I can't believe it, but my littlest baby girl is now a whole 1 year old! It actually happened on Friday, but we all know how slow I am actually getting the pictures up on the computer. Friday was a busy day for us, so we went in at snack time at Emilia's school and took cookies to all the kids in her class. Ms Alison found a candle and they all sang to Shelby (Emilia actually blew the candle out though). Miss Shelby ate her chocolate chip cookie that we brought as well as the other frosted cookie that was their regular snack for the day!! She had lots of fun, she always loves crawling all over that huge gym floor, and immediately fell asleep when we got home. That night was also a fund raiser to get new playground equipment for Emilia's pre-school, so we had a taco dinner there right after Tim got home from work. They also did a dessert auction during the taco bar dinner, and this was my contribution, it's a Care Bear but Emilia told everyone that it was Big Bird since that was the first cake that I'd done. I know now that I'm supposed to do the outlining FIRST, so hopefully my next cake will look a whole lot better!! This is only my second cake like this so I know that I have lots of room for improvement, but hey, it made them $20! Tim had to leave the dinner early to get to church for Cantata practice, so the girls and I stayed 'till the end, and by then it was pretty much bed time. A very busy day for a brand new one year old!
Today (4-2) was her official one year check up as well as Emilia's 6 month weight check. Shelby is 27 3/4" tall and weighed nearly 16 pounds. She's just over the 10th percentile for her height but not on the chart for her weight. The doctor is not worried about her weight at all though since she's eating really well. Now that she can start on milk (she had her first drink of it at lunch and drank about 2 ounces, not bad for her first time!), she'll gain some extra from all the extra fat she'll be getting from the cow. Breast milk doesn't contain a whole lot of extra stuff like cows milk and formula, so breastfed babies are not expected to gain as much weight as quickly as formula fed babies, so that's why he's not worried about her weight. Emilia had stopped growing completely which was why there was some much of a fuss about her weight. Shelby also is going and going like a little energizer baby, so she's working off everything she eats. Her new favorite foods are strawberries, mandarin oranges, tiny pieces of apple, yogurt (that's been a favorite since she was able to start eating it at 9 months!), and of course any kind of carbohydrate you can give her (she's so my daughter!!!). She also got three shots, including her first MMR shot, but she seemed to be doing well with them when I put her down to sleep about 2 hours after she got them, so hopefully there won't be a big reaction. My OB wants me to have her completely weaned by the time I'm 20 weeks (I'm about 9 weeks now), so I'm leaving out her noon feeding this week while she gets used to the milk. She really seemed to like it at lunch, so I'm hoping that she'll not fight me too hard on this.
Miss Emilia was 41" tall (Mommy's only 56"!) and weighed 31 pounds 6 ounces. She is on the chart again YEAH!!! She's at the 50th percentile for her height and between the 5th and 10th for her weight. The doc said that she's looking more and more like a kid her age should and that we can possibly stop monitoring her every 6 months after her 5 year check up if she's still gaining. That makes me so happy, to have two healthy, happy kids YEAH!!!
Shelby getting ready to blow out her candle.
Playing in the gym after her cookies.
Sitting up like a big kid at her party!! The little boy in red is Emilia's "boyfriend" Devin.
Today (4-2) was her official one year check up as well as Emilia's 6 month weight check. Shelby is 27 3/4" tall and weighed nearly 16 pounds. She's just over the 10th percentile for her height but not on the chart for her weight. The doctor is not worried about her weight at all though since she's eating really well. Now that she can start on milk (she had her first drink of it at lunch and drank about 2 ounces, not bad for her first time!), she'll gain some extra from all the extra fat she'll be getting from the cow. Breast milk doesn't contain a whole lot of extra stuff like cows milk and formula, so breastfed babies are not expected to gain as much weight as quickly as formula fed babies, so that's why he's not worried about her weight. Emilia had stopped growing completely which was why there was some much of a fuss about her weight. Shelby also is going and going like a little energizer baby, so she's working off everything she eats. Her new favorite foods are strawberries, mandarin oranges, tiny pieces of apple, yogurt (that's been a favorite since she was able to start eating it at 9 months!), and of course any kind of carbohydrate you can give her (she's so my daughter!!!). She also got three shots, including her first MMR shot, but she seemed to be doing well with them when I put her down to sleep about 2 hours after she got them, so hopefully there won't be a big reaction. My OB wants me to have her completely weaned by the time I'm 20 weeks (I'm about 9 weeks now), so I'm leaving out her noon feeding this week while she gets used to the milk. She really seemed to like it at lunch, so I'm hoping that she'll not fight me too hard on this.
Miss Emilia was 41" tall (Mommy's only 56"!) and weighed 31 pounds 6 ounces. She is on the chart again YEAH!!! She's at the 50th percentile for her height and between the 5th and 10th for her weight. The doc said that she's looking more and more like a kid her age should and that we can possibly stop monitoring her every 6 months after her 5 year check up if she's still gaining. That makes me so happy, to have two healthy, happy kids YEAH!!!
Shelby getting ready to blow out her candle.
Playing in the gym after her cookies.
Sitting up like a big kid at her party!! The little boy in red is Emilia's "boyfriend" Devin.
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