Annika had her twelve month well baby check up yesterday. Baby girl is 20 pounds 12 ounces (only a 1 pound 2 ounce gain in 3 months!) and is 30" tall. She is in the 75-90% for height and 25-50% for weight. My girl is a skinny minnie! Of course, it's because she's running and moving all the time and works off everything she eats. That girl never slows down. Annika also got the MMR and chickenpox vaccines yesterday. She actually handled those pretty well. She yelled as I held her and the nurse administered them but when that was over, she stopped yelling and was just fine, laughing and smiling all the way home. We waited for a long time for the doctor to come into the room after the nurse left. When she finally did come in, Annika wanted nothing to do with her. I had to physically restrain Annika so the doctor could check her ears, eyes and mouth. Annika was not very happy with the physical exam. I asked the doctor if she had any recommendations for pediatricians in our new part of town. She didn't but suggested I call the Children's Physician Network based out of Children's Hospital. We definitely need a doctor closer to home. It took an hour to drive to the clinic yesterday. What if Annika needed to be seen immediately! Anybody know of a good pediatrician in the south/southwest metro??

Two days ago, Annika discovered turning in circles. She'll stand up and twirl in circles over and over and over again, making herself dizzy. She thinks it's the greatest and "Whee"'s the whole time. It just cracks Kris and I up.




TMI portion below - stop reading now.

I'm recording this for my own posterity since this is kind of my journal too.

I'm serious - you all probably don't want to know this.

You're still reading? Don't say I didn't warn you.

It is now possible for Kris and I to have another child, if desired. My friend, absent since November 2003, has made her return to me. Oh goody.