checks

today we had yearly check ups for the boys and ayla's two week check up. you would think, "wow meghan, it was a really good idea for you to schedule all the appointments together since the doctors office is 45 minutes away and you could just get them all knocked out."

WRONG!

oh my heavens, it could not have gone worse. it was like I was in the middle of a sitcom.

lets cover the stats first:

Cullan-5 Years Old

weight: 46.5 pounds

height: 43.5 inches

Kael-4 Years Old

weight: 46.5 pounds

height: 40 3/4 inches

Ayla-2 Weeks Old

weight: 8.10 pounds

height: 20 inches

briea-1 1/2 old

did not get checked but is wore out from our day!

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ok so here we go. we get there at 9:00am. by 10:00am we are still filling out paperwork because it is Cullan, Kael and Ayla's first time at this doctors office. YIKES! so the kids are kind of playing in the lobby but briea however decides that she is tired, not feeling well and wants to lay on the floor and wander around and not be very cooperative. Finally we are called back. we have to strip all three down while again B is refusing to stay in the room. The boys do not want to take their clothes off, because they are funny about strangers seeing them naked. (go figure i know, my kids never seem to want to wear clothes at home.) anyways we get them stripped down, height and weight checked, then they need urine samples from the boys. OH JOY! this is a new adventure. so i take the boys in the bathroom and garran takes the girls back to the room (which i might add is right across the hall from the bathroom). so i take the boys in the bathroom and explain to them that they have to go potty in the cup. i forgot to mention that if they still had to go after they filled the cup that they should aim for the toilet. i guess i just thought that they would know that. I WAS WRONG! cullan went first. as he started to get to the top of his cup i could see the panic in his eyes. i suddenly realized he did not know what to do. AHHHHH! so I say "can you stop" he shakes his head NO!. So I grab the cup and try and get him to the toilet. unfortunately there was a stool in the way and things went down hill from there. he ended up spraying both my pant legs, the wall, the toilet paper roll and a good 3/4's of the floor before we got to the toilet. sigh. i got him cleaned up and opened the door to send him across the hall to garran. as i did garran is already standing there with ayla fussing and briea crying. garran took one look at me and then the bathroom and I just closed the door. it was on of those parenting moments where no words were really needed. we muddle through the rest of the appointment. full physicals for the boys. I was so glad garran was there for that. they look good. a few standard tests to run but for the most part all was well. then on to ayla. she has a little reflux but the doctor gave us some suggestions so hopefully things will start looking up on that front. by the time we got to the car, all garran could say was "you are a strong women to have ever done this by yourself!'' I love that my husband says those things sometimes. It is just good to hear every now and then.