As amazing as it seems, she's been with us for a whole year now, and what a year it's been. I can not believe how far we've come in just 12 months. It's true that you forget all those painful moments (L&D) and the sleepless nights. When we remind ourselves of where we were this time in '07 it just makes us cringe! I am proud of us for having survived the first year as new parents and everyone still has all limbs and hair in tact AND we even remembered to feed the dogs!
Ella Kate had her 1 year check up today, so I thought I'd do a post on her development thus far.
First off, her stats, and as a disclaimer, yes, she's small, but the doc says she's right on track in her growth curve. Where did we get a shortie from? Who knows? Maybe she'll be an Olympic gymnast!
- Weight: 19.8 lbs-- 23%
- Height: 28 1/4 in-- 17%
- Head circumference: 44.9 cm-- 39%
- She's got two teeth on the bottom and 4 more coming in on the top.
- She's walking like crazy, with only a little bit of crawling when she really wants to get somewhere fast.
- She's babbling, in her own language, and says "mama," "dada," and "bop-bop" (which means dog). She signs for food and milk, but not really consistently. She blows kisses and waves hello and goodbye.
- She found her belly button last week and is fascinated with it and giggles when we show her ours.
- She laughs all the time and dances, too. She got a Sesame Street toy for her birthday that has Cookie Monster singing "C is for cookie, and cookies are for me. Yum yum yum yum!" She loves to push that button and dance to Cookie Monster.
- She stacks blocks and bowls and loves to put small objects inside bigger ones. The fun toy that looks like something from a Dr. Seuss book from Aunt Amy-Chris is a favorite b/c when she rolls a ball down the chute it makes a cool sound. So she tries to put all of her toys down the chute, even if they don't fit!
- At school she's a great eater-- they say she's the smallest but eats the most. She's in a phase where everything has to be finger foods and turns her head at anything on a spoon (except yogurt and applesauce). She tries to use utensils, but it's a very messy and pretty futile process.
- She has allergies, like her mama, and is on Singulair which has been a life saver in the congestion department!
- Every night we have a routine with the menthol rub, the menthol fan, the humidifier, the sound machine, the space heater, and the night-night frog that plays lullabies-whew, we need a check list!
- And last, although I'm ashamed to admit that I'm one of those moms, EK was chosen to be a model for Euro Kids Boutique. I'll post more on that as it progresses.
