One Year Check Up

Well on Thursday morning I took Gracie for her one year check up with Dr. Beeber. I found out really fast that she does not like Mrs. Pat (the nurse) or Dr. Beeber at all (not even a little bit)! She started screaming as soon as Mrs. Pat came into the room. She was rockin and rollin on the scales, so we aren't sure exactly what she weighed. The closest Mrs. Pat could get was 19lbs 8oz, I personally think she weighs a little more. She was 29 1/2 inches long, which means she is 25th percentile for weight and 70th percentile for height. They think she might be tall and slender (I don't know where she could possibly get that from). I think that she is the perfect size. She is pretty much the same size as Hayden was. The only difference was that Hayden weighed 8oz more but was 3/4 of an inch shorter. So after we got the measurements through lots of screaming, Dr. Beeber came in and you would have thought they were abusing her (I am not exaggerating)! Of course he thought it was funny, I'm sure he gets that a lot, but Hayden has never acted like that. Gracie absolutely does not like anyone to touch her that she doesn't know (once again not sure where she got that from HA HA). Dr. Beeber said that she is a perfectly healthy one year old. That the weight and height were good and she can now have whole milk(YAY). Now we don't have to buy that expensive nasty formula once a week, even though Mimi and Pop have always helped us with formula and diapers. They don't know how much we appreciate that! She also had to have two shots (poor baby). She got the Measles shot and Chicken Pox, which he said both could have side effects a week later. I hope that doesn't happen, Hayden never reacted to them. However, once Mrs. Pat gave her the first shot, Gracie started crying and getting very upset. Then I noticed that she wasn't breathing at all, Mrs. Pat started blowing in her face, and she still wouldn't catch her breath. So then Mrs. Pat told me to shake her a little, still nothing. Finally Mrs. Pat blew one more time and she finally took a breath. Talking about freaking out (that was me). I started crying immediately when she caught her breath. No one knows how scary it is until you're the one waiting on her to breathe. The bad thing was that we still had one more shot to go. She actually did okay with the second one. Dr. Beeber heard Mrs. Pat and myself and came to make sure everyone was okay. He said that if she holds her breath long enough she will pass out and then immediately wake back up. I guess that should make me feel a little better, but it doesn't seem natural to me.

After our exciting check up we went to visit Nana and Steve, they kept Hayden for me. Hayden had a great time and Gracie showed Nana how she does flips on the bed. She basically rolls over and waits on your reaction. She thinks she is really doing a flip like her big sister. Mark and I have on video too, it is hilarious. We stayed at Nana's for a little while and then went to visit my Mema and Pop. Pop's birthday was Sept. 4th, so we dropped by to say Happy Birthday and give him a card. Gracie started getting fussy from her shots and all the excitement of the day, so we came home to take naps, or at least that was my plan. Well, the girls had a different plan, they slept all the way home and was ready to go when we got out of the car!

I am so glad we had a good doctor appointment, now we don't have to go back until she is 15 months. I wonder what will happen on that one!