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June 21, 2005 We need a symphony for this one 
I know, I know. You've all gone away because I'm on vacation, curse you; I can tell no one is checking or reading right now by my dismal site stats. But while some things can wait, some news is too big to share. Frances had her 18 month checkup today. It was the first one I wasn't anxious and scared of for days beforehand. I didn't weigh her on our digital scale or try to measure her with a tape measure once. This is enough of a milestone. I didn't freak out! Even better: Frances is now..... . . . . FIFTEEN POUNDS!
Gee Andrea, your 18-month-old baby is fifteen pounds. Why are you capitalizing that? Because she's gained TWO POUNDS in THREE MONTHS, which for her is totally unheard of, and according to our pediatrician she is NOW BIG ENOUGH TO BE FORWARD FACING IN THE CAR!!!! I mean, two pounds in three months is good even for a regularly-sized baby of this age. She's never ever ever gained as much as she was "supposed" to. This is a first. Not even just bolding, but lots of really obnoxious caps. Fifteen freaking pounds! Oh my god. I thought for sure she'd be at least two before she hit fifteen pounds. *sniff* Of course, according to their ever-precise measuring stick-thingie, she's only grown half an inch, which is absolutely impossible because she's no fatter now than she was 3 months ago and I don't need to roll up her pants anymore. Baby measuring is so precise. We've been doing fun vacation stuff too, but I'm having too much fun doing it to write about it. Posted by Andrea at June 21, 2005 3:47 PM under Doctors, Geneticists and Other Charlatans EMAIL this entry (comments fields are below this section) Comments Oh my goodness! strike up the band! Two pounds in three months!! Congrats, Frances! Posted by: Kateri at June 21, 2005 6:02 PM
Many many many congratulations! This is huge! And I am reading, even if you are on vacation, waiting for magical vacation posts like this one :) Posted by: Running2Ks at June 21, 2005 7:07 PM
Yay! Clapclapclapclap! And yes, I'm checking here three times a day. Posted by: liz at June 21, 2005 7:28 PM
EXCELLENT!!!! GO FRANCES!!!! Posted by: yankee transplant at June 21, 2005 9:57 PM
Bravo, Frances! The world looks much better when you can see where you're going instead of where you've been. Posted by: Danigirl at June 22, 2005 12:42 PM
Wow, Danigirl made a *brilliant* comment - I'm writing that on my wall. Yay Frances! You go girl!! *giggle* Posted by: Rachel at June 22, 2005 1:07 PM
:D My big girl. Posted by: Andrea at June 22, 2005 1:32 PM
Yay! A round of applause for Frances! Posted by: Abbey at June 23, 2005 7:39 AM
Whoo-hoooo! Congratulations to Frances, Andrea, Eric, and the cat on this achievement. Baby Blue (5 days short of her first birthday) is jealous. She wants to be a big girl like Frances and face forwards in the car. (Pats head.) Maybe when you're 18 months old, Baby Blue. First let's work on you growing out of your carry-around infant car seat... (Why did my feed reader JUST tell me that your site was updated, when all of these interesting posts have been sitting around for days now, just begging to be read?) Posted by: Phantom Scribbler at June 23, 2005 8:10 AM
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