Knock Knees

So, in my previous post I had indicated that the doctor was concerned with Remy's legs bowing inward and referred us to a specialist.  On Friday he had his initial consult with an orthopedic specialist at Gillette's.  The doctor said it's known as knocked knee and that it's not uncommon.  She was a little worried because we've noticed it since he was about a year old and it has gotten worse.  Most kids will get it from ages 3-5.  She did an x-ray just to be sure there wasn't something to be concerned about and his growth plates and bones look great.  If it doesn't go away on its own we'll have to come back but she's confident he'll outgrow it.

Here's a nice embarrassing picture for Remy's graduation party.  He put his shirt on all by himself, however he put it on upside-down.  But it shows knocked-knees.

And the x-ray.  Remy saw it and said "hey, is that my butt?".  Bahahaha.  He was really nervous about getting an x-ray and wanted me to hold his hand the whole time.  Sweet boy still needs his momma.

3 Year Stats

Well, we finally got Remy to the doctor for his 3 year check-up!  2 months behind but we figured we wait until Ivan needed his one year check-up and do them at the same time.  Remy is now weighing in at 32.4 lbs (50%) and is 37.5 in tall (36%).  I find it crazy how these kiddos grow.  Remy was always in the 100th percentile for height and was definitely taller than most babes his age and now he is shorter than most toddlers his age.  Doc said he's looking good with one exception... I asked the doctor right away about his legs.  I've always noticed that they bow inward (one leg much worse than the other) and to me, it seems to be getting worse.  She agreed that it doesn't look normal and decided to refer him to Gillette's to have a specialist look at him.  Hopefully it's nothing major.  He might have to do some physical therapy.  Hopefully nothing worse.  I'll keep you posted.  :)

Some pictures for cuteness have to be added of course.

3 Year Pictures

Here are Remy's 3 year pictures and a few family & brother pictures.  Love them all!

 

3 Years Old!

The Remster, Rem-Rem, my Remalema, Sweets, my first born, my cute as a button, my silly boy, my sour patch kid, my smart, feisty little firecracker is 3 years old!  Three years, 1 day ago I was induced and 31 long hours later he arrived.  He was stubborn then and he’s stubborn now and I wouldn’t trade him for the world.  3 year olds are so much fun and also why we get gray hairs at a young age.  One second he’s sweet as ever and listens great and the next he’s a tornado of talking back, yelling, spitting and crying.  It can all change in the blink of an eye.  The poor child has my lack of patience and temper.  But like most 3 year olds, you can’t stay mad at them for long because they’re back to being sweet as ever.   

I asked Remy what he wanted to do on his birthday and he said “See sharks.  See big sharks in the water!”  So we headed to the Mall of America and went to Underwater World.  Actually, I believe it's called Sea Life now?  Anyways, the kid loved it.  First we went and saw the fishes and then we headed over to Nickelodeon Universe and took him on a few rides.  It was actually his very first time riding on a ride.  First we took him on the carousel and then he got to drive "big rigs".  He loved it.  After that we got some lunch.  The boy wanted a cheeseburger so that's what he got.  Then we went to build-a-bear and he picked out a minion.  A minion with a lightsabor.  Yep.

This child talks up a storm and is constantly asking questions.  I love when he makes up stories and plays pretend.  Children really do say the darndest things!  He is always soaking up information and remembers so much but he has zero interest in sitting down and learning.  He doesn’t give two hoots about learning his colors or letters.  I always ask him what color cup he wants or what color his shirt is today and he either ignores me or says orange.  Everything is orange.  Girls are just so much different than boys.  Boys just want to do - who has time to sit down and learn?!  

Remy loves his little brother, Ivan.  He loves making him laugh and doing big brother things like taking him for a ride in his car, helping him eat, showing him how to shoot his guns or crawl up the stairs.  However, like all sibling relationships, he gets mad when Ivan is playing with his toys.  I have to explain constantly that they need to share toys and that not all the toys are his anymore - they are both of their toys.  Remy doesn't exactly like that.  Remy does like to wrestle with Ivan.  Sometimes he gets a little too rough of course - Ivan's only 10 months old.  I can see that the older the boys get, the closer and more they are doing together.  I absolutely love the bond they share and I'm excited to see it grow.

Remy’s favorite things are nerf guns (he calls them shoot guns), robots, monster trucks/motorcycles/4-wheelers and super heroes.  The kid has more nerf guns than everyone I know put together.  I asked him what he wanted for his birthday.  He said “a big yellow shoot gun!”  He ended up getting a nerf gun from Grandma, a remote control monster truck from daddy and a robot from me.  He loved all his new toys.  Since the boy has a million nerf guns we had a little nerf gun war.  I haven't had that much fun with kid toys since I was a kid! 

Remy’s current favorite shows are constantly changing.  Today he likes Lego City, Superhero Squad, Dinotrucks, Japanese toy videos (like every kid, right?).  The next day he’ll change his mind and not like those shows anymore.  The one consistent show that never changes is Curious George.  The boy is always up for a little George.  The current favorite movie is Minions (which is why he picked out Bob at the build-a-bear shop).  That changes all the time as well.  Though he did go through a long Frozen phase like most children.

Seems like all of Remy’s likes/favorite things change in a blink of an eye, including food.  One day he’ll eat 3 apples – the next day he’ll say he doesn’t like apples.  One food that never changes is mac-n-cheese.  Whenever I ask Remy what he wants for lunch or dinner, he almost always says mac-cheese. 

Some things to remember about this age: Remy is fully day-time potty trained, however, still wears a diaper for naptime and bedtime (hoping to move past the naptime diaper soon); Remy is wearing some 3T shirts and moving into 4T, wearing some 2T pants and moving towards 3T and is wearing size 9 shoes;  still taking an afternoon nap (thank God).

The boy won't have his 3 year check-up for a few months.  Might as well take him in with Ivan when Ivan turns one.

Sorry for the million pictures but a lot happens in 6 months!!