We grow 'em large

Stats, fresh from Dr. M....

* Chebbles' current percentiles are height = 90, weight = 65 and her head remains "off the charts." Thanks for the noggin, Daddy. She's 37 inches tall and 29.8 pounds.

* Baby V is a half-ounce short of eleven pounds. Her percentiles are height = 90, weight = 90, head circumference = 75. She's also grown an inch and a half to 23.5 since her birth, which explains why she's bursting out of her newborn clothes like a Kewpie Doll crossed with The Incredible Hulk. A certified honker.

Let me tell you why all those numbers are important. It's medical PROOF that my children are thriving, and as a result, I confess that I have never been so happy.

My dreams have come true with the advent of Baby V, and now that my incision is not hurting, my kids are both growing and we're past the "sepsis scare," we're really bonding as a family of four, and I can enjoy this moment in time. I'm not actively mourning miscarriages, I'm not actively TTC, I'm not vomiting or waddling. I just treasure my massive, sweet girl-child companions.

I have funny, true friends, and a cuddly, supportive husband, and I'm grateful, grateful, grateful.