Bigger and Bigger

As a mom you see your children grow each day, but there are times you really don't know how much they have grown. The girls had their RSV shot on Tuesday, 3/11/08. A nurse comes in to the house to give them the shot. While there she does a mini physical on them as well...checking their temperature, breathing and weight. Prior to the appointment I told Chad, I bet they are up to 9 pounds. Well...they ended up OVER 9 pounds. I could not believe it when the nurse called. Kendall weighed in at 10'6 and Sydney weighed in at 9'10!!!

Grandpa Mike and Grandma Elaine are helping us out this week, so they were at the house when the girls got the shots. You can really tell the personalities on the girls. As my dad said, Sydney took the shot like a champ and Kendall went down like a wimp. This is right on for the girls. Sydney is much more laid back and just goes with the flow. Kendall on the other hand is much more of a drama queen. She takes all the sympathy that she can. It's so much fun to see each of their personalities and how they have developed already.

Poor Sydney has always had a stuffed up nose. They say it's normal for newborns and especially preemies. We use a lot of saline drops on her each day to help clear it for her. Just recently she sounded a bit more stuffed up, more than usual. So we decided to bring her in, just to make sure she wasn't coming down with anything. While at the clinic, the doc. said she sounded fine, no temp. and maybe had a mild cold. To be safe they decided to do a RSV check on her. Now, if you have never had a RSV check done, it's horrible. They stick a swab up each nostril and take a sample. The poor girl had her RSV shot that morning and now she is getting her nose poked at. I have never seem my little girl cry so hard...she's my tuff child. That has got to be the worse test ever!!! We haven't received the results yet, but I'm not too concerned. The doctor didn't seem to think that she had it, it was more of a precaution to do the test.