Addison's 4 month check-up

Addison had her 4 month check up today with Dr. Machen. She weighed 13 pounds 8 ounces. (She weighed 13lbs 5oz Tuesday but she had a full diaper today.lol) She's 24 inches long and in the 49th percentile in her weight and length and 10th percentile in her head size. He said she has a pea head. :) Neurologically he said she's doing perfect and all around she's "fab-u-lous." He kept on and on commenting on how good she was doing. She kept blowing bubbles at him and grabbing for his stethoscope. She even let him put the tongue depressor in her mouth and didn't get mad. As soon as she finishes what Neocate (preemie formula) she has left then we will be going to Similac Alimentum. Then when she finishes what he gave us, we're to start regular Similac. He said she's ok on eating baby food and cereal and whatever else she wants basically. He's hoping they take the G-tube out soon too. He was surprised she still had it with how well she's been doing. Then of course he had to drop in there that she looks just like her daddy. (What am I chopped liver?!? LOL) He tried to sit her up to see how she's doing with that and he laughed because she didn't want to sit up, she wanted to stand up completely. He asked her if she thought she was older than 4 months or something. LOL That's my girl (or Daddy's girl, so he thinks.) Then the nurse came in with the shots. She had 2 shots and then had 2 medicines by mouth. I stuck the pacy in her mouth the minute the first shot went in and she didn't even make a noise. Then when the second shot went in she made a face with her eye brows and then she quit. She didn't get fussy or anything. I'm so proud! :)Needless to say I'm really excited that she's doing so much better. Now to get the g-tube out and start turning over again and crawling. Yay!

Waiting on Dr. Machen

Addison and her ring. She loves these. We had to show the doctor she can hold onto things and put them in her mouth. She definately knows how to do that.

After her shots, ready to go home.

GI appointment 8/24/2010

We took Addison to see Dr. Al-Tawil today. She weighed 13 pounds 5 ounces. Big difference from her 10 pounds 13 ounces that they said she weighed about a month ago. The reason we took her in today is because she's been starting to have choking episodes again and spit up a few times yesterday after she would eat. Here's what they said: her stomach is 3/4 the size that it should be since she's had the surgery done. When she over eats that's what will cause her to spit up. So basically he's saying that she's overeating. lol But last month he was telling us that she was doing good and to let her eat as much as she will. (I'm rolling my eyes right now.)Which I was starting to have a feeling that she's eating too much because she's waking up a lot at night but all the doctors were saying that's ok for now so I didn't think anything about it. So now we have to write down what all she's eating and take it back in a week and let them see if that's the case. She's getting little fat legs and starting to get a belly but everyone still says that she's so little but then they turn around and call her a "chunky monkey." Good grief. Will everyone make their minds up. :)

8/19/2010 Dr Fowler appointment

Dr. Fowler is Addison's surgeon (which I love.) She doesn't have much of a personality but she's really good at what she does and she's actually grown on me. We went in yesterday hoping to get her g-tube taken out but it didn't happen. Dr. Fowler came in and automatically said she had gained some weight just from looking at her and she seemed very happy. She even asked if she was always that happy. She was smiling and squealing when Dr. Fowler came in and even lets her mess around and look at her belly and still continues to laugh. Even tho Addison is eating completely by mouth (formula, cereal, and baby food) and burping on her own some now, she wants to keep the g-tube in one more month just to make sure. Dr Fowler said that she usually keeps them in a minimum of 3 months just to make sure so they don't need to go back in and put another g-tube in if she ended up needing it. So we have the tube in still for another month. Oh well. I was a little upset and almost started crying but I'm just glad that she's healthy and doing so much better. She loves eating baby food with cereal now. So far she's eaten apple sauce, bananas, peaches, and sweet potatoes. She loves all of them so far and gets so excited and thinks it's funny to spit her food out. Oh and they didn't weigh her yesterday so I don't have a current weight yet.

I bought her a Bumbo seat last week. Best thing since sliced bread!!! She loves the seat. She will sit in it and watch tv, play, and it's really easy to sit her in it to feed her. I've even brought her to work a few times and sat her in her seat on my desk and she just sits there and talks to everyone and watches the computer screen. It's awesome!

Here's Eli getting his hair cut before school started. The mohawk had to go.

Jacob and Addison. They're such hams. :)

Addison loves watching tv. Cartoons, movies, whatever. But she's starting to take after her cousins and getting into Mickeys Clubhouse.

Addison at 3 months old

Addison says "Thank you Ben for the Bumbo seat." Ben says "What are you doing in my chair woman." lol