We have big kids

It took months and months and months to get our health insurance for the kids squared away and get them in for their normal well child visits, which was a very patience-inducing experience, but I was finally able to get them in this morning after waiting another week or two to get records over to the new office. Again, a very patience-inducing experience. :)

Both kids started their lives on the high end of all the stats. Spencer never really chunked up, so he's been low on weight and slowly gained, but Genevieve hasn't slowed since birth.  I had thought Spencer had really slowed down on his height too, but apparently I was wrong, as per the measurements today.  So maybe he does have hope to get a little height despite his parents not being particularly tall.

Here's the stats:

Genevieve:














27 3/4 " tall - 95th percentile
19 lbs - 85th percentile
17 3/4" head circumference - 90th percentile

Spencer:

36 1/2" tall - 90th percentile
29 lbs 6 oz - 50th percentile
20" head circumference - >95th percentile

Oh those heads!  I can't really expect anything else, as Bill and i both have big heads too, but dang, actually delivering babies with big heads is intense, especially with the big shoulders that they're attached to.

Apparently we have big kids. All I know is I love squishing them to pieces. Spencer gives THE BEST hugs these days. And he has first and second person completely and utterly mixed up in his head. As long as you recognize that when he says your he means mine and when he says mine he means yours, then he's very easy to communicate with. :) And Genevieve has started leaning her head on me when she's tired and it just takes my breath away.  She is the sweetest little girl and growing like a weed. She's finally decided that she likes the idea of moving, and she's putting huge efforts into learning how to do just that, whether it is rolling, trying to crawl, trying to pull herself up, or standing when we set her up on something. Love it!