Ellie's Year Checkup

We had Ellie's year checkup on June 9th. She is doing great! We go to Dr Horkley and really like him. He takes the time to really talk to us and answer any questions we have, and Ellie goes right to him. It is nice! Here are her 1 year stats.

Length-30 Inches, 79th percentile

Weight-20.69 Pounds, 44 percentile

She is a very healthy little girl and is just so much fun! Dr Horkley always gives a book to Ellie each checkup and she was very excited about it this time. It was great! We did have a couple of immunizations, and it is so sad because she is really crying now when she gets them. I thought it was funny though, because just after she got them, the nurse gave her a sucker(she LOVES suckers) and she decided she was fine. It was a complete change. Here are a few things Ellie is up to right now.

• She is a really great eater. Her favorite food is probably blueberries, but it is really close with raspberries, blackberries and strawberries. She will eat an entire banana by herself. She hates bananas cut up, but likes to hold big chunks to eat them instead. This made me really nervous for a while since bananas are a big choking hazard, but she does really good and take little bites off of it. It's seriously so cute when she eats them. She will eat pretty much anything we are eating. She even tried Panda Express orange chicken and chow mien and liked it. She really like mac and cheese and is eating peanut butter sandwiches now. She is a huge fan of ice cream, well really anything sweet. She likes cottage cheese, spaghetti is one of her favorites and yogurt. She has been a little bit more picky with vegi's lately. She really only likes to eat peas and tomatoes...so we will probably struggle with this part of her diet.May 29-Here she is after breakfast of eggs, cheerios and blueberries! Here she is after eating a cake pop on June 6
• Ellie has really started pointing more and more. She will point at something and then move her hands like she is saying come here. It is pretty funny. June 12, 2011On June 11, we went down to my parents house because my brother Gary and sister in law Katie were in town. They brought there dog Sadie, a lab, and I thought Ellie would be at least a little apprehensive, but she went straight for the dog. Luckily Sadie is really great with kids. Here is a picture of Ellie grabbing her tail and smacking in on the ground. She also poked at her nose, mouth, and eyes. Sadie just took it all. She would always point at Sadie and want her to come.
• She really likes stairs and we've been trying to get her to go down them on her tummy, backwards. She keeps doing forward and does really well, but on June 8th, she started going backwards more and more. She does great at this. She will also get off of the couch, or bed by going backwards. This is nice because I don't have to worry quite so much now about her falling all the time.
• She really hates her diaper changed and went through most of June screaming and rolling and trying to get away every time her diaper was changed.
• She also hates her car seat. We finally switched to a bigger seat, still rear facing, and she doesn't fight it at all. I was really the one that didn't want to change. It makes me a little sad that she is growing so fast and not a little baby anymore, but it is also great to watch her grow and learn.
• She does a lot of animal noises, cat, dog, cow, elephant, pig(she will actually try to snort with this one. It's hilarious) She also does a chicken, she learned this one at the zoo.
• One of my favorite things that Ellie does is blow kisses. Every time someone leaves, or if we are leaving someone, she will blow kisses. She makes a huge noise when doing it also, it is awesome!
• We got a bike trailer from my mom for our birthdays. While we were setting it up(June 5), Ellie found the tissue paper that was packed with it. I think this will be lots of fun, and nice to get out and do something outside.
• I just thought this was funny cause she was cleaning the floor for me. She really likes to push things around, I may have to do this more often, especially after eating:)
• I had a friend, Kami, come over and cut some bands for Ellie. I was really nervous about how it would look, but am so glad we got them cut. They are soooo cute! Thanks Kami!

June 10 I am sure there is so much more, but this is what I can think of right now. We love having her in our family and are having so much fun as she learns new things each day!