Joey update...

I took J for his 18 month check-up on Monday morning, even though he is 19 months old already!! It is a city-wide thing and I got a letter saying "please come at X time on Y day". I really hate the health centre near here, the place we went to when we lived in our old apartment was better but I guess it can`t be helped. Joey weighed in at 13.8kilos (approx 30lbs) and is now 87cms (approx 34ins) tall. He has grown 9cms since his 1 year appointment but has only gained about 1 kilo. Apparently he is a bit heavy for his height but I haven`t checked him on Western charts yet so I am not too concerned. He is doing well developmentally and made the nurse laugh with his obsession with books. He kept trying to show her animals and saying "duck duck" and "woof woof" and "nyan (meow in Japanese)" and he wouldn`t stop until she listened to him. Something tells me Joey has inherited my need to be the centre of attention!!! (Although his Daddy has the same thing going on so he could have got it from either of us! LOL!!)

When the check-up was over we had to go and listen to a 30 minute talk about nutrition, dental care and general care/ games etc.. How they expected a bunch of 18 month olds to sit still in a room with an open door and no toys/ distractions is beyond me so suffice to say, I heard very little of the last talk because all the kids were bored by then and creating havoc!! I wish I heard less of the second talk because the woman`s voice was ridiculous! She spoke like a cartoon character on fast forward who had sucked down ten balloons full of helium. I felt like my ear drums were being violated and it was all I could do to control myself and not put my hands over my ears and cry "Stop it! Stop talking..."

As I had to get up early and take Joey to the appointment then go to work etc.. Yesterday was a LONG day and I was exhausted by 9pm. Daisuke bought a DVDrecorder over the weekend with his ill-gotten pachinko gains. I never really understood why he wanted it but I have discovered that as our apartment is all connected up with BS and satellite, now that we have this machine, we can watch satellite TV without having to buy a disc/tuner, all I have to do is apply to sky perfect and pay the monthly fee. This has made me very happy because I have been dying to get sky perfect for a while but all the set-up costs put me off!!I am still not sure if we are going to get it or not but I am enjoying watching stuff so far, even if half the screen is taken up with the "please call this number to formally apply" message!!! Anyway, I am supposed to be going to the gym to check it out today so I should really get a move on rather than babbling here!!!

PS- I just had to add a picture of Joey this time last year...He doesn`t look that different but he is definitely bigger! LOL!