Poor Abby!

They had me put this gown on Abby and she looked so stinking cute!
Goofing off
I think this was the last smile of the day:(

FIRST NOTE:To back track a bit, Abby has gotten up at 4:45 for the last couple of days. I had a small inkling she may be coming down with her usual cold/ear infection or that maybe she was just going through another "stage". Yesterday was her one year old check-up and, of coarse, she had a fever and another ear infection! ENOUGH! I feel so bad for her. The last few nights I keep waking up to her whimpering. They gave her a stronger antibiotic, Sulcor, that we need to give her once a day for ten days. We got it down successfully yesterday, but today she puked it all up! On the up side, the doctor thinks all these colds/ear infections are caused by allergies??? So, at her 18 month app. she will do blood work to try and figure it out. I hope they can help her. I know it is not that big of a deal, but my heart breaks every time she has to deal with this. She is such a trooper!

SECOND NOTE: REALLY, do they have to give them 4 shots at one time? This time they even gave her one in her arm, actually behind her upper left arm into the triceps! I asked why before she did it, but she just said that was procedure now because it's too much to have 4 in the legs. I was thinking she was crazy, the arm seems way more painful. I was right. She cried the first three in her legs, but the one in her arm seemed to devastate her. I must say, it devastated me, too. There is nothing like a mother watching her baby be hurt. And, yes, I know it is for their own good... When we got home we both slept on the couch together, with her face right in mine, while Anthony took Ruby for a 20 minute bike ride.

LAST NOTE(on a lighter side): When the nurse weighed and measured Abby, she had to double check that it was her 1 year app., and not her 18 mos. She is 27 1/2 lbs. and 33 inches! Then when the doctor came in, she pulled her chart and asked how tall Anthony was. The look on her face actually worried me a bit. I said he is a little over 6ft. tall. She didn't use the word "abnormally" big, but she showed me her growth chart, and Abby is about 10% over the 100% mark on height and somewhere in between 95-100 in weight. I HAVE A BIG BABY. My response: "well, actually doctor, I am a month late for her check-up. she is really 13 months old". Nice try... she said there is nothing to worry about because her height weight ratio is even. Then, even funnier - I love the girls doctor - she said "Gosh, she sure is different from Ruby?? I think Ruby will be running around with princess dresses and she is going to be your Tom Boy!" OK, I get it... she's big and a Tom Boy... and I couldn't be happier about it!

P.S. Anthony, Kelly and I are finally going to a Dodger game tonight!!! Go Dodgers!