I am a little behind on blogging, but on Friday of last week Ethan had his 18 month checkup. Everything went well, and Ethan looks healthy. When the doctor came in the first thing he did was try to give Ethan a hug, to which the little rascal broke out into tears!!! Later, however, when Ethan got his two shots he didn’t so much as give a wimper or a watery eye- he just sort of looked at the nurse giving him the shots and seemed to say, “meh, this is nothing compared to what my brothers do to me at home!”. I seriously wanted to laugh. The strangest part of the visit, however, was looking at Ethan’s growth chart. Ethan has always been on the small side, but for some reason he’s really shot up in the height department. He’s in the 75th percentile for height! And this is not counting the fact that he was 3 1/2 weeks early, so he’s a little behind most normal 18 month olds. Patrick was always average and Sammy was always short, and if you look at Andrew and I, well, I’m below average in height and Andrew is about average. So I’m not sure how Ethan has managed to become tall. His weight, however, continues to be a different matter- he’s in about the 7th percentile for that. So, tall and skinny. It’s really funny how you expect that three boys coming from the same two parents would all be similarly proportioned, but we have the always average Patrick, the short and chunky Sammy, and now the tall and skinny Ethiebear. It really makes me wonder what #4 is going to look like!!!
