Conner's 2-year well-child check

And just one more post for the day- Conner had his two year well-child check today. I told him there would be no shots, but forgot they would take blood to do another lead/hemoglobin check. He was NOT happy about that part, but they gave him a sucker, so it was quickly forgotten.

Everything was great - doc said he's growing and doing perfectly. He weighed 27.6 pounds (50th percentile) and 36 inches long (80th percentile). Doc said he is going to be tall! So my dream of a 16 year old bending over to pat my head while I chastise him about something will probably come true.

Conner's Birthday

Conner was 2 years old yesterday- I can't believe it!!! The time just flew by.....

Since we had a big party back in November, we just had our friend Jen over for dinner and cupcakes. Conner had a cold over the weekend, so he was a little crabby, but I think he had a good time. Here are some pics - Auntie Jen looking very festive in her pirate hat. Conner wondering what the heck kind of cheap present Auntie Jen bought him (Just kidding!). And finally - look I'm two, here's my fake smile while I steal yet another remote to hide away.

Friday night

We had free showtime over the weekend, so Friday night we watched Supersize Me and Farenheit 9/11. Both were very good and definitely made us think. Supersize Me even made my McDonalds loving husband think a little about his eating habits. It made me happy that I am doing weight watchers at work (scale today said 19 pounds down!) and showed that I need to try to be even healthier. No, LissyJo, I will NOT give up meat! :-) Besides, Dan would divorce me. Truly. There is one part of the movie that really scared us - when they show the kids in elementary school trying to identify pictures of people and the kids in the high school classroom trying to answer the question, what is a calorie. Holy smokes, did those kids look dumb! Dan and I looked at each other and said - we need to send Conner to private school, otherwise he'll be trying to fit in with these yahoos! Now I know that is a sweeping generalization, but it was frightening!

Fareheit 9/11 just reaffirmed our hatred for the Bush administration and confirmed how incredibly corrupt ad stupid they are. And if the men in black suits come to take us all away after this post, you'll know why. I don't even know where to start with that movie - except that I recall someone saying they didn't like it because Michael Moore was surprising them with the questions. Well, I only saw one instance of that - with the senators & reps in DC. And did my eyes deceive me or was that Mark Kennedy in one of the shots? What a wienie. And who wanted to punch the woman who was saying the monument to the dead Iraq was staged? Remember, when the mom whose son had died over there was in DC and talking to the Iraqi woman? Go back to your nice little suburban house and your gas-guzzling SUV and stick your head back in the sand, honey. Obviously, you had a brain the size of a pea and wouldn't understand it all anyway. Whew-can you tell it totally pissed me off?

Dan was, of course, very upset by the whole thing as well, but for additional reasons dealing with his time in the first gulf war. We both had trouble sleeping that night, which, I assume, was the whole point,to make us think.