One Year Check Up

Bud had his check-up today and he weighs 18.5 lbs. and is 29.5 inches long! He's still in the 3 percentile for weight and 50 percentile for length, but the doctor said as long as he doesn't dip below these percentiles he's okay. She said he's just a little peanut and is doing great. He got two shots and did not like that at all and he had his finger pricked to get a blood sample to test for lead (even though he's not at risk) and to test for anemia to make sure he's getting enough iron in his diet. He didn't even flinch when his finger was pricked but he did NOT like having his finger squeezed to get the blood out. He was very mad about that but when I talked to BV at 2:00 he said Bud had been sleeping since 11:30. I guess all he needed was a long nap!

We're just so amazed at how many words Bud tries to say. At the doctor's office there is a big turtle on the wall and I pointed it out to him and told him what it's called and he said turtle!

I don't know if I've mentioned this before, but Bud can climb up on the couch now and he'll sit for about a minute and watch tv with us. It's so cute because he totally reclines and gets comfortable. And of course he crawls back and forth across the couch and thinks that's so much fun.

I'll write more when something new happens!

KV :)