Appointment for Mommy and Sydney!

The Helget fam had a busy day today! I had a big check-up including the glucose tolerance test, sonogram, and check-up with the doctor and Sydney had her 2 year check-up. It began with me drinking the infamous syrupy sweet orange "GluCola" drink (for my 1 hr. glucose tolerance test)--as I was chugging it Sydney was playing with all of the radiology ladies. (She's become pretty comfortable at the hospital!) One of the ladies was pregnant with her daughter when we were pregnant with Sydney; we actually went through the birthing class together. It was fun hearing what her daughter was up to and comparing notes as parents of 2 year olds/almost 2 year olds. We then went in to the ultrasound room where we discovered our little one is breech! Butt down facing my back he/she really challenged the sonographer to find all of the measurements she needed. She got all that she wanted but we unfortunately were only able to get one decent profile photo of the baby--the rest of the time he/she was hiding from us! Most importantly the baby is measuring right on target and weighing in at a whopping 1 lb. 13 oz.--give or take some ounces :), heartbeat was 144 beats per minute! We're blessed again with a baby that appears to be very healthy!

After our sonogram was over we had about 45 minutes to wait before my blood could be drawn so yet again Sydney played with the radiology ladies, read some books, ate some snacks and "raced" up and down the hallway. She did such a fantastic job today; especially considering this all took place during her regular nap time! Anyhow once that time was up we headed to our doctor's appointments. Sydney weighed in at 28.4 pounds (75th percentile) and measured 35 1/2 inches (90th percentile). She passed all the "2 year check-up" questions too with flying colors and we found out it was okay to introduce her to peanut butter and strawberries........um....she had a PB&J for lunch! Apparently there was some miscommunication between the little pamphlet we got at her previous check-up and our doctor. :) Anyhow she, thankfully, does not have a peanut allergy nor has she ever had any negative reactions to strawberries--she loves both. :) We just found it very humorous that we got permission 6 months after we had already "introduced" it! To top off our wonderful day (why did we save this for last?) we got Sydney's last round of immunizations. She was so very brave! She got the second round of the Hepatitis A (which isn't required yet but will be soon and she'll need it to start Kindergarten) and the HiB (which they had been out of the last several times we've gone for immunizations). It feels good to have her done with the immunizations-especially since now she's done until she goes to Kindergarten! Gosh that sounds so bizarre! Of course we'll start all over again on the immunization front with our new little one....*sigh* It was a long, yet exciting day for all of us. We'll sure be glad to hang around and do n-o-t-h-i-n-g tomorrow. :)