Ellery's 12 month appointment

Ellery had her 12 month appointment today.

She weighs 22lbs 12oz and is 31.1 inches long. Which puts her in the 77th percentile for her weight and the 96.62 percentile for her length. . .not sure exactly where she's getting that length from!!!!

Dr. S is extremely happy with everything and says that she looks perfect!

We talked about transitioning her to whole milk (for the next couple of days we'll do half and half and if there's no adverse effects we can transition her to milk completely). Dr. S would like to see her off the bottle by 15 months, so next week we'll start using the sippy one bottle at a time. She doesn't think it's a big deal that Ellery can't really get the hang of a regular sippy - she needs one with a straw.

Ellery had the rest of her flu shot, her third HepB shot and her last Prevnar shot. She was NOT a happy camper :(

We talked about the chicken pox vaccine (we'll be holding off for this one) and MMR (she'll get it at 18 months instead of 15 months).

So. . that's about it. All is well in Ellery-ville :)

Happy First Birthday to our Baby!!!

How is it possible that she's gone from THIS:

To this??!!

1 year - 365 days - I cannot believe that it's been a year. 365 days ago our lives were changed forever.
All weekend I've been reliving my whole labor and delivery experience and all that went with it, it feels like it was just yesterday we were bringing this helpless little baby home and now look at her! She's so funny and engaging, she has this amazing little personality - so happy and smiley all the time. Such a far cry from those first 2 or so months - months that seemed endless at the time.

I look back now and it's hard to believe just how difficult it was; I guess what they say is true - you always forget the "not so good" stuff and just focus on the happy stuff.

Ellery is a true joy and blessing in our lives. I know that she has changed me in so many different ways - I am more patient than I ever thought possible, I'm more capable than I knew before, and I now know the love a mother has for her child. It's true what they say, "Making the decision to have a child is momentous. It is to decide forever to have your heart go walking around outside your body."

Happy Party Day!!!

Yesterday was Ellery's first birthday party!!!! :)

we had a great time . . . it was stressful, busy and overwhelming but still fun :) :)

SNOW!!!

John wanted to take Ellery outside yesterday afternoon - it was snowing HUGE fluffy flakes :) :)

She really didn't seem to mind it at all actually. . and of COURSE we took pictures!!!