One Year Stats, downtime and braided pig-tails

Yesterday we had Hudson's one year check-up and he did great.  His stats were:

weight - 22 lbs. 12 oz (50th percentile)
height - 30.5 inches (75th percentile)
head circumference - 18.2 inches (45th percentile)

He had to get two shots, but he hardly cried, so it was a pretty easy and quick appointment.  Every time we visit the office he just loves playing with the bead things (no clue what they are called) but he got mad when it was time to actually go back for his appointment because I had to pry him away from it.

After running a few more errands after his appointment we spent the rest of the afternoon enjoying some downtime with no scheduled activities, something we hadn't done in a very long time.  We also pulled out another basement toy for Hudson to play with and I'm not exaggerating when I say he sat on this thing for 15 minutes pushing buttons, holding the wheel, and turning the key.

Today was another pretty low-key day.  I love just hanging out at home because I feel like the girls get to exercise their imagination.  They play their favorites (Baby and Mommy, Lady and Ma'am, and school), but they always come up with all sorts of crazy games, too.  Today I happened to overhear Handley saying, "Harper, you get in a ball like an egg and I'll sit on you." Huh? Apparently they had turned their chairs into a nest, Handley was a bird sitting on her egg (Harper) in the nest.

The other thing to note about today was that Handley got to wear her hair in braided pigtails.  She has been asking to wear her hair like this for months (because it's her favorite style for her American Girl Doll), but because she's got a lot of shorter pieces around her face it's never really been long enough to stay up like that.  Her hair has really been growing though so we tried it today and she looked so cute. She kept asking me if she looked like a six year old.