JR update

This is an update on the life of Jacqui, she has had a lot going on in the last few weeks. You guys should enjoy these little stories and get a kick out of them!

Well Jacqui had her first trip to the dentist last week and they said her teeth look beautiful! She was super stoked to see the dentist and to pick out gum when she was done. We had been talking about how great dentists are for a few weeks to get her prepared, as she had a preconceived idea that they only give shots and are not nice people. She was pretty impressed with how "awesome this is mom" and that they had chocolate flavored toothpaste for her teeth cleaning. We found out that her new tooth coming in looks great... AND... she has 5 more loose teeth! So hopefully she will have some teeth left when she starts school or even for Christmas next year. I forgot to take a picture of her in the dentist chair, but will take one for you all when we go back in a few months for her x-rays.

Next update, she got 5 shots the day after her dentist visit, and now is ready for school in the fall~! I have a story to share about her 5 year check up... Every time we go to the doctor, they have a packet the parents fill out to see if the child is meeting their developmental milestones on time, if they are behind, or if a certain area needs more attention. This particular packet is asking if
my child' knows numbers, letters, can draw shapes, her name... and so on. One of the questions says "have your child draw a picture of a person" and then stipulates "a five year old should be able to make a person with a head, body, arms, and legs". Okay I think, Jacqui likes to draw this should be fine... So I give her the sheet of paper and tell her to draw a picture of a person. She can't decide who she will draw and just can't draw a generic person because "mom that just makes things complicated" (a favorite new word). I asked her to draw a picture of me and forgot about it for much of the rest of the visit. She was working on her picture diligently in the waiting room and still when we got back to the exam room. The doctor came in the room and asked Jacqui all sorts of questions and then asks me for the sheet I filled out. "Oh sure" I say, "Jacqui are you done with your picture?" As a matter of fact she is and gives it to me, which I pass along to the doctor with little interest...

The doctor looks at the picture and asks Jacqui to explain what everything is... Jacqui says "it's a picture of my mom" She proceeds to show the doctor all of her drawing, the bangs across the forehead, mom's smile, mom's ears, mom's nose... She did a great job and did indeed meet the milestones, giving me 2 arms, 2 hands, 4 fingers on each hand, complete with fingernails, 2 legs, 2 feet and again the toes and toenails... and what else does my precious little 5 year old draw for her picture of mom? Well the doctor has the same question, "What are those Jacqui?" "Those are my mom's boobs! Her has two you know." Jacqui states matter of factly to our illustrious doctor, who at this point is obviously trying not to smile or make any eye contact with me (read some embarrassment at this point). I, of course, am fairly amused and also trying not to laugh... my sweet Jacqui doesn't quite get the humor and turns to me and says "Well mom, you do have boobs... one, two (counting and pointing)... you know?"

Needless to say, at that point, I am giggling and blushing and explained to the doctor that I am a nurse and so having a semi-anatomically correct picture isn't too out of context right(?!?) She was very reassuring and said Jacqui is doing very well on her developmental milestones, AND has great attention to detail (you don't say!). By the way, they decided to keep the picture to keep it in her chart, as part of her permanent medical record, so that will be fun to tease her about when she grows up!