Friday, October 10, 2008

Notes from the Pediatrician

Yesterday both Kellen and Noelle were due for well-child visits. So if you're counting, that's 7 shots, one oral vaccine, and one nasal vaccine. Fun.

But what I wanted to blog about was the conversations between K and the doctor. I think he thinks we're a little nuts. We are.

Dr G: Kellen, do you know why you're here today?
K: I hear birds...cars...um, I don't know what else...
Dr G: (confused look on his face)

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K: Mr. Doctor, I got a new scooter! We got it at Goodwill!

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Dr G: Kellen, it's very important to eat vegetables. What kind of green vegetables do you like to eat?
K: (silence...you can hear the crickets chirping) Um, I don't like mangoes.
Bonnie: (chiming in) Granddad says mangoes are tangy! (Where did she get that?)
K: There are reindeer at Granddad's house.
Dr G: (truly bewildered by now) How did we get from vegetables to reindeer?

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Kellen is 41 3/8 inches high and weighs 39 lb. at 4 years old. Noelle is 10 lb. 4 oz. at 2 months. I don't remember her height.

10 comments:

emma said...

hilarious! That made me laugh out loud!

Perks said...

Funny! Good job documenting it!

Lisa said...

I'm still laughing about the mangoes. That is so awesome. At least the doctor didn't leave your room bored!

Angela Robinson said...

Jason and I are BOTH cracking up! That was just awesome!

Lesley said...

That is hilarious.

Sarah said...

Okay, I should be packing to leave town...but instead I'm sitting here reading this to Jarrod laughing so loud that I'm about to wake up my kids! I LOVE it--what awesome personalities they have!

davemaz said...

What a laugh! I don't remember saying tangy, but they remember stuff I don't. And I can see the progression here. But I know K. BTW, hope you're organizing these blogs into a e-book.

Lesley said...

By the way, Chad and I decided that Kellen probably thought the Dr. asked him what did he hear...not why he was here. It's a perfectly reasonable response when you look at it that way. Kellen was just trying to answer the guy's question.

erin said...

Right...I knew that's the question Kellen was answering, but the dr. didn't.

Lesley said...

Yeah, he was just being compliant. I thought at first that you had told him he was going to have to get shots and he was just being sneaky and trying to change the subject. I know I would have.