Millie's Stats and a Lucky Drive

Millie had her 3 year checkup last week. Somehow we fell behind and because of insurance stuff, we will never catch up if we want them to pay. So, a few months late but Millie is doing great. She is 34 1/2 pounds (80%), 40 inches tall (97%) and her body mass index is 25% (not sure if that is the actual BMI or if that is her %). Anyway, they had a handout to track your child's progress. For those of you who know Millie well, you will find this very funny...

DEVELOPMENT-YOUR 3 YEAR OLD SHOULD BE DOING THIS
Can name a picture in a book...she reads books to us from memory
Names at least one color...how about 30
Knows her own name...yep-her full name, address and phone number and can spell her name
Begins to use pronouns...come on people, are you serious?
Put on her own shirt...check
May be able to ride a tricycle...does riding her bike with no training wheels count?
Can jump in one place and stand on one foot...yes for over a year now
Can open doors...who came up with this list?

Seriously, I think the teacher of the special class came up with these "Guidelines". I have been around many 3 year olds and they are far past this list.


Now, about the odd photos. Yes, that is Millie asleep in her car seat while placed in the middle of a parking lot. Driving to Indiana over Thanksgiving, we drove for 5 hours, made 3 stops and in the driveway of Rick's parent's house, the tie rod on the front axle came apart and Rick had no stearing. Now imagine if this had happened on the interstate while driving 75 MPH with all of us in the truck...not good. We are so blessed that God was with us and we made it safely home before this happened. The photos were taken after Rick's mom took us to Jasper to get his truck and Millie fell asleep in the Explorer on the way there. We were curious if Millie would stay asleep while moving the car seats around...she did. I could not resist taking a photo of her asleep in the car seat, it was pretty cold too and she did not wake up. If you look close, she also has her spider man sunglasses on.