 25th percentile for weight. The nurse didn't take a very good measurement for length--it actually appeared that she shrunk since last appointment (and judging from the pile of pants that no longer come to her ankles, we know that's not true). The doctor always measures her head circumference as well, and it turns out that she has a little peanut head--she's in the 10th percentile for head size!

-- All dressed up for my doctor's appointment, and I can't figure out what's on my feet! I'm actually wearing shoes! --

We had a good appointment with Dr. Garrison, who says that Kate looks happy and healthy. He answered all of my questions--and boy-oh-boy, did I have a lot of them--and checked did all the normal appointment stuff. He was surprised that Kate is already having stranger anxiety. He said that it usually doesn't set in until about 9 months, but her newfound anxiousness was a sign of intelligence--she already knows who takes care of her and realizes when she's around someone she doesn't know.

In addition to the regular check-up stuff, Kate had to have another round of immunizations. This was my first time in the room with her while she got shots, and I was afraid that I was going to cry and cry. It turns out that I didn't have to--Kate Louise was a brave little lady, and she didn't cry at all! She whimpered each time she got a shot (there were three), but she never shed a tear. I was so proud of her for being so brave!

After the appointment Kate and I did some shopping. We decided to donate to the "Angels in April" program they're holding at the CDC in support of Child Abuse Prevention month. We picked two "angels" from a tree at school, and bought them gifts. We got a big Tonka truck and some Matchbox cars for Hernandez, and some new outfits and lotion for Layne. We also ventured to Trader Joes were we bought lots of groceries, including some little mini zucchinis for Kate. Once we returned home we spent the remainder of the afternoon playing. All in all it was a very nice day, and I'm so grateful I get to work this schedule!