One-year well visit

We took Elijah to his one-year well visit with Dr. Judy today. It went great! Well, aside from the fact that his oxygen sats are even lower than they were last week (they ran between 72-75% today). That's to be expected, though, because he is growing very fast. My mommy intuition tells me that surgery is NEAR. The G-man told us we would schedule surgery when he dips below the 70% mark and he is almost there!

The aching pain in my arm and back is confirmation that we have a chunky monkey. Today Elijah weighed 22 lb. 10 oz. and was 29.5 inches long. He's in the 50th percentile for both! His head circumference is in the 70th percentile! He's awesome!

We are finally able to get rid of one of his nebulizer medications. Now he will only be inhaling Pulmicort twice a day to prevent lung distress. This is wonderful news. And he gets to start drinking yummy cow's milk (thank goodness, SO MUCH CHEAPER) instead of formula.

Dr. Judy told us not to worry AT ALL about his delayed gross motor development. He is making progress and that is all that matters. Who knows how much work it might be for Elijah to get places on his own. We just don't know how hard his little body is working and how yucky it might make him feel to move around a whole bunch (although from his great disposition, you'd never know he felt yucky). His fine motor skills and speech are right on par, so he is doing very well, considering everything he has been through. Oh and his molars are about to break through the gums!

We met some good friends of ours that we haven't seen in a long time at the Bonfire. It was so good to see them! As always, Elijah was a little ham and was incredibly good. What other baby would sit happily in his high chair for two hours, not fussing once, just eating Cheerios and smiling at everyone who walked by? At the end of dinner they brought out a cake for him. He dug his hands in it and licked the frosting in delight. It was really cute. We got some pics of the lunar eclipse! It's so cool that that happened on Elijah's first birthday. Saturday is the big birthday party! Elijah can't wait for more cake!


He likes you, Neal! You're a natural. I wish we could have seen your sweet baby girl last night, too. We miss you!


AAaaww, so cute.


Jon and Anna, the cutest skydiving couple we know. We miss you guys, too!


Anna is sooo pretty!


Fire!


Mmmmmm, frosting so good