What’s up, Doc?

Addy went in for her 18 month well-child checkup last week. She is still a teeny tiny girl! My 18 month old weighs 19 lbs. Big time 1st percentile on that one. She’s getting longer though (31.5 inches long, putting her in the 41st percentile)! Doc says she looks great, she just needs to eat and eat and eat. Unfortunately, that’s easier said than done. You know that saying “You can lead a horse to water, but you can’t make it drink.”? Same goes for a toddler with food. Addy eats when she wants. End of story. And really, she does eat a decent amount. She’s just a petite little girl

She hates the doctor though. But I can understand… what child likes going someplace where all they do is poke and prod you and give you shots? Our pediatrician is wonderful and patient, thank goodness. She gave Addy a sticker, which calmed her down for about 3 seconds, but as soon as Addy saw the stethoscope coming her way, the crying and wiggling started again. It’s tough being a kid. I think Adelyn knew what was coming at the end of the visit – 3 more immunizations. She’s a big girl though and it was over super fast. So now, no more shots until she’s 4 years old! Woo hoo! Oh wait, we’ll be starting over with P-Squared…

Speaking of P-squared, I had an appointment on Monday and got to meet our OB for the first time (Derek and Addy stayed home this time around). I also got to hear P-squared’s heartbeat, so that was very exciting!! (152 bpm). Everything looked great and our next appointment isn’t for another 4 weeks… I’m sure lots of pregnancy-related things will be happening between now and then. We looked back at the journal I kept when we were expecting Addy, and by 17 weeks, I had already felt Addy kick! Not to mention I was wearing maternity pants thanks to a developing baby bump (which I think will “pop” sooner this time around… I swear, I’ve got a ton of bloat and feel ginormous by the end of the day right now. Plus, I’ve heard the belly pops sooner with subsequent children… true? We shall see.)

Anyway, those are the latest updates over here! I’m working on several Christmas posts that will be up over the next few days, so prepare yourselves for a slew of pics. Until then, here are a few of our little Christmas elf

Admiring herself in the hall mirror. She just loves her hat!

Adelyn is 18 months and 3 weeks old, and I am 12 weeks and 5 days pregnant.

She’s little, y’all.

And I mean little little.

We took Addy to the pediatrician today for her 12 month checkup and the doc officially confirmed what we already knew: Addy is petite. She weighs 16lbs 6 oz (1st percentile) and is 27.5 inches long (6th percentile). That means that 99% of girls her age weigh the same or more than she does… 94% are the same length or longer. So as we said, petite! miniscule! dainty! She must be a future brainiac though, because her head circumference put her in the 91st percentile, haha!

This was our first trip to our new pediatrician so it was an adventure. The lobby had free-standing aquariums in it, and Addy liked running around them and staring at the fishies. Back in the triage rooms, mirrors are mounted at the same height as the exam tables, and Addy was so excited to see another half naked baby on the table (diaper-only during the measurements) that she started showing off, standing up without using her hands, bouncing up and down. That is, until the med student came in and did the preliminary exam… the ear exam really ticked her off. And then she got 4 shots, so she was not a happy camper. But she’s a trooper and did pretty well the rest of the day. She just wanted to cuddle.

I mean look at this face…

This is a sly little smile.

Don’t you just want to snuggle with her? She’s so kissable!

Adelyn is 12 months and 2 weeks old.

Updates

I wrote a long post two days ago with all sorts of Adelyn updates in it, and for some reason it didn’t post. Grrrrr… I couldn’t bear typing it all out again right after that, so I’m just coming back to it now. I’ll try to remember everything I had written. Here goes!

As I mentioned, Adelyn was sick over Christmas with her first major cold, which was no fun for any of us. We took her to a clinic on new years day and discovered she had an ear infection. She was prescribed amoxicillan and that cleared it up, but she experienced some nasty side effects that made her almost as miserable as before, poor bug. She’s all better now, thank goodness.

Being sick definitely changed her eating habits. All she wanted to do was nurse (which is understandable), and she completely lost interest in solids. She’s slowly regaining that interest now, but she has a selective palate. Favorites: squash and sweet potato. Least Favorites: everything else. Ha! She hates pears, tolerates peaches, used to like prunes… she still eats rice cereal, particularly the apple flavor. I gave her orange slices a few days ago and she had fun sucking all the juice out of them. Hopefully this means she’s regaining an appetite for a variety of foods! Oh, and she drinks out of a cup. No sippy-cup for her, she’s a big girl!

No sign of crawling yet. Addy prefers to roll around in order to get where she wants to go. She is getting really good at standing though! She tries to pull up, but gives up before her heiney can get off the ground, funny girl. Gotta build those arm muscles!

Standing like a big girl, chewing on the handle bar of her Pooh Bear train.

We haven’t been very good about taking pictures lately, we’ve been so busy unpacking and getting settled. Here are just a few pics, all taken with our cell phones.

Crazy hairs!

Crouched in a chair while visiting Great-Grandmother and Great-Granddad Dollins in Gladewater, TX.

Adelyn and Great-Grandma Zivney.

Playing on the swings! Addy thinks they are tons of fun

Our two month old

Adelyn was sitting in her boppy and when Derek picked her up, Nova immediately took Addy’s spot. She looks pretty comfy, eh?

Grocery shopping! Addy holds the coupons for us.

Sleeping angel.

Little Adelyn is 2 months old today! It seems like just yesterday we were at the hospital. To celebrate this major milestone, we took Addy to the pediatrician this morning to have her immunizations done… what a party. Poor baby! She got 3 shots and an oral one. The oral immunization was fine, she didn’t really like the taste but she swallowed it okay. Then the nurse put her on the table and stuck her little legs with 3 needles. Addy had a delayed reaction to the pain, but once it hit, she screamed bloody murder and hit notes I’ve never heard her make. She cried SO HARD, honestly the hardest I’ve seen her cry yet. She did very well though, she only cried like that for about 30 seconds before I got to pick her up and nurse her. That helped calm her down a lot. She’s been a little fussy since then and just wants to be held (understandable, of course) , so Momma and Daddy have been indulging her. My poor little peanut, she was so brave. Now she has a Tweety bird band-aid and two Snoopy band-aids to mark the spots!

In other news, she is 22 inches long and weighs 10 lbs flat. She’s still pretty little, I think she may be a petite girl. We shall see! Oh ya, and Auntie Lindsay comes to visit us this week! We’re so excited for her to meet her little niece.

We have a 1 month old, can you believe it?!

Happy (late) Father’s Day to all the Dad’s out there! I would have updated yesterday, but Derek and I were in Austin for the weekend visiting my parents and we got home late last night. This was our first trip out of town with our little baby We arrived Saturday afternoon and went to The Oasis for dinner to celebrate an early Father’s Day (The Oasis is a fun restaurant where you sit out on patios that overlook Lake Travis). It’s amazing to be out there at sunset, but the problem during the summer is the heat. Oh man, it was so hot. They have fans with misters, but the table we were sitting at wasn’t near any of the fans. Poor Addy was NOT happy in her car seat and got pretty over heated. We took her out and held her and she started to cool down, but it was rough. She got so worked up it broke my heart. Poor peanut.

Yesterday was nice and low-key, we spent most of the day relaxing. Adelyn was so happy to be with her grandparents and aunties. Grandpa Joe hadn’t seen her since the day after she was born!!

Adelyn had a doctor’s checkup today. She weighs 8 lbs 1 oz and is 21 inches long. Our little 4 weeks old is growing strong! Next appointment is in 1 month when she gets her immunizations… that’s going to be scary (for her and for me!).

Sleeping with her Daddy.

It was so bright when we were at The Oasis and Addy was squinting her little eyes, so Daddy found a solution…

They look a little big, don’t they? She’s a rockstar.

Grandpa Joe, Grandma Lo, Auntie Mikaela and Auntie Kim at The Oasis

Tired, hot little peanut

Momma and Baby, trying to stay cool in a million and a half degree weather

Addy’s 2 weeks old!

Yesterday was the 2 week anniversary of Adelyn’s birth and we celebrated by taking her to see the pediatrician for a check-up. Adelyn now weighs 7 lbs 10 ozs and is 20 1/4 inches long! She’s a growing sprout, that’s for sure. In order to weigh her, the nurse had me strip her down to her birthday suit and place her on the scale, which was shaped sort of like a bucket. Addy was not happy being naked so she peed in the weigh scale, HAHA! Poor nurse had to clean that up. All in all, they were very impressed with her progress so that made me happy! The doc removed the rest of Adelyn’s umbilical cord, so now she has a cute little belly button.

After the doctor’s appointment, they sent us back up to the hospital to do the second PKU heel stick test (testing for genetic disorders). The hospital was freezing and Adelyn was tired of sitting in her car seat, so by the time we were called back, she was not too happy. I held her during the actual heel stick and after the nurse stuck her with the needle, she cried and then had a rather large bowel movement Haha, Addy was like “Take that, Mom and Dad. That’s for making me go to the doctor AND the hospital!” The nurse thought it was hilarious.

Adelyn didn’t sleep well last night, which means Momma didn’t sleep well either. Some nights are better than others, but last night was a bad one. She was up 4 times, and wouldn’t go back down after feeding. On a good night, she only gets up twice! She’s also been having a lot of gas and tummy pains lately, so that makes her miserable. Poor little peanut. She’s doing better today, had several long naps (as did Mom). Addy is wide awake now, laying in her pack ‘n play and staring out the patio door at the birds. Hopefully she’ll sleep well tonight because we all need it!