Happy Haunting!!!

It's my little pumpkin's first Halloween!! YAY!

Our plan is to get her all dressed up in her costume and head out around my parent's neighborhood to trick or treat - okay or show off the baby . . since she doesn't need the candy LOL

I'll be sure to post pictures tomorrow of our adventures!!

random ellery pics :)

please note the superman shield on her pants. ..the whole outfit has them :)



woo hoo!! stonehill college class of 2029 :) :) :)

Allergy Update!!

Well Ellery is NOT allergic to anything that they tested her for. . YAY!!!!!

BUT .. she is apparently slightly anemic. :(

Dr. S said that it is very common for babies this age, which is why they test for it to begin with.....

so. . for the next 3 months she needs to have Iron drops once a day and then at her 12 month appointment they will retest her blood and see if it's gotten better.

BLAH

9 Month well baby check up info and stats

We just got home from Ellery's 9 month well baby check

here's the stats to start with:

20lbs even
29 inches long

Dr. Stephens said that she looks just perfect. .. ..she's probably going to be walking soon (yeah we knew that one) due to her extremely good balance (she stood for a minute by herself at the doctors)

she's getting her eye teeth at the top - i think it's the eye teeth. . the fangy looking ones???!! which is what happened to me too (although I actually got those before the bottom ones LOL)

so that's pretty much about it.....

she did have to have 2 shots - her last in the hep B series and she got her first dose of flu vaccine as well. .. and she hardly cried at all!!

she'll have the flu vaccine booster at her 1 year appointment and i was relieved to hear that Dr. Stephens doesn't administer the MMR vaccine until 15 months rather than 12 :)

She does have to have some lab work - she's having the 9 month lead screen (i think this is a state requirement) and then they're allergy testing her. . so she'll have the RAST test for milk, soy and one other thing. The wait time at the lab was 45 minutes today and since it was already 4pm I decided not to wait. . my parents said they would take her tomorrow.

All in all it was a great appointment :) :)

9 MONTHS??!!!

Ellery is 9 months old today!!!! I can hardly believe how fast this year is FLYING by. We're having her portraits taken today at JC Penney... hopefully they'll come out good!!

Here is her milestone chart:
Baby's DOB: January 14, 2007

Birth Weight/length: 7lbs 2oz, 20 inches

Current weight/length: TBD we have an appointment on Thursday!

Current weight/length percentiles (if known): S

ize clothes: she wears mostly gymboree stuff and is fine in the 6-12 month size

Size and brand of diapers: Huggies Snug and Dry Size 3

How many ounces formula/breastmilk? 4 – 6oz bottles per day

How much solids? 3 meals a day – with some table foods mixed in – bananas, bread, etc.

Any food allergies? knock on wood, no

Health concerns? nope

Sleeping through the night? Yup!! She’s such a good sleeper – down by 7:15pm and up at about 6 during the week, 6:30ish on weekends

Sitting up? Oh yeah. . forever practically

Crawling? Like a freakin’ speed demon!!!

Cruising or walking? Crusing all over the place :)

Talking? Yup – says kitty, hi, nana, mama, dada (not consistently LOL)

Teething (how many teeth?) just her 2 bottom ones she’s had forever

any other "milestones"? just the cruising. . she’s starting to get brave and take her hands off things and try to stand by herself. .. boo hoo where’s my baby??!!!

and some pictures from yesterday at the pumpkin patch:

Mid Week Update

SO - here's a mid week update for all you voracious readers (ahem. .. anyone out there. . .echo echo echo)

Anyway - all is well with little Miss Ellery - she's quite the daredevil and has yet to figure out that she SHOULDN'T be diving headfirst off the couch. . . . she's going to give mommy a heart attack!!!

She is however crusing all over the place - I think those first steps will be coming sooner rather than later!!!

She continues to expand her culinary horizons - yesterday she was introduced to the wonder of grilled cheese!!! YUM!!! She's had canteloupe, honeydew, toast, bananas, strawberries, potatoes, carrots (not a huge fan), pot roast, turkey, and chicken . ..she doesn't seem to like meat all that much though and I hear that's relatively normal for this age. .we'll keep trying.

We're having her 9 month pictures taken on Sunday. . how is it possible that she's 9 months old already??!! :(

sniff

I'll be sure to update with those pictures!!!