"Big Girl"

Chelsea has had many nicknames in her short life...choo chi, chooch, bubba girl, big girl...the list goes on and on. "Big Girl" is emerging as the dominant one though and it looks like it's a good one!!! She had her 16 month doctor appointment this week and SHE'S A BIG GIRL!!!!

32 inches long (83rd percentile)

24.5 pounds (67th percentile)

and drumroll please.......

19.25 inch head circumference (99th percentile)!!!!!!!!!

The girl has got a big dome! The past three times we have gone for check-ups she has had her head measured twice. First by the nurse and then again by the doctor because he can't believe that her head is that big. Sorry doc! It's true. At this appointment the doctor said, "the good news is that her head growth is slowing down", that's because last time it was over 100%! Nick has an enormous head too...it's in the genes. Not from Ryan and I though...I have a tiny head and Ryan has a normal head.

I hope Target has a "Big Head" section because none of the summer hats we have fit!!!!

big head nothing...looks perfect to me!

Easter Afternoon

We hosted Easter Dinner this year and had a great time! We at our traditional ham dinner inside but otherwise we all spent the day outside in the beautiful weather. It couldn't have been a more perfect day. The kids had a blast hunting for eggs and then eating the goods.

Ready to go!

Big cousin Drew helping Chelsea

The Daleys and Wagners

The Wagners and Wagners

So sweet

Easter Morning

Nick was blown away by the fact that the EB ate some of the carrot

Tommy's always gotta get in on the action

CHEESE for Easter!!!!

Nick got about 10 Mr. Men & Little Miss books from a friend for Christmas and we basically have not read anything else since then. The EB added to his collection. As you can see from this video, he has memorized all 46 Mr. Men and 20 Little Misses that appear on the back of the books.

Shout out to the Easter Bunny!!! Such a sweet boy (once again, video was not rolling so I had to ask him to re-do the moment but he came out with it all by himself the first time, no prompting for a thank-you). Not sure why he is talking in the strange voice...

2nd Annual Bunny Photo Shoot

Another successful bunny photo shoot...and this year Nick actually touched them. In fact, he was quite upset when it was time for "Max" to leave after our 5 minutes with him. Sorry! No room in this house for another pet!

Warm Weather Fun

It's cold, grey and raining outside as I write this but we have had some gorgeous days in the past couple of weeks and we took advantage! It's hasn't been that bad of a winter but we are sooooooo looking forward to spring and summer...

Picnic!

I love tuna sandwiches!

First bike ride of the season

Four-wheeling!

Playdate at the sand table

Nick and Jack

Swamping! (Just like Mommy used to)

Great to be back at the playground

Weeeeeee! (that's what she calls the slide)

Wagner Boys and their babes

cousins!

Playing ball

Ripping it up at the Dentist

Today was Nick's first dentist appointment. Kids will never cease to amaze me with their ability to rise to the occasion. I was a little nervous about him getting in the chair and immediately saying, "I'm outta here!" No nerves necessary. The kid was a champ. The first thing she said was that she was going to look in his mouth and then she started showing him her tools...and Nick had his mouth open the entire time...waiting for her to look in his mouth like she said she was going to. I am not sure if he will be remembered more for his stellar performance or for farting 4 times while he was in the chair!!! I wonder at what age farting in front of strangers becomes embarassing...it isn't 3.5 years old!

Pearly whites!

Doctor's Office vs. the Aquarium

At about 7:30 on Sunday morning I told Nick, "Let's go upstairs and get dressed because we are going somewhere special today." He said, "Where are we going, the children's museum?" (He was talking about the one in Easton, a fave place to go). I said, "No, a place that has a lot of fish, do you remember what it's called?" And with the enthusiasm that only a kid can have, he said, "The Doctor's Office!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" Yes, they do have a giant fish tank but I can assure you that the one at the Aquarium is even better! We were out of the house by 8:15am and the second people in line for the 9am opening (free passes in hand, even better). Both of them had a great time. Chelsea added some more words to her constantly growing vocabulary..."tuttle", "sheesh" (fish) and "see" (see it? - we must have been saying that a lot that day). And Nick lasted much longer than when we went about a year ago (thanks to Chelsea for taking her morning nap in the stroller so we didn't have to leave after an hour). One of the education people came up to us while we were looking at an exhibit and asked if we had any questions. I told Nick that he worked there and that he would answer any questions he had. He said, "I have a question about yogurt sticks." Awesome. We also tried to give him a few lessons along the way, reading the information next to the exhibits. He was MUCH more interested in bopping as quickly as possible from one thing to the next and yelling, "Mommy, Daddy, come here and look at this!!!" I guess we'll leave the aquarium lessons to his 5th grade science teacher.

This was not staged, I looked back and they were holding hands. I thought my heart would melt right then and there. (Of course I had to get them to do it again by the time I got the camera out)

Fish kisses in front of the fish

"My name is BRUCE!!!"

Not sure why but Ryan took exactly 14 pictures of this turtle

"sheesh!"

Nick at the "petting" tank

"Nick, come look, it's Nemo!". "Mommy, that's not Nemo, that's Nemo's Daddy." Well excuse me.