So the little man went in for his 18 month immunizations today (yes, I know 1 month late). Yeah, he one tough little man. He was playing with the nemo sticker the nurse gave him while she sneakily gave him his first shot. He looked up after she gave him his shot and gave her his best evil glare. She turns him around and gives him he second shot and he yells at her angrily with a mad expression for a few seconds and then starts playing with his nemo sticker again. Didn't even faze the little guy. Before anyone asks, no he didn't get these shots in his legs as they will only put their 1 year + shots in the arms. So yes, he did feel them. Kind of a bummer that he has to feel these immunizations when he has no feeling in his little legs.
On other tough little man side thoughts. Sterling got a pelvis x-ray a few weeks ago to make sure his legs were still in his hip sockets. Children with Spina Bifida don't have alot of muscle mass in their hips, so any pulling out pressure on the legs can easily pull the legs out. For example, we can't just pull up on Sterling's leg when we want to change his diaper. Which for your knowledge it is actually really really hard to change a diaper without pulling on a midgets legs. Anyways, back to the point of this little story....They were giving him a pelvic x-ray and in order to make sure he couldn't move around too much they put these really huge and heavy sandbags over each arm. Sterling hates being confined in anything so he instantly starts lifting his arms straight up (shaking all the while because the sandbags are straining him so much). Meanwhile, he is grunting and going red from all the exertion and pulls the sandbags right off his arm. The x-ray tech stared at him in disbelief and said "I have never ever the whole time that I have worked here seen a little guy get those sandbags off their arms". Yeah, I am raising a little body builder. Watch out for your little ones, my kid is going to beat them all up. I need to take a picture of his upper body. I didn't know that babies could get definition and tone like that. He has baby bicep muscles and a huge upper-body as he drags himself around everywhere. He can even pull himself up the stairs with just his arms.
My baby is addicted to Chinese cuisine. We got some salt and pepper chicken and noodles last night and he seriously ate half the noodles single handedly and a bunch of spicy chicken. For those of you that aren't around Sterling very much, this is a HUGE deal. He barely eats anything. He will eat a yogurt for dinner and then thats it, nothing else. He is soooooo freakin' picky.....no vegetable, no meat, only a couple types of fruit. Can't believe it, got him to eat meat and tons of food at once. Wow, still in amazement!
-Alauna
I must say it was the perfect start to our day today and makes me wistful of the coming summer months. 
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