I know I am really far behind on the posts, so I am going to try to catch up in baby steps.
A while back we took Koa in to see Dr. Jen for his three-year-old well child check up. This was his very first appointment with Dr. Jen. We tried to prepare him ahead of time for what would go on since he hasn't been to a doctor for himself in about a year, I think. We explained that she would listen to his heart and check his eyes and ears and she might ask him to jump or draw something.
While we were talking with Dr. Jen she asked us if Koa could jump on one foot or draw circles. Did he know his ABC's? Apparently someone should have prepared us for the appointment because for a couple of those things we had no idea. We sat there with blank stares and said, "Um, I don't know. Koa, can you jump on one foot?" Finally Jen told us, "These are four-year-old skills. I already filled out the chart for his three year old skills." Then she started commenting on his language skills and how they had changed over the past several months--what things had improved etc.
That's when it dawned on me (again) just how fortunate we are to have Jen as our family doctor. Although she had never seen Koa in her office for anything concerning him, she knew him well enough to be able to fill out all of his skills chart. How cool is that! She even said things like, "He's using his pronouns more accurately now." Maybe she should be writing these blog posts! I wonder what she would charge for that...
For the most part during the appointment Koa was pretty cooperative (by stubborn three year old standards). He did not want to even try the "jump on one foot" maneuver, but for several days afterward he spent a lot of time showing us he could do it.
Anyway, Koa is very healthy and seems to be progressing well in all ways for his age. We also got to talk to Jen about his vaccinations in order to decide how we should progress with that. We talked about whether or not our ministry to homeless people should effect any of our decisions. We have decided to proceed with our original plan to only vaccinate for tetanus right now and chicken pox if he doesn't get the antibodies by the time he is 12-13 years old. We will follow the same protocol with Caspian except maybe get the tetanus shot a little sooner. Of course, should we travel or be stationed outside the US all these things shall be reconsidered at that time.
I'm sure I have missed a lot of great stories about Koa, but I was reminded of this one this morning and had to share.
When Koa was little bitty we started a little routine of laying him down in his crib to sleep and then saying, "Mama loves you. Daddy loves you. But you know who loves you the most? God does." We figured that was a basic truth from which we could build many other lessons. So, we have continued that little phrase with Caspian. However, one night as I was laying Caspian down to sleep, I had a momentary lapse in good grammar and I said, "You know who loves you the mostest?" And from Koa's bed (where he was supposed to be sleeping!) I hear, "MOSES? Who's Moses?" So we had to have a discussion about who Moses is, but that I really meant that God loves him the MOST!
Right. Like that was going to work. Now anytime I say, "You know who loves you the most?" Koa says, "Moses!" Three years of teaching down the tubes with one slip of the tongue! Let that be a lesson to me.
Even more confusing to him is that there is a guy name Moses who picks up our yard debris. Yeah, Koa, Mommy and Daddy love you, but you know who loves you the most? The yard guy!
