Taylor Update

My apologies to those faithful readers out there who are wondering where we went and to those who would much rather read about and see pictures of Taylor instead of our house. With that said, here is a little update on Taylor. She will be 10 months in 5 days, and she is all over the place. She is a champ at the army crawl that some babies do and every now and then she'll crawl on her hands and knees. I haven't gotten a picture of it yet, but she is also squishing up her face and breathing in and out real fast through her nose...you know, that thing that all babies do. Another thing she has learned is to push herself from her belly into a sitting position. It's so cute to see her sitting up in her bed sometimes when I go in to get her up. Last Friday she had her 9 month check-up with her new pediatrician and all went well. I really, really like her new Dr. and am very glad I switched. Taylor weighed 18 lbs. 13 oz. (after drinking a few ounces while in the waiting room), was 27 inches long, and her head circumference was 44 cm. Speaking in terms of percentages she was 60th for weight, 30th for length, and 50th for head circumference, so it looks like we have ourselves a short little chunk with an average noggin. Not that we have any problems with that whatsoever. They don't get any shots at the 9 month appt, but they do have blood drawn to check for anemia and have an eye test to make sure they're focusing correctly and make sure they don't have a lazy eye. She did great on the eye test and didn't even make a sound when her toe was pricked - she's a tough little cookie. Her iron was fine, but her white blood cell count was a bit elevated. The Dr. didn't seem concerned and said to just watch her and make sure she's not coming down with something. She's been fine with the exception of an occasional runny nose. The Dr. said to start giving her more finger foods and protein, to start her on a sippy cup so she can try and figure out how to use it, and to lower her crib mattress to the lowest setting because she'll probably start to pull up soon. I know every parent says this and I pretty much put it in every post that I talk about her age/development, but they really do grow up too fast! It's about time for me to start thinking about her 1st birthday party. Here are some random pictures from the last few weeks. I don't feel like trying to put captions as it is sometimes very frustrating, so the pictures are as follows: 1. Rocking back and forth on her hands and knees in an attempt to crawl, 2. Big bow and ponytail, 3. Post-ponytail holder hair-do, 4. Quite pleased as she watches a video of herself, 5. Pretty little profile.