Anna's 5 year stats

Anna had her 5 year well child check up today. They'd told me on the phone there would be no shots and so I'd promised Anna, with the caveat of it they were wrong, we just wouldn't do it today. We'd talk about it and come back in later. What's the real harm? It just needs to be done before kindergarten. So when we got there it turns out she needed a chicken pox booster! I gave her the chance to take it, explained the GOD AWFUL details of what chicken pox is, and Paul even showed her a picture on his phone. But she didn't bite. I held my end of the bargain and said we'd come back to do it when she's ready, especially since we'll be on a cruise in the Gulf starting Sunday and God knows we don't need a vaccine reaction clouding things up. I told her when she comes back for the shot, I'd give her anything she wanted. Her first demand was to get her ears pierced. When I explained that hurt way more than a shot, and in both ears, she said she'd wanted a baby doll. THAT'S IT? Oh, and candy. Ooookkkkkk....baby needs to learn how to negotiate.

So when we do this, I have to take her to get a new baby doll and candy. And not just one piece of candy, she says.

She did get a hearing assessment and 6 stickers for her trouble. They're giving SIX stickers and not even a shot? Sheesh.

Baby is 45 lbs and 44 inches tall. That's 75th percentile for weight and 90th percentile for height! We are loving on her height! SUHWEET! Love it, love it! The bonus is always that she gets to ride the big rides :)

In the next room a baby was screaming his head off. Yeah, good times for them. I'm always reminded in those rooms of how that was me and I was wishing ahead to year 5, where we are now.

It's the same realization that hits you when you realize no matter what, time NEVER stops for you (if you buy into the idea that time is linear). Time will keep on going and you're going through with this no matter what. It's the thought I get in the exam room at 5 years old, it's the thought I had as I was about to start pushing her into this world, it's the thought I had at the briefing desk 2 minutes before that press briefing yesterday, and it's the thought I bet most astronauts get as they're strapped in, about ready for GO time.

Hello FIVE.