Everyone's review

Here are Lizzie's stats from her 12-month checkup Tuesday:
She is 19 lb, 11 oz (30th percentile); she is 29 and 1/4th in long (50th percentile); and her head circumference is 17 and 5/8th in around (45th percentile).  She got two shots (which are hard on mommy).  Her pediatrician says she's looking great! 

Today Lizzie's therapist came to work with her, and the coordinator also came along to do the six-month review.  Good news: Lizzie met all of her goals for the first six months that the therapist worked with her!  They were all motor skills: sitting up, crawling, using the pincer grasp, pulling up to stand, etc.  She does all of those things quite well.  The goals that they wrote for Lizzie's next six months are language goals.  They want her to be able to vocalize more sounds and request what she wants.  They did say it's no big deal that she's not walking yet.  If she reaches 18 months and is still not walking, then they'll start to worry.

Okay, so we've had the doctor's review and the therapist's review; now for the Mommy review of Lizzie:
I think she's doing really well too!  Especially when you consider what they were telling us back in September, we are so thrilled with how much she's growing and developing.  She had one small seizure that we know of in May, but not since then as far as we can tell.  Her hair is finally getting longer, and she even has some curls in the back where it's longest.  She has five teeth now and eats mostly table food.  She gets a cup of yogurt every day with some of her medicine ground up into powder and mixed in, and we still feed that to her with a spoon, but she somehow manages to chew up everything else with her only five teeth.  She's a good eater too; there's not much she won't eat with gusto.  Most of the time when she "crawls" it's on her hands and feet with her rear up in the air, rather than the traditional hands-and-feet crawl.  She pulls up on everything and cruises along the furniture, and she can push up to a standing position from sitting on the floor and stand unassisted.  She is quick to smile and show off her dimples, and sometimes she makes a silly grin where she wrinkles up her nose and squints her eyes--it's impossible not to smile back at that one!

Happy birthday, Lizzie!

Lizzie is one year old today! 

A year ago we didn't know what challenges her first year of life would bring, but even if we had known, it wouldn't have changed our joy at meeting her. We love having Lizzie's sweet spirit in our midst.  We are so pleased with her progress and feel very blessed to have so many supporters. 

Happy birthday to our baby girl!

Walking again

We will be walking in the St. Louis area Epilepsy Walk on Saturday, June 16th.  If you are interested in walking with us or in donating to the Epilepsy Foundation, please click the link below for more information.  Thank you for your support!

http://seizetheday.kintera.org/faf/donorReg/donorPledge.asp?ievent=475388&lis=1&kntae475388=8E5289F9E78C4171971C57DBF214C230&supId=354734720