Abby and Zoë

When we got back from our appointment, we saw Auntie Elizabeth's rental car in the driveway.  Apparently she had just pulled in.  It was lunch time, and we'd been told we were going to Sake for lunch so Abby and Zoë stayed in the car while I went in to gather everyone.  We headed over to the restaurant, got a window seat, and chatted.  Both of the girls were so excited to see Elizabeth and they mentioned how long she's been in California.

Auntie had surprises for them at home too.  They got these 'little miss' phones that talk to each other.  It's like the old tin can concept, except instead of cans they are little phones.  The wire connecting the phones is really long so the girls were able to be in separate rooms talking to each other.  They were laughing and laughing, they thought it was so funny.  They just wanted to play with those for the rest of the day.  After nap they got more surprises, some strawberry shortcake hair things, some crazy lip gloss set, and stick on tattoos - Nemo and Little Mermaid.

Abby and Zoë had a re-certification appointment over at the Community Campus, which meant that they got to take their first ride in their new booster seats.  They had been using their convertible car seat in the belt positioning booster mode, but we got the new seats because they are much more narrow and will allow for company in the back seat in a few months.  Being that their old seats were so wide, and the girls so not wide, the seat belt is actually positioned much better in these seats, and the girls really do feel like big girls riding in them.

The girls were so afraid that they were going to get a finger prick to test their iron levels today, even though I assured them that I didn't think they'd be needing one since they had one last time.  Abby and Zoë played while I got checked in, then they each got to choose a book.  Abby chose "Dancing in the Wings" by Debbie Allen and Zoë chose "The Velveteen Rabbit" by Margery Williams.  We read the books and then it was time for the girls to get weighed and measured.  This would also be the 'station' where they'd get finger pricks should they need them, so neither of the girls were in a hurry to get over there.  I questioned the woman immediately about this and she let them know that there would be no finger pricking.  Abby weighed in at 32.4 pounds and her height was 40 inches even.  Zoë was 32.6 pounds and 40 ¹/₄ inches.  That puts them both in the 25th percentile for height and just above the 10th for weight.  After this we had to sit and wait a little bit more, so Abby sat beside me quietly reading her book, and Zoë played with the toys.  When the nutritionist came over to get me, so told Abby that she was the perfect role model sitting there reading her book.  The nutritionist was also very impressed with our green smoothies, and how much the girls drink of them (16oz.) and said that she could see how healthy we were by looking at us.