Can you believe Addison is already 15 months old?! I can't! We had Addison's 15 month wellness visit yesterday with her new pediatrician here in Tampa. I have looked forward to all her wellness visits in the past because Addy had never gone to the Dr for anything but her wellness visits until recently. I love seeing where she is in her height, weight and having the Dr confirm my suspicion that she is perfect! :) Well this visit was a little different then previous ones since we had to fill the Dr in on her status with Aplastic Anemia and we also bypassed vaccinations (didn't mind that one bit). Addison was 32.5 inches tall (96% percentile) and she weighed 24 lbs 8oz (76% percentile). Our little love bug is growing like a weed! She also has 10 teeth and two about to pop out any day now. Fingers beware! Toward the end of the appointment Addison started reaching for the doctor. She literally lunged forward out of my arms for Dr. Allison to hold her. Not once but twice! They say kids have a good instinct about people and Addy loves her new pediatrician so that is comforting to us. Dr. Allison said Addison is above average on everything and she does not anticipate any of the treatments to hold her back. She might become a little quiet or more reserved after the port and treatment because this is a traumatic experience but she is optimistic that Addy should be OK with her development.
Some fun new things that Addison does now are (sorry if I have posted these before): she tells EVERYONE when she is going to poop! Pretty exciting unless we are in public and she yells "poop! poop!" until we acknowledge her! Sometimes it is just a false alarm and all she does is toot but at least she is becoming familiar with the "feeling". She LOVES to color. She will pick up a book and pretend to read it by babbling nonstop and turning pages, she really likes doing that with mommy or daddy's books. Last night she did it with her shampoo bottle in the bath. She has a book of 100 first words and she can point out every single thing in there if you ask her where they are! She is so proud of herself she claps when all done. She can point to some and say them on her own too but not all 100 of them! She is starting to recognize the alphabet. Her favorite letters are A, E, M, P and O. When she sees these letters she will point and say them. So stinkin adorable! She has always been a big dancer but she has added twirling into her routine. She will twirl and twirl and twirl until she falls down because she is so dizzy! Such a girl. If Charles or I are sitting on the floor Addy comes and wraps her arms around our neck and says repeatedly "piggy! piggy! piggy!" until we get up and give her a great piggy back ride. She does not settle for a 2 second one either. :) Last thing I am going to brag about is her vocabulary! We are just so proud of her. She is getting so good at speaking. She pointed to a picture of broccoli a couple weeks ago and said broccoli! Too bad she won't touch the stuff but at least she knows how to say it.
Doesn't it make you feel better knowing that she is still a normal active adorable little girl even if this Aplastic Anemia is trying to attack her! She just won't stand for it slowing her down and we like it like that!
Some fun new things that Addison does now are (sorry if I have posted these before): she tells EVERYONE when she is going to poop! Pretty exciting unless we are in public and she yells "poop! poop!" until we acknowledge her! Sometimes it is just a false alarm and all she does is toot but at least she is becoming familiar with the "feeling". She LOVES to color. She will pick up a book and pretend to read it by babbling nonstop and turning pages, she really likes doing that with mommy or daddy's books. Last night she did it with her shampoo bottle in the bath. She has a book of 100 first words and she can point out every single thing in there if you ask her where they are! She is so proud of herself she claps when all done. She can point to some and say them on her own too but not all 100 of them! She is starting to recognize the alphabet. Her favorite letters are A, E, M, P and O. When she sees these letters she will point and say them. So stinkin adorable! She has always been a big dancer but she has added twirling into her routine. She will twirl and twirl and twirl until she falls down because she is so dizzy! Such a girl. If Charles or I are sitting on the floor Addy comes and wraps her arms around our neck and says repeatedly "piggy! piggy! piggy!" until we get up and give her a great piggy back ride. She does not settle for a 2 second one either. :) Last thing I am going to brag about is her vocabulary! We are just so proud of her. She is getting so good at speaking. She pointed to a picture of broccoli a couple weeks ago and said broccoli! Too bad she won't touch the stuff but at least she knows how to say it.
Doesn't it make you feel better knowing that she is still a normal active adorable little girl even if this Aplastic Anemia is trying to attack her! She just won't stand for it slowing her down and we like it like that!
You all are the berries! You and Charles are such a wonderful mommy and daddy! Addy's lucky to have you and you're double lucky to have her. Stay positive and keep the faith. We love you dearly...
ReplyDeleteAnd, boy-howdy, is she ever growing!!!
this one made me smile! :-)
ReplyDeleteThey are little sponges! It's amazing how they know words that we didn't even know that they knew!!!
ReplyDeleteAnd did mom really say, "boy-howdy"?? What in the world?