Shots!

So Poor little Colby had to go to the doctor today for is 4 year well-visit. He was so scared because last week when we went with Brody, they mentioned the shots. He just kept saying to me that he didn't want shots and he would cry. It was so sad.  Then today when we got there he hid under the chair when the doctor came in. He tried so hard to be a good and brave little boy, but he had to get 4 immunizations today. It was kind of hard holding him because he was screaming so much, but we have an awesome pediatrician and her nurse Karen is incredible. She was  fast and so good at just talking through the whole thing. It didn't help much, but we tried. Colby was so tense from all the screaming and just from being so fearful he got two pretty nasty bruises.  Poor little guy was so sad, he cried afterward for a while and all the way back to Mimi & Papas (we had to pick up Brody). But we decided to go to a cool place with Aimee and her kids that help heal the wounds. Aimee took us to this club they belong to at ValVista Lakes. It was a beach entry pool with sand and stuff. Taya came which was so nice and really helpful just to have extra hands. It took Colby's mind right off the shots. Colby had so much fun digging in the sand and Brody only ate sand once. So the dreaded day didn't turn out too bad, in fact it turned out pretty good..thanks to Aimee!! 

Tonight Colby totally cracked me up though as usual. We were going to brush teeth and I was telling him to lower his voice b/c Brody was already asleep. He said, "Mama I don't like to talk in a quiet voice it hurts my brain." I just love you Colby!! You'll always be loud. I laugh too because Colby loves to read this book from the library called "The Loudness of Sam" so we tease now that there should be a book "The Extreme Loudness of Colby."

Aside from the shots he did have the well-visit portion. No surprise here, he is off the charts for height and weight. He is 45 3/4 in tall and a little over 50lbs. He wears a size 12-1 shoe and is in Boys size 7 clothes which he is quickly outgrowing. He is a tank! I sometimes forget he is still such a baby, just barely 4!