Johnny's 18 month check up...busy, busy

It's been a little busy lately.  Last Monday the kids saw the doctor, Holiday for just a flu shot and Johnny for his 18 month well child check.  Right when we got there one of the senior nurses gave us all sorts of accolades for keeping up to date on the kids' immunizations.  I guess I really wasn't thinking that hard about being on time, all I know that I was sick a LOT as a kid and if I can prevent my kids from going through that I will.  From my point of view, why be sick when you don't have to be?  It struck me kind of funny that the nurse reacted that way, I wonder if they have a lot of patients that decline immunizations.  Doctors can be pushy about that sort of thing.  But of course, the kids weren't that happy about shots.  Holiday had hers first.  Then Johnny had his check-up and his development is just great.  Last time they were impressed with his strength, this time his walking stability.  He's around 60th percentile in height and weight and 99th with head circumference.  Then Johnny had his shots and Holiday was pretty tense about it.  When we told her that he was going to have three shots she thought that meant he was going to cry three times.  She cried as hard as he did during the shots.  "He doesn't like it!"  "No one does Holly."  Poor sensitive little girl.  We did some Christmas shopping this weekend so Grandma Claudia and Grandpa Jet came to babysit.  When I handed Johnny a snack he wanted, he responded in his sing-songy kind of way with a 'thank-you'.  Grandma really liked that.  But we put the kids down for a nap and then power shopped because the sale was over at 3pm so we had to jam.  Yesterday we had family pictures done.  Johnny is still in the middle of his uncooperative picture-taking phase while Holiday seems completely over that.  So maybe in three years Johnny will be too.  We noticed that the Southcenter Santa was already in full swing.  Yep, it's the Christmas season folks and we haven't had Thanksgiving yet.