"Half" Checkups

Today we had the boys "half" checkups...2 1/2 for Dane and 1/2 year for Kale. Kale weighed in at a whopping 18lbs (50-75%) and 28 inches long (90th percentile). Exactly 2 lbs lighter than Dane at 6 months and a half inch shorter! I thought Kale was going to measure taller than Dane did at 6 months which shows you exactly how much I remember! At 6 months, Kale is a very happy baby and grants almost everyone that big gummy smile! He is sitting on his own for a couple seconds before toppling over and he does get up on all fours and bounces so we'll see when he decides to start crawling. Dane absolutely adores him and always wants Kale to play with him...he just doesn't understand yet that Kale isn't able to do all the things he does!

Dane measured in at 37.25 inches and 31 lbs! They didn't give us percentiles for his measurements so we're not sure where he falls. At 2.5 Dane is hilarious...definitely our wild child! The absolute most hysterical things come out of his mouth...I am terrible about sharing them on the blog therefore I will not remember most of them. This morning had to be one of the top "Dane-isms"...I was holding him and he pointed to my chest and asked "mommy, what is that?" to which I didn't respond, just threw a sideways glance at Cameron and tried to ignore Dane's question. Of course Dane wasn't going to be deterred so he continued with "is that mommy's nipple?" I realize this is likely completely inappropriate to post on our blog but now you know what we're up against. I mean, how do you answer that without cracking up? And to our benefit, he only knows the word "nipple" because he has asked what his are and I told him.

Anyway, Dane starts a mother's morning out program the day after Labor Day. He will go to the Holy Cross Lutheran Church in Libertyville on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 9:15 to 11:15. He is incredibly excited to start "school" and I am having a hard time with the fact that I have a little boy who is so ready to get away from his mommy twice a week! I know it will be so good for him...hopefully he doesn't talk about nipples with anyone there!