Allison is doing great!

I'm not sure if anyone is still reading this blog, but just in case we'll post what has been happening since Tuesday.

Steve went back to work on Thursday and sensing her mother could not handle another 3 a.m. wake-up, Allison cut the old gal some slack. She slept from 9:30 pm until 4:30 am (and pushed the volume of the Huggies diaper to the limit). Allison has been taking 2 naps a day and usually has to be awakened. But she always wakes up happy, and we're all thankful that she likes her crib and will actually sleep in it.

Friday at 10 a.m. was Allison's "official" 1o month check up/doctor's visit and was Darcie's first solo flight leaving the house with a baby (for the record, she arrived 5 minutes early for the appointment AND managed to brush her teeth before she left). Allison is pretty much over her flu, so this was just the standard work-up. It has been determined that Darcie no longer needs to walk on the treadmill for exercise as preparing and dressing a baby to leave the house, then keeping her content at the doctor's office is its own form of exercise (and wrangling her into her pink snow suit takes it up a notch). Another form of exercise is changing a crib sheet - producing sweat and an upper body workout. As far as the doctor is concerned, we need to have some blood tests to see if we must to repeat any vaccines, as well as a renal ultrasound to ensure there was no melamine exposure (just to be safe - we don't think there was any exposure). Also, Allison weighs in at 15 lbs 8 oz and is 28 inches long. That's the 50th percentile for height and under the 5th percentile for weight. Allison is starting to eat a lot more and is taking 4-5 bottles a day, so we should be improving on the weight number by her 1 year visit.

Here are some "never before-seen" pictures and video for your viewing pleasure.