2 Year Appointment!

Linnea finally had her 2 year appointment the beginning of February and Im finally blogging about it!

She got a great report and weighed in at a healthy 27 pounds and her height was 32.25. She was such a good girl for all the routine well child appointment procedures such as listening to the heart, looking in the ears, nose and eyes and even getting her arm "hugged" for the blood pressure check which was new! She has a small murmur in her heart but we were told it was a normal murmur. Then came the shots. She had to get two! Then she had to get blood drawn from one of her little fingers to recheck her lead levels. Both experiences were terrible! Who knew she had such lungs?? good thing is her lead level is still fine, ideally she would have no lead and unfortunately she has some. We celebrated our 2 year old's healthy appointment with some unhealthy burgers, fries and malts from Snuffy's. Everyone felt better after that and as you can see below the toddler felt fine and dandy playing in the bathtub:

Excuse me Buckethead, where is Linnea??
Oh there she is!!! Peek-A-Boo!
Now she may be a little late in the game for realizing she can go on her tummy in the tub or maybe its mommy and daddy's fault for not ever showing her she can do this, but we finally did and she loves it!
Now I am going to take some time to reflect on what Linnea is doing and saying these days because I havent made/taken time to write in her baby book. Some day I will go back and read this and fill in the blanks in her book!

Linnea is also saying more and more words/attempts at sentences and getting more and more determined to figure things out on her own. It sometimes takes her a little while to get the words out but she keeps trying! If we dont understand her she will repeat repeat repeat and look at us like why dont you get what Im saying? Im saying it clear as a bell?? We usually figure it out and if we dont she may have a minor meltdown but will get over it and play somewhere else.

Just two days ago she figured out how to blow bubbles and as of last week she has grown to love to play doctor! We may have the DVD "Elmo Visits the Doctor" to thank for that but we will take it because it sure is cute when she looks in our ears and says she sees puppies or bunnies and that she has Ernie in her tummy! She is also becoming more and more aware of her surroundings...when we turn onto our block she says home, when we turn into her daycare she says Addie or Adeline (her best friend there) and squeals with delight, she does the motions to If Youre Happy and You Know It and Itsy Bitsy Spider, she requests the ABC's on her fav cds. She has known grandma and grandpa's neighborhood for a while, she lifts something somewhat heavy up and says heavy, and her most recent thing is looking out the window and either saying "but I can not see bapa (grandpa)" or " I can not see puppy or baby" (which are two things at our neighbors house).

Thats it for now!