Dr Visit Stats and some Photos

Katelynn had a check up this past Monday. At 16 months 6 days she is:

Weight: 20 lb 11 oz (12th percentile)
Height: 31 inches (53rd percentile)
Head Circumference: 18.7 inches (83rd percentile)

Skinny little thing; big big head! Her development is all on target or a little ahead. She was tested for allergies and a few other things to try to find out why she dislikes eating so much, but the results were all negative. Her weight is hanging in there, but not without a lot of struggle to get her to eat. Our new pediatrician (whom we really really like) is referring us to a feeding clinic at Children's Hospital where a team including a nutritionist, an SLP, and some other folks will evaluate her eating. Sounds like it could be helpful, or at least reassuring that we are doing all that we can. Here are some recent photos...

She was pretty freaked out by this giant thing!

Katelynn loved the flamingos' squawking.

Mommy's favorite animal to visit at the zoo.

She must have a thing about birds. She did not like this activity any more than the peacock, and she was terrified of the ducks at the park the other day.

We started attending a swimming class for tots (6 months-3 years) on Tuesday evenings. She is really enjoying it, but could definitely use some more body fat. We usually only make it through 2/3 of the class before we head for the hot showers.

Katelynn and I are in the upper right hand corner. We sing lots of songs, and she is learning how to kick, paddle, and blow bubbles.

16 months

This cheeseball is 16 months old today! The weather has been gorgeous lately so she got to be in shorts. (The funny part is that these are size 3-6 months shorts that she wore last summer. My skinny little girl...) She weighed 20 lbs 6 oz three weeks ago, and we'll see how tall she is at her check up next week. This month, teeth #9 and #10 made their appearance. She has learned to say a few new words like eye, up, ball, and Puh (for Paul). She is learning how to unzip and remove clothing, she's learned how to scribble with crayons, and she loves to play outside.

Easter Egg Hunt

On Saturday, we took Katelynn to her first Easter Egg Hunt. We thought we just barely made it on time, but then we had to stand around with the other parents in the 0-3 area waiting for the guy to say go. Katelynn is trying to be patient...
Look at the crowd on the sidelines of the football field just waiting to push people out of the way for a little candy!

Finally, we got to go.

Score! She got a lot of fruit snacks and roll-ups.

Katelynn's pal Josiah got one lone egg. It was a little too wet for him to crawl around getting more.

Happy Easter!

Happy Easter

We tried to get a picture of just Katelynn with the Easter Bunny, but it was not to be. She started sobbing the first time she saw him, and even after he played peek-a-boo with her she was not going anywhere near his lap! So we settled for the family picture. She did fine with Santa back in December... what a difference 4 months makes.

The Snow

While it's not exactly what you wish for over spring break, the snow in Montana was beautiful for our trip. Here we are trying to not be blinded by the sun.
Katelynn had her first experience of playing in the snow while we were there. The snowsuit is a little big because I had purchased it weeks ago in preparation for next winter. And the boots were a little small because we had to borrow some from Cousin Ivey.

Yum, yum.

JT has much better aim than I do!

I had to post this great picture of Tucker. The reflection of the sun on the snow was super bright, so Tucker asked JT to grab him a hat, and this was the result. :)

Sledding...

This tumble was the end to our fun that day!

A little different from our spring break trip to Texas last year...

For Comparison

Last spring, we took a trip to Montana at about the same time of year as we did this year. Both times we got to spend an afternoon with Katelynn's Great-Grandma Pam. Here are the Four Generation Photos from both times. I think Katelynn is the only one who's changed at all...

March 16, 2008

April 3, 2009

Spring Break

Tucker's brother Andrew and his wife Crystal had a baby at the end of January, so we went to Montana for spring break to meet her. At two months old, Alivia is already 13 pounds and she'll be giving Katelynn a run for her money in no time! Katelynn liked meeting her cousin, but she's a little jealous of mom and dad holding her, and we still need to work some more on being gentle!
We also got to go to the Helena Carosel with Katelynn's other cousins. It's really hard to get a good picture when the thing is spinning, but her are me, Katelynn, Aunt Spring, and Cousin Tithen enjoying the Montana wildlife.

Since Christmas, my dad (Grandpa Ben) has been busy hand carving a rocking horse for Katelynn. Isn't it awesome! Also thanks to Grandma Sue for the bridle and mane.

Katelynn looks pretty silly in this photo, but I wanted to show the size of this beast. She loves to rock back and forth on the horse, but she might be 5 before she can climb up on it herself!
Katelynn took an interest in Grandpa's golf stuff while were there, so he bought her a club and ball of her own. Probably won't be much longer before he's taking her to the driving range.
One day, she decided she would crawl through the railing. After discovered her hips were too wide, she couldn't figure out how to get her shoulders back through. Luckily I was sitting right by the camera. :)