A rough day...,

Boy, had I forgotten how rough the 12 month check-up was :(  That's what Berkley and I entertained ourselves with yesterday while Kenadie was at school.  10:00 appointment, means you leave your house around 9:30, means Berkley's nap got cut a little short, means your start of the day isn't quite at its full potential for your child to be tortured... But you do all this at this time because you really only want to take one of your precious jewels with you to this appointment :)  We check in, we quickly respond to the receptionist that "yes, we do want to have our eyes checked", we're sent straight to the lab, who immediately sends us to the exam room, where we proceed to get one shot in each arm and one in the leg, AND find out that we have a "significant" ear infection that no fever ever accompanied.  This is our second one to have like this, neither with having fever.  Pair the unknown infection with 3 teeth coming in, that pretty much made for one grumpy little girl last week...  We get our cute clothes put back on, only to get a nice blood stain on from our finger prick to check her iron.  Lastly came the eye exam, which wasn't a big deal, but pair that with all of the above factors I've mentioned, and so, sitting in a dark room with a fussy baby, watching red flashing lights, which would normally have entertained Berkley, just wasn't all that fun today!  Whew!  On a positive note, all looked well with her development, and she's a healthy little girl, both of which I'm super thankful for! 

Weight: 20 lbs. 14oz. (50th%)

Height: 28 1/2 inches (80th%)

Head circumference: 17 5/8 inches (40th%)

At 12 months: You have 4 teeth, and 3 that are on their way!  You took your very last bottle last night, and that makes me sad :(  You are still on a wheat free diet, which seems to help your eczema/rash problems.  You are drinking soy milk.  Whole milk seemed to aggravate your skin,  but milk in foods seems to be okay.  Carrots and bananas are favorites, along with the turkey sausage you discovered Sunday!  You take two naps a day, go to bed around 7:30 and sleep until about 6:30.  Your favorite thing to do is play/climb on Kenadie's bed :)  You are giggly with excitement when doing this!  You say "da da" and "ma ma" and some other gibberish sounds :)  You are still rear facing and in your infant car seat, which goes up to 30 lbs.  You will STILL sleep in it, like, we can STILL take you in a restaurant and you stay asleep!  Yea, your sweet sister NEVER did that!!!  You are very content in your car seat, and I really don't know how much you would like to be forward facing because you wouldn't be able to see Kenadie as well, and you LOVE that!  She is your playmate at all times in the car because she's just sweet like that :)  So for now, we will keep you rear facing.  You are wearing 12 month clothes and in a stage 3 diaper. 

And because I couldn't do a post without including a picture in it...  I love this one!...  Kenadie made her "necklace" and she just seemed so proud of it!  She kept this smile on her face the entire time she had it on :)