1 Year Checkup

Now that Emry is leaving the "baby" world and entering toddler-ville, the docs wanted to check on her to make sure she's A-okay. She showed off a little for the doc with a few words and signs. She's 50th percentile for weight, 95th for head circumference, and 95th for length. Unfortunately, Steve had the stomach flu so he wasn't able to go with us and help with the shot portion. I don't particularly like needles/shots but I got tough for my baby and held her hands for the first shot in the thigh, then held her standing up for the shots in each arm. On the third and last shot, she screamed bloody murder. I HATE seeing her in pain! It took her a few minutes to recover but all in all, she was a trooper. Here is what Emry is up to these days: ~ sleeps from 7:30pm -7:00am on work days and 8:00 am on the weekend ~ Takes two, 2-hr naps ~ Is crawling everywhere ~ can go up and down stairs independently (we have to help her get turned around before going down) ~ pulls up and lets go for a few seconds ~ can walk behind her push toy ~ eats all table food ~ is transitioning from formula to whole milk ~ says: da-da, uu-p, teee-teee (teet & eat), yyoww (meow), fff-fff (ruff), ba-ba (bottle), baaa (ball), iiieee (hi), she tries to mimic a lot but it's too difficult to spell out her inventive language ~ is very attentive when we read books and points to things in the pictures ~ plays her glow-worm baby nonstop before she falls asleep or when she wakes up ~ is still in love with her paci...we try to only offer it at naps and bedtime ~ LOVES, LOVES brushing her teeth and baths ~ can crawl up on the seat of her rocking chair and turn herself around to face forward ~ can sign: more, please, eat, all done, milk As always, I'm probably forgetting to mention something. All you have to know is that we love our girl and she is our FAVORITE thing EVER!