Eliott DeAnne

It would only be fitting that Eliott’s first word is GO… and not just GO… but GO!GO!GO! She loves to GO anywhere  with us. Whether it is just outside to take out the dog or to walk around the store with her sister. She is always on the GO! She has finally learned to scoot herself down the stairs but she still tries to just GO faster and walk down. That usually doesn’t GO too well! She always picks herself up, shakes it off, and GOes!

Sometimes I sit back and look at her and wonder “where did all the time GO?” She is just getting so big so fast! Each day her little personality shows more than the previous day. She is so fun. All  she really wants to do is GO everywhere her sister GOes. Riley doesn’t always want that too much but I love it. Riley is her best friend and she loves her so much. I am hoping once Lily gets a little older that Riley’s annoyance will GO away. Here are some pictures of the Lily Bird for your viewing pleasure

Eliott DeAnne Schmucker De Groff has turned officially 1 last week (3-6-10) She is getting to be such a big girl now. She is now sitting in a forward facing car seat which she loves to be in since she can now see the world in front of her while we are driving. She has been sick lately though having been diagnosed having RSV, and a double ear infection from the doctor so we are having to give her antibiotic and breathing treatments for her.

Me and Risa want to thank everyone that came down for her birthday party and for all the gifts for her!! Lily is loving everything and having so much fun.

Here is a video of Lily at her birthday party for everyone that couldn’t come:

Lily has grown and learned a lot in her first year, here is a little memory of what she has done so far this past year.

Lily had not gained much weight from her seven month check-up to her nine month one. So Dr. Hall put us on a mission to fatten her up a bit. So we started feeding her differently. More table food, more meat, more formula, more snacks, more, more, more…

Drum roll please..

Thursday was the weigh in date. She went from 14.14 pounds to 16.08 pounds!! YAHOOOOOOOOOOOOOO. The doctor and mommy were very pleased with her growth. Her next appointment won’t be until her one year check-up.

Today Lily had her nine month check up. All-in-all, everything went well. She is 27.25 inches long and weighs 14.14 pounds. The weight gain (or lack thereof) has caused a little bit of a concern. While it could just be from her becoming more active and moving more, the Doc wants to monitor it more closely. We have to feed her more fattening food (mmmm burgers and fries!) to help plump her up. I get to take her back next month and hopefully that we will see some more significant weight gain. If not, we will have to get some lab work done. I went through the exact same thing with Riley so hopefully she will just gain some weight to put her back on the right curve.

The doctor was happy with her progress in the developmental areas. She was very impressed to hear that she will respond not only to “Eliott” but to “Lily” also!!! She did see that her top teeth are starting to peek through. She is just a little small for her age but she is right were she needs to be