Here is how my day went.  Dropped Lex off at school, dropped Eve off at daycare, went to work for 2hrs.  Picked Lex up from school and dropped him off at daycare (sneakily so Eve wouldn’t see me!).  Back to work for 1hr.  Picked Eve up from daycare (sneakily so Lex wouldn’t see me!) and took her to her allergist appointment.  Ran a few errands and headed back.  Eve insisted on picking up Lex early (“I miss my brother!”), but fell asleep in the car on the way there, so instead we went home where I did some lawn chores for 45 minutes while she slept in the car.  Back to daycare to pick up Lex.  I felt like a taxi service today!

The good news, however, is that Eve is a superstar at doctors appointments. We met with the allergist for a checkup.  Height/weight/heart/lungs, you know, the usual.  He also sent us down for blood work to test Eve for tree nut allergies.  Last year they did a skin test just for peanuts, and now that she’s a bit older he was ready to do a blood test for tree nuts (and peanuts).  I am looking forward to the results next week!  If she comes back negative for tree nuts then we can start, carefully!, feeding her almonds and walnuts and other tasty things.  That would be nice.  At the lab the doctor asked how Eve was with getting her blood drawn and I could honestly say I had no idea, we’ve never done that before.  Turns out she is awesome!!  She sat on my lap, clutching doggie, and let the doctor and nurse hold her hand/arm, feel for a vein, and draw two vials of blood!  He said they prefer two but take whatever they can get with the little kids.  He was amazed at how calm she was.  She didn’t even cry or flinch!  I think that’s pretty cool, but…

Eve has this tendency that at first was cute and now it weird me out a bit.  Whenever she’s in a situation that’s uncomfortable she seems to “checkout.”  Her eyes get distant and she stares off over your shoulder.  It’s weird.  It’s mostly weird when she does it when people are hugging or touching her.  She draws attention from everyone she meets and normally she loves it, but several times I’ve seen small kids try to touch or hug her and she just stands there and glazes over.  Totally weirds me out!  One day last winter at a friends house her and a 1yr old boy were playing and suddenly got quiet.  His mom and I found them in a corner, he was leaning his hand on her and sucking on her necklace, she was leaning against the all and looked trapped, but totally “checked out.”  In the waiting room today a 3yr old boy was fascinated with her and kept following her around, trying to hug her.  She made small efforts to get away and then just checked out.  I’m trying to teach her to use words and tell people she doesn’t want hugs.  I tell her (even right as the situation is happening) that she can always say “stop, I don’t want a hug.”  I’m sure it’s just weird toddler behavior, but I can’t help feeling like I need to teach her to speak up if she doesn’t like the situation.  Girl power!  Anyway, I’m tired and rambling.

We got a fun box of dress-up clothes in the mail yesterday from Aunt Betty.  We’ve all been having fun with the hats and grass skirts :)