1 Year

Yep, Can you believe it Grace is 1 year old! We had her party this past weekend and the poor girl was sick. She had spiked a high temp. Friday just after her 1 year pictures, and I told Scott that if she still had it in the morning we were canceling the party. She woke up with no fever so party was on. After she ate dinner she threw up and about an hour or so later she spiked another fever. Poor girl and bad mom, I should have canceled the party. She did enjoy the toys and stuff though. We saved her cake for another time so she can go at it.

We had her Dr. appt. yesterday her stats:

Weight: 20lbs 30th %
Length: 29 1/2" 50th % ( we don't agree with this, we think she is closer to 28 inches )
Head: 18 1/4" 90th %

We did get referred on to a neurologist just to rule out that there is anything neurological or anything that is causing her gross motor delays. We don't go see him until the end of Jan though by then she could be running, I highly doubt it but she could be.

I will upload updated pictures another time. Right now this mommy has to go to bed.

Just a Little Bit Longer

Above are some recent pictures we took of Grace at a pumpkin patch.

So we had an appointment today for Grace and her helmet. She was supposed to graduate (meaning be done with the helmet today). But no go. The numbers aren't what the Dr. wants them to be so we have to deal with it for another 6 weeks. I am bummed my goal was to have it off by her first birthday but that is not going to happen seeing as she turns 1 in 2 weeks.

Oh well the new date for Graduation from the helmet is tentatively Dec. 10th. So everyone think round thoughts!

Soooo Big!

Yep! You guessed it that is Grace's new thing. We ask her how big she is and she raises both hands in the air and smiles really big. It is the greatest thing. We can't help but have her do it repeatedly.

We also think Grace's top teeth are working their way through. Grace has been very irritable lately and we can't figure out what else it could be. The earlier bedtime is kind of nice, she has been going down at about 7:30/8:00 instead of 8:00/8:30.

Nothing else new to report.

A Little Late is Better Than Never

So Grace has finally discovered that if she rolls from her back to her tummy and back to her back again she can get around the room. Well at least a small square foot area. She has also learned to scoot on her butt.

Grace's physical therapist finally came to the conclusion on Friday that its not necessarily that Grace can't crawl its maybe more that she DOESN'T want to crawl. Well I could have told her that months ago. Grace is a very laid back and easy going girl. She is happy as a clam sitting in one spot or in one general area!

I will post updated pictures later this week, hopefully, when we get them downloaded from the camera.

Still Waiting!

So Grace still has absolutely no interest in crawling, scooting or any other form of movement. Now don't get me wrong I LOVE the fact that I can put her down on the floor and when I return she will be in the same place but having to retrieve toys that get without her reach every couple of minutes is getting old.

Also, Scott and I have decided that we need to start drinking out of sippy cups on a regular basis when Grace is around because she wants nothing to do with one. We try to give her one to play with and try and she just gets mad and pushes it away. I think when its time to get rid of the bottle we are going to have to go COLD TURKEY! But we shall see, she may surprise us yet.

Long Time No Post

So I have been told by several people now that they keep looking to the website to see updates on Grace. So here is an update on Grace!

Grace is 9 months old now, her stats are:
Weight- 18lbs 10oz (50%)
Length- 26 3/4" (25%)
Head 18cm- (90%)
She is a very disproportionate child but she is so darn cute!

As I said in the last post we got her a cranial orthosis helmet in May to reshape the severe flat spot she had on the back of her head. She has had the helmet now for 2 1/2 months and we have seen great improvement! We only have about anothe 2- 2 1/2 months left of the helmet. Our goal is to have it off before her first birthday!

Grace is also our very stubborn child, she will roll from her tummy to her back and has been doing this since she was 6 1/2 months old however she refuses to go the other way. She absolutely hates being on her stomach. The physical therapist even laughs at her stubborness with rolling over. Well because she won't spend any time on her tummy she is not crawling nor is she moving. In some ways its nice to have a child you can put in the middle of the floor and walk away from and know when you come back that she will still be in the middle of the floor, however a lot of her friends are moving and I think that would be fun too.

In May we had to buy a new vehicle as Scott's car rusted out, we then entered the world of minivan owners. We really love the minivan and it really came in handy in June when we went to MI to see Scott's brother and his family. Nothing else really new. Please find some pictures of Grace posted in the next post.