Technically the year and a half mark is a month behind us, but on Friday, we finally had Hayes’ 18 month check up. I guess I could draw a parrallel between this and our propensity to get late oil changes, but I’m really not sure how that would go… so… anyway… on to the stats/

Hayes is in the 80th percentile in height and weight (28.5lbs) — in other words, he’s slowing down his growth. His head is still big, but not as big, at 90%. According to our doctor, he’s talking at a 2 year old level. As such, it has been recommended that we start socializing him more with 2 year-old-types.

Which, bring us to our weekend. It was another great twin weekend, this time at our home, not in Maine. As usual, it went really well. It’s great to have friends that share lots of our same interests with children around the same age as Hayes. It’s been hard for us to keep in touch with our friends without kids or with older kids, because, when it comes down to it, if Hayes ain’t entertained, we may as well be hanging out with no one.

With the twins, however, Hayes is very entertained. Fact is, not only does he seem to have a good time, he also seems to be content letting the twins do the yelling and screaming, banging and throwing, as he sits back with a “my work here is done attitude.” As an extra added bonus, Hayes always seems to pick up some new words from the twins — this time lot of new words. Among them “mine” and “my turn.” Yup, he’s got that pronoun thing working now.