Missing mommy

Kandi is away at our church's women's retreat this weekend. This morning at breakfast, Amelia told me "Dad, I was talking about mom last night (after I had tucked her in) and I missed her so much that I got a little tears, but I'm okay now." We all miss mommy when she's gone!

We look uninsured

Brody had his 2 month well-child check yesterday. He is doing well although the doctor was surprised that he had dropped from the 75th percentile for weight down to the 25th and so he wants us to continue high-calorie formula. It wasn't until after the appointment that we realized the weight showing 75th percentile had to be an error because he has always been very small. We had one weight check with a substitute person and it was while Brody had casts, so we think she forgot to adjust the weight for the casts.

Anyway, we had the appointment and the doctor said he would send in the nurse for immunizations. Amelia, Kandi, Brody and I were all crammed in the little exam room. The nurse came in and started to go over the immunization paperwork and said something about being out of the VFC vaccines for the uninsured so we would have to come back. I stopped her and said, "oh, we have insurance. We just had a change in insurance providers on January 1, but I gave them the new card out front." She looked at us and sounding surprised said, "oh, you do?"

So she went out to check some things and then came back in and said that she would have to redraw all the vaccines which makes one wonder if they give the good vaccines to those of us with insurance or to those without since they have to be kept clearly separate. As we were leaving, I told Kandi that her surprise about us having insurance wasn't too extraordinary being that here practically the whole family was sitting in the doctor's office in the middle of the day for a routine appointment. Additionally, Amelia had dressed herself (she gets to pick her own clothes on Wednesdays when she doesn't have school) so she was wearing spiderman pants (with smooshed graham crackers all over them), a non-matching shirt and her hair was crazy looking. I was wearing jeans (which I noticed after leaving the house had a big food stain on them) and a t-shirt. We certainly didn't look like the type of people who might have insurance or be employed.

Quotable kids

Here are a few quotes/kiddo stories from tonight:

On our way in to Target tonight, it was raining in the parking lot. Amelia excitedly exclaimed, "the rain tickles my snout!" The rest of us try to keep our snouts covered.

At home, Micah came to tell me that he had a secret and whispered in my ear, "Dad, I love you to Pluto and back." He then ran to Kandi to tell her a secret and said, "Mom, I love you to....what's the planet right before Pluto?"

Lastly Micah and Amelia were working on their bed time routine and Micah was in the bathroom preparing to brush his teeth when he announced, "I'm going to brush my teeth while I go poop!" That's a real time-saver!

Brody - 2 months

Brody turned 2 months old yesterday. He is very sweet, loves to be held and smiles quite a bit. Micah and Amelia both like to hold him and Amelia is allowing him a bit of breathing room these days rather than kissing him full-time all day.

Recent quote from Amelia, "Dad, when I'm 21, I'm going to have a beard." I'm not sure if that is some sort of wishful thinking or a prophecy about the need for electrolysis, but I wish her the best either way.