Memorial Day

We spent Memorial Day weekend in Mansfield, OH for Jon's annaul extended family reunion. Jon has an amazing family, so it's always so fun to get to hang out with everyone. This weekend was especially nice because Elizabeth isn't quite as high maintenance as she was last year at this time, so we were able to do a little more real 'hanging out'. Plus, the hotel had a cute little water park that all the kids loved, so we spent a lot of time with her in the pool. She absolutely loved it! We'd tell her when we were about to go swimming and she'd go crazy and start running all over the room saying, "Swimmeeee, swimmeeee!!" I was proud that our little Queen of Caution jumped in and went ALL the way under, like, a million times and seemed to enjoy it! (Yay for all those swimming lessons.)

Last week was Elizabeth's 15-month-appointment for her well baby checkup. It all went fine, if you don't count that she screamed through the entire thing from the moment we got in the room until we left. And that her weight didn't really go up much. For her age, she is in the 10th percentile for weight and the 90th for head circumference. I wonder if that's a very common combination? So now we have to count her calories to try and plump her up a little for a few weeks. This girl's weight has been the vein of my existence since she was in the womb. She's a petite little person, plus she isn't really that into eating, especially when she's so busy running around AND getting molars. But I think we've managed to get some extra calories in her lately. How many 1-year-olds get to eat all the ice cream they want? And she still doesn't really care either way about it.

So, overall we are immensely enjoying Jon's time off and trying to savor every second before he starts his intern year at the end of June. It's been so wonderful having him home. Elizabeth is beside herself. :-) And on top of all these things, we got DVR today so I won't have to miss So You Think You Can Dance and The Bachelorette due to putting Elizabeth in bed anymore. Yay!