I haven't had a chance to write about Robby's 2 year check up since all the craziness of my life the last month.... We went for his apt a few weeks after he turned 2 because we were going to combine it with my next apt for my pregnancy. It worked out that it was just when I was starting to complete my miscarriage so the timing worked well, just not the way I'd originally anticipated!
At our last visit I remember Robby got a little nervous when she tried to look in his mouth and I thought I'd try and prepare him better for this visit. We printed off these cute Blues Clues doctor visit pages and colored them and talked about the different things Dr. Savage would look at. "Is she going to look in your ears like this?" We practiced with the tools in his play doctor's kit and we especially practiced opening his mouth nice and big for the doctor which he got pretty good at. Most important I really talked up Dr. Savage and how she was so nice, and how she was there when he was born (he's really into pointing out the hospital as we drive home and he says, "me born there!"), and she's our friend....
So the preparation really paid off! We walked into the office and Robby threw his arms up in the air (go BYU style) and shouted, "Dr. Savage!!!" Like, hurray! We made it! :) It was so funny. The other 2 people in the waiting room looked pretty confused but that's ok. We talked to the receptionist and I pointed out the nurses and just acted like it was the most exciting thing in the world! We were playing a little catch with his football when Dr. Savage came into our exam room and Robby immediately started throwing the ball to her and acted so comfortable with her instead of being shy like he often can be. He let her examine him and opened his mouth so big she didn't need to use the tongue depressor... I was really proud of him! He did have one shot, which I had warned him would hurt but only for a minute, and he cried for a second after until the nurse brought him a jar of laffy taffy's to chose from! Then he was all about it!
He just acted like such a big boy! I was so proud of him!
It certainly was an "outdoorsy" weekend for us! Saturday after we got back from camping we (er, me) took a big nap and then we all washed one layer of outdoors off and then zipped off to meet Andrew & Becca and Amy & Nathan at Mt Timpanogos Park for a little picnic and hanging out.
I'd never been to that park before - it's in Provo Canyon, between the 2 Canyon parks (Cayon Glen & Canyon View), there's just a little sign pointing off to the left and then it's tucked away back there... it was beautiful!
Rob has been wanting to go camping for a very long time and while I said sure I'd go I wasn't helping pin down a date by any means! So when Will & Amanda said they wanted to go with us before they left town this weekend we got in gear pretty fast!
Luckily Utah has lots of camping places nearby! Lots of them are still closed until Memorial Day though - I figured out why when midnight rolled around and our firewood ran out and it was FREEZING! We went up Hobble Creek Canyon to Cherry Campground.
He saw his BYU jersey in the laundry basket and insisted we put it on over his shirt. This was just before we went camping and he was so happy and excited!
....hand foot mouth disease.... again! Bah! Robby had this last summer and it was awful and the doctor told me, "well, it's good now he won't get it again!" Kind of like the chichen pox. An awful virus but once you have it you are done. WRONG. There are actually 4 different types of viruses that cause HFM disease and now he'll be immune to 2 out of the 4.... grr.... It started with a diaper rash, then red dots/bumps on his legs & arms, then little blisters on his hands & feet and big canker sores/ulcers on his tongue and mouth. And there's nothing to treat it - you can just treat the symptoms. So it's pretty painful and causes cranky children!
Since it's contagious (direct contact and mostly among children but adults could get it) that has meant no gym or pool ALL WEEK LONG. I'm writing this now while he's napping because I took him home after sacrament meeting today since I couldn't bring him to nursery. So we've tried to get outside some and I've tried to do some more fun things at home but it's been hard not doing our usual fun stuff.
Robby did have a blast playing with stamps! He decided he'd give himself some stamps all over his arms! Luckily it's washable ink and came right off in the tub!
I had a great Mother's Day weekend this year! Saturday Amanda came and played with Robby while Rob and I ran some errands. Later that night I discovered these adorable pictures Amanda took on my camera!
