2 Year Developmental Update

We had the trio's 2 year developmental appointment with Dr. Kase yesterday and it went well considering we had three 2-year-olds pent up in a small examination room for two hours.  Gavin and Ava are functioning on a 2-year-old level in all categories (expressive, receptive, fine motor and gross motor) and Brayden is also functioning on a 2-year-old level in everything except expressive (speech).  We kind of knew that he was a little behind on his speech but the doctor is thinking that it may actually be a physical empearment due to his severe underbite.  So we are getting his ears checked first to rule out fluid and then we'll have an ENT see him to make sure there's nothing wrong with his palette, etc.  All three will also go see a dentist for their first cleaning and while there they'll take a look at his underbite.  In the end we'll more than likely go ahead with some speech intervention just to help "teach" him how to form those long vowel sounds despite the underbite. 

Ava has to go see the cardiologist again because they can still hear her heart murmur due to the PDA that she was born with.  Since she's a "good size" child there's a possibility that they may have to fix it via surgery.  Luckily, it's not an open heart surgery but will require at least one night's stay in the hospital because they'll have to insert a catheter through the groin and implant a coil into the heart area.  I can talk about it now without getting emotional but we'll see once we get closer to that appointment!  Other than that, all three are thriving and doing great!  Here are their weights and heights:

Gavin:
Birth- 4 lb 2 oz
2 Years Old- 25 lb, 32 3/4 in

Ava:
Birth- 4 lb 6 oz
2 Years Old- 29 lb, 34 3/4 in

Brayden:
Birth- 3 lb 11 oz
2 Years Old- 29 lb, 34 3/4 in

So Ava and Brayden are the exact same size and Gavin is still our little guy but he certainly doesn't let size stop him from doing ANYTHING! While we were outside playing I took this super cute video of Ava!