11 months! (late as always!)

This is the mood we started out with taking 'our' 11-monthary pictures. In the bustle of the day, I, of course, forgot to take pictures first thing in the morning. So this is later in the morning, I believe after her first nap. She did not wake up as happy as she normally does!


Day 2 of introducing cow's milk. We are using the Horizon Organic Vitamin D Milk that costs an arm and a leg! We have good days and bad days when it comes to liking and drinking the milk.
I normally feel that this is cheating (which it is) but I really wanted to get a good 11 month picture for the monthly progression picture frame. First picture of 11 month, 1 day was a success!
And here is the second picture. Seems we were one and done!
Emily <3

HADLEY IS 1!

I absolutely cannot believe that the last year has gone by so fast. Last Christmas, Hadley was a tiny, tiny little thing who only cried and slept. This year she is into everything! Attached are pictures from her first birthday party, and the cake that I made for her. Hadley just gets more and more fun as she gets older, and she is talking! Yes, I said she is talking!!! So far, her vocabulary includes Mama, Dada, bye-bye, hey, gobble (she loves to eat, and she likes to say "gobble, gobble" while gobbling up her food), ow, papa, no (she pronounces it "na na na"), Deacon (our dog's name, which she pronounces "De Da"), and the newest word is pretty--everything is "pretty" right now.

I never updated everyone on the ear infection issue. We went to the ENT and they recommended tubes, but I didn't want to do it unless we had tried all other options first-- especially since it does not seem to be affecting her hearing that much since she is saying so many words. For a few weeks, we thought she might be growing out of it because she went for about 6 weeks without an ear infection (that's the longest she's been without one since she was 6 months old). I took her to her follow up ENT appointment on a Friday and she was all clear--no infection, very little fluid, and perfect hearing test. But, alas, by that Monday, she had her fifth ear infection in 6 months. Which also means she has been on a relatively constant stream of antibiotics for the last six months--and has been enduring the whole host of other side effects they cause. So, she is scheduled to have tubes inserted in January. Say a prayer for us because that is going to be really hard for us to go through. I have heard that it is a simple procedure and hopefully will improve her hearing and balance. She is not walking yet, but I have heard that some kids start walking almost as soon as they get tubes because it clears the fluid out of their ears and helps them balance themselves.

I hope everyone had a very Merry Christmas and hope you all have a Happy New Year!

Good thing she wasn't born a monkey...

So it turns out that Molly has a sensitivity to bananas.....BANANAS.....bananas! Really, who can't eat bananas?!?! They are a staple in our household and Molly loved them. Hence the reason her rash was staying around so long and I couldn't get rid of it. She was eating mostly bananas while I worked to figure out what the sensitivity was. Silly mommy! Anyway, once we got rid of bananas her face cleared right up. I am still in the process of reintroducing everything back into her diet though. A couple of days ago I gave her black beans and then 2 days later she broke out into a rash. I don't think it was the black beans though....that night I rubbed her face with olive oil, a suggestion from the pediatrician for her eczema....the next morning her face looked like a strawberry! So my kid might have a sensitivity to olive oil too, at least topically......well, with all the skin problems and allergies I have none of this is too much of a stretch for my daughter.

I'm sad about the bananas, mainly cause they're so easy, but that's not to say that she might outgrow the sensitivity. I'll try them again after she turns one (which is not that far away!!!)