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| The preschool's parade float |
We've been pretty busy around here. Getting ready for Christmas and Ella's birthday. Thanksgiving weekend we got our tree and decorated it along with the rest of the house. The girls enjoyed going through all their ornaments and hanging them on the trees. The bottom of our tree is bare though so that Ella's little hands don't become too tempted to rip things off. Addi and Alyse had their Christmas pageant at the preschool. Alyse was a shepard and Addi was Mary. Then, we also had the Christmas parade with the preschool and the girls were beyond thrilled to get to ride on the float and throw out candy. I love that the two older girls are really starting to truly understand Christmas and all that the season brings.
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| Quick lunch for Ella before everyone else arrived! |
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| I made a month by month banner. Picture isn't great, but I thought the concept was adorable :) |
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| Loving the icing |
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| Such a tidy little eater for having such a messy cake! |
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| She's a good sharer! |
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| She did pretty well opening her gifts too! |
We had Ella's birthday party this past weekend. I prepared a lasagna lunch and had all the family over. It's was pretty low key, but nice to have everyone there to celebrate out little girl. I also made her smash cake along with a larger cake and some cupcakes for the guests. She was pretty excited to finally get her very first taste of cake. She wasn't in love with the cake but her eyes began to sparkle at the icing. She was pretty tame and didn't make a big mess at all. She did try sharing some of her icing with mommy, nanny, and her sisters. Very cute.
She had her 12 month checkup as well. She's growing and healthy, and is running on the small side like Addi. She got three shots (including the second half of her flu shot) and just cried just long enough to slap some bandaids on and her shirt. No worries. The rest of the day she's been up and playing as if she never even got pricked. We did got back to the lab the next day to have her CBC workup and the tests did come back with her being anemic. It should be an easy fix though, we've started her on an iron supplement and will do a follow up appointment with the doctor and the lab in January. Addisyn had the same issues at this age so I'm not worried.
There is one more small concern, and the first is going to most likely shock you. She's short. How she's short, I don't know, but she's in the 10% for her height. Addi and Alyse were always in the 80's-90's percentage-wise for their heights and Doug and I are both tall, along with tall extended familys. Of course, each child is their own person so I'm sure little miss is just perfect. Hoping she gains a bit more length between now and her 15 month checkup though! Everything else is a keep doing what we're doing kinda thing.
Here are her stats:
17lbs 6.5oz (20%)
28 inches tall (10%)
18" head circumference (75%)
And, to compare with her big sisters':
Addi: 16lbs 11oz, 29.25 inches tall
Alyse: 20lbs 10oz, 30.5 inches tall
