Well Baby Visit and pictures

We got pictures taken yesterday by E's Auntie Rachael. She did such a great job taking pictures when E was just a week or so old, we decided that she should do them again! We had a blast :)

'Ma ma and me'

I love her 'What guys?' pose in this picture.

Da da teaching E how the toy lights up!

She may be a mini Stud Muffin, but she is looking more like ma ma as a baby in this one!

'Da da can always make me laugh!'

Teething much?! Her mouth has become a broken faucet!

My necklace has become one of E's favorite things to play with...

But this was her favorite toy by far! The little balls inside would slide down and sound like rain on a window pane.

Love this face. :)

So today was E's well baby visit! Stud Muffin and I were making guesses on how much we think she weighs. And we decided whoever gets the closest would get to sleep ALL night on Friday night {right now we do shifts cause E is still waking up several times and has to be helped back to sleep... she is doing MUCH better though!}.

My guess: 18 lbs 8 oz

Stud Muffin: 19 lbs 4 oz

So who won?

Today Cupcake weighed in at.... 18 lbs even!! Here are all her stats:

Weight: 18 lbs {85 percentile}

Height: 27 in {90 percentile}

She is our big girl :) Happy and healthy!

So Dr G said that she is progressing just great! She could see that E is a 'talker', she talked to the Dr, the mural of dogs on the wall... everything! She was very curious and just taking everything in. When the Dr was listening to her heart and looking in her eyes, ears and mouth she just laid back and took it all like a champ! {She has her da da's laid back personality!}

The only issues I talked to the Dr about was her sleeping {she said to just keep on the track we are on, helping her to fall asleep on her own} and her eating solids.

We started her on cereal and then moved on to sweet potatoes and then, recently, to peas. She was doing great, all up to the peas...Ok so we went back to what she liked, sweet potatoes. No go... so we went back to cereal. She wouldn't have any of it! I was at a loss. So Dr G suggested, since E has excellent neck control and she is able to sit up by herself pretty well, to give her more whole food that are softened and that she can gum. She maybe she just doesn't like the puree type foods, but will go straight to the soft solids... I'm going to give it a try!

She is definitely teething as well, she showed me how her gums are quite swollen but no tooth just yet. Who knows, could be here any day now.

And on the last note, I just happened to mention to the Dr as we were packing up and leaving that E has started saying 'Ma ma ma' and 'Da da da', even though she isn't necessarily directing it at us. She was surprised and said that babies don't normally develop that until closer to 9 months! She said how bright she thought E was and she actually didn't want to leave the room cause she said she wanted to see what E would do next, she just loves her.

I do too ;) After the Dr office we went to Gymboree {love that store!} and used our 'Gym Bucks' that we earned last month! And then to Barnes and Noble to get a couple of new books for my little smart baby to start reading ; p