Kate

Kate's Birthday Cake

The cake looks so good...but don't touch!

These were for passports...but she is just so dang cute!

This post will be all about our dear little Kate.

Kate turned 1 on June 14th YAY!!! Some days I can't believe it's already been a year, then on the other hand I look at all we have been through with her and I feel like it has been a LONG year. Between her food allergies, her need to be permanently attached to me, and her inability to crawl/walk I seem to always be questioning what's going on with her. She is beautiful and when everything is good then she is content and smilies so much and really is a joy. The older she gets the more of those moments we have. She has kind of been a hard baby but when she sits and giggles and grins it makes every moment of it worth it.

Our latest devlopment with Kate is her need to go and get her pelvis x-rayed. We have been taking Kate to the Physical Therapist becuase she isn't crawling, standing, or walking. After going to the therapist for 1 1/2 months without much progress they wanted us to go and get x-rays to make sure everything is okay. We were able to go today and it went really well. Kate was so happy and cooperative which was a miracle. I really liked the doctor (we went to an Orthoepedic specialist) and we were in and our fairly quickly. We went in, talked with one nurse then had another nurse take x-rays then the doctor came in. We had a good chat about what she could and couldn't do. Bottom line is that she's fine. The x-ray came back clear, he said that it's not "normal" for her to not be crawling but it's not a problem yet. He said some babies will NEVER crawl and that's okay. He isn't worried about Kate because he said she has great head movement and torso balance, he said that her arm, hand and finger dexterity is good and other than her legs she is Very healthy and strong. He told me that if she isn't at least standing by the time she is 19 months (6 months from now) then to bring her back in and they will start to run test and send her to a neuroligist but until then to just work with her. The doctor also made me feel better because he said one of his daughters never crawled and didn't start walking until she was 17 months and now she's 12 and perfectly normal and even plays sports LOL. So that did make me feel better knowing that not only will she be okay but that he had the same thing happen.

Kate is gettting really good at rolling and spinning around. She loves to play with Austin and is a good sport when he is a little too rough with her. She sleeps SO good and is a dream to put down for naps and bed. Even when we went camping this last weekend she layed down for every nap and went to bed and slept all through the night without crying even once! I was so surprised and happy.