Carson's 1 year Appointment and some tidbits

We had Carson's 1 year well-check appointment yesterday.  He is a big, healthy, happy boy!

Weight: 24 pounds (70%)

Height: 30.75 inches (80%)

Head Circumference: 19.25 inches (95% or higher)

I've had a few people express confusion with the percentiles.  Here's the basic idea.  They take the general population of kids that age and have all the statistics about their height, weight, etc.  (No I do not know how current these statistics are, I heard somewhere once that they're from the 1980's)  Anyway, they have all the statistics and they compare where your child sits compared to those statistics so when they say Carson is in the 70th percentile for weight that means that 70% of the one year olds weighed less than he does.  Or he is in the "top 30% for weight".  Whichever way you would like to look at it.  So as you would expect if a child were 50% that would mean they were exactly in the middle. 

Back to my kiddos now.  Carson had to get a finger poke to check his iron levels (which are good) and 4 vaccinations!!!  Ouch!  Well-check appointments are NOT fun for children but I think the temporary pain is worth the immunity.  He got over it pretty quickly and was having a great time with the doctor.  Meanwhile Kayda and Dillon were swimming with Grandma H at her neighbor's pool.  They were still in there when we got back so Carson got to go swimming too.  He sat on the edge of the pool and actually lunged out to Grandma!  Everytime Grandma would set him up out of the pool he would walk off for a minute and then come back to the edge, turn onto his tummy and start to climb in.  He LOVES all things water...hoses, pools, buckets, showers, tubs, sinks, toilets (eww... my first toilet baby), the source does NOT matter to him.  He just wants to play with water. 

Now a few random photos!!!  They're my favorite part!

 Carson has REALLY started to enjoy books.  He's the first baby we've had that has wanted to look at them.  He picks them up and brings them to us, course he flips the pages so fast you can't really read anything but it's good that he's interested!

 Daddy had a great time planning family home evening.  We're just starting to do them and haven't quite gotten into the routine of it yet but you could tell Daddy had fun with this one!  He made clues and taped them up all over the place and had the kids and I walk around the yard and around the loop.  It was based on the liahona.  We then came inside "heaven" because, you know, home can be a heaven on Earth, and got our reward.  He found cookies that came with markers that had edible ink.  So Daddy, Kayda, Dillon and I had a great time coloring our suns.  The cookies by the way were about the grossest cookies I have ever tasted.  Daddy thought they tasted something like black licorice... NOT a black licorce fan... especially in a cookie. But hey, at least they looked pretty!

 Meanwhile Carson was making art of his own with the oreos.  All over himself ... his highchair tray was COVERED.  This little dude LOVES all things chocolate and oreos seem to be pretty high on that list.  Daddy made the observation that he looks like has has a beard. 

Dillon wanted a picture and we took it right as Kayda passed a marker to Daddy to open.  I tried to snap a shot of Kayda but she was NOT interested!