On the charts

John turned 3 on Monday the 22nd and we have had a month of celebrating so far and it is just going to continue. We had the first big party on the 13th so that we could celebrate with the Gresh's who came into town just in time for the party.The kids had a blast playing with all their cousins. Nettie even got to have a "girls only" sleep over at Geema and Geepa's after. The girls all had a good time, and I am sure as they will get older this will occur more often. We were supposed to have another party with Tiffany's family on the 21st, but thanks to the flu the party was canceled. Thankfully, it was for John and he said "ok" when Ben told him we couldn't have his party that day. For the actual day we had a quiet day at home and then the 4 of us went to dinner at Red Robin, one of the kid's favorites, and John got to open a few presents. John was not so thrilled the next day when he had to go for his 3 year check up. Everything went well, but he cried almost the entire appointment, we are hoping it goes better next year. He is healthy and growing, finally getting truly on the charts in the 5th percentile for both height and weight. He is actually the exact same height Nettie was at 3 and only weighs 1 lb less. We have been seeing the gastroenterolgist for all his "issues" and are continuing to work on potty training.
Nettie is doing well. She is working on learning to read and has sight words each week and is loving writing them as well as learning to read them. She is getting very excited to go to school next year, and loves to drive the school.
I am home with John for the next few days working on potty training and we are having fun with cousin Lily who is staying here for a few days.