Mika's 1 year Dr. Appointment

We've been so busy this week I forgot to actually blog about her dr. appointment!!

We went in last Thursday (Aug 21st) for her 1 year old appointment. It was a couple of weeks late because of our Hawaii trip (darn, huh?). She is 19lbs, 10oz; 21.25" long, and her head is 45.75cm around. That is 25% in weight, 52% in height and 50% for head. All in all she looks great!! She has added a few percentiles in weight, which we really wanted to see, and is the same percentile-wise in height and head. Yeah!!

We now have switched her completely over to whole milk (organic, of course!) from her formula. We tried to switch cold-turkey, but she wouldn't have it! It took us about 3 days to fully wean her over, but that's not bad at all. She's also good to eat everything but nuts and shellfish because they are the most dangerous allergens if she is allergic. She doesn't have any teeth yet (bet we're in for it when she starts teething!) but we mash up pretty much everything for her to eat.

She did get one shot, but only cried for a second and then was fine. My brave girl!!

I'll get our Hawaii pics/story up as soon as I can. 'Till later!

3D ultrasound of Urijah!!

Yesterday, on Mika's birthday, we got to see Urijah in 3D!! It was so neat!! The little goober wouldn't wake up and move around for us, though. Figures! He moves around all the time, and especially all night, then when we try to say hi he just snoozes!!! Oh well, it was still fun!! The black triangle on the left is his elbow. He had one hand up behind his head. Looked like he was comfy!! And watch out for the "boy oh boy" shot! ;)

On a quick sidenote, it was really fun being in my midwife's office on Mika's birthday! We were all saying things like "a year ago today we were at the hospital!" Even with the ultrasound technician we got to say "a year ago yesterday you were doing an ultrasound on Mika and found we had no amnionic fluid left!" It was special.

Enjoy seeing our li'l guy!

First Birthday Portraits!

Mika's first birthday party!!

Today we had Mika's first birthday party!! It was lots of fun! We started it out in her splash pool where the kids all had a blast. Then inside for food and fellowship (this was more for the mommies!). I was very thankful that since Zarik unfortunately got called to work, a daddy came and manned the BBQ for us and cooked up some good hamburgers and hot dogs!! (GO RILEY!) After that we opened up Mika's present. Then onto Cake!! Or at least it was cake in Mika's case. I made "sand" and "aquarium" cups for everyone else, but Mika got to pick out her own cake from the store to dig into - although she didn't do much digging! In case you can't tell from the video, it's an "aw-oo" - Mika's word for dog. All in all we had a great time. I loved seeing all my "mommies", and Mika had fun with all her friends! But all that playing wore her out. She crashed right after the party. Just BEFORE everyone left, lol.

Fun in the pool!


"Uncle" Riley tickling some of the girls!


Presents!


About 15 minutes AFTER singing happy birthday...