9 month doctor's visit

I woke up unhappy and wet again this morning. Mommy said that we are going to have to get some new diapers for me to wear while I sleep or something because she hates to have me wake up so unhappy every morning.

We came out to the living room, had breakfast and watched tv. Then we both got dressed, grabbed the library books, and jumped in the car to go to story time. I had just fallen asleep when we got there so I was not happy when I had to wake up. But we got inside and I saw my friends Sam and Caylee and was all better. We all went into the story room and Noah joined us. I was much more interested in my blackbirds today than in the stories that the librarians were telling. I held my blackbirds almost the whole time, except when it was time for the egg shakers. Today's theme was forest animals like squirrels, turtles, frogs, snakes, rabbits and even moose and bear.

After story time Caylee had to go right away but Sam and Noah and I hung out and played. Noah is climbing up on everything now. We all had a good time socializing and pulling books off the shelves. I got five more library books this week. We said good bye and we would see everyone next week for the last story time :(

I fell asleep on the way home. When I woke up Mommy and I went inside, ate, and played. Daddy got home and I was really excited to see him. He got down on the floor and played ball with me. It was time to leave for my doctor's appointment so we said goodbye to Daddy and left. We got in the office and said hi to my favorite nurse. Then Mommy and I sat in the waiting room. We got called back to the exam room and I was so anxious I couldn't sit still. I was trying to wiggle right out of Mommy's arms. The other nurse came and weighed and measured me. I was 16lbs 1oz, 27 inches long, and my head is 17 inches round. We waited in the exam room for the doctor and looked at the posters of body parts on the walls. Mommy showed me the picture of an ear then touched my ear, then pointed to the picture of the nose and touched my nose, then pointed to the picture of the ribs and touched my ribs (this made me giggle). We did it a bunch of times until the doctor came in.

Dr. Sharma is nice but I was just so anxious today I didn't want to sit still for her. She looked in my ears, eyes, nose, and mouth. She pushed on my belly. She asked Mommy what my favorite food was. Mommy told her I like sweet potatoes and apple/blueberry. She asked if I eat a lot of sweet potato because my skin is a little yellow. She said yes. The doctor recommended getting some blood work to make sure that there is nothing wrong. She also told Mommy that I am not gaining enough weight and that I should start eating cheese. Mommy also showed the doctor a few patches of dry skin that are on different places on my body. The doctor says that I have eczema and she needs to keep it moisturized. After all that I got my first dose of the flu shot. I cried but Mommy distracted me with one of my blackbirds. I stopped crying pretty quickly once I got my blackbird.

Mommy thought that I had been through enough today so we would wait tomorrow to go get the blood work done and since it is done at the hospital and we will be there tomorrow anyway it is better to go home and get some rest. We got home, ate, and took a nap.

When I got up it was play time. I spent some time with Daddy as Mommy rested on the couch. Mommy was not in the best mood after the doctor. So Daddy played on the Wii and I watched. When Mommy woke up from a short nap she joined Daddy and played on the Wii too. Then it was time to eat again. After eating it was bath time. I played with my new Grumpy Bear bath toy and a bunch of other toys as Daddy washed me and Mommy read me one of the library books. Then we got dried off, lotioned up, and dressed for bed. We said good night to the animals on the comforter, good night to Daddy, and was asleep in no time.