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Monday, September 13, 2010
Lily's First Beach Trip!
Lily had her first trip to the beach this past weekend and she loved it! Of course, we would be shocked if she didn't love to play in the water with parents who LOVE the beach. We stayed in a cabin at Crystal Beach with Mimi, Oopie, Uncle Kyle and Lluvia and had a wonderful time. We played, grilled a lot of meat and worshipped with the church of Christ in Crystal Beach and were uplifted! Great weekend!
Here are some shots of Lily, Doug and me.
-Alison
Here are some shots of Lily, Doug and me.
-Alison
Monday, August 30, 2010
What a big girl!
Wow! What a difference 9 months makes. Here's Lily in her ice cream hat, with the first picture taken at 3 weeks old and the second taken at 9 months. She's growing so fast!!
Saturday, August 28, 2010
It's Official
It's official. I am the worst Mommy blogger ever. I had every intention of posting regularly, but time has just gotten away.
Last time I posted Lily was hiccupping a lot and mainly sleeping, eating and filling diapers. We were still pretty new at the congenital hypothyroidism thing and new at parenting all together. Fast forward to August and we have a busy, inquisitive, babbling and super social 9 month-old on our hands.
Lily has the ability to light up every room she enters with her smiles, her pageant waves and her sunny disposition. She laughs at perfect strangers to get their attention and loves watching people and dogs. She's been making lots of new sounds, saying Mama, Dada (very clearly at Doug for the first time today!) and baba (bottle) for all the important things in life. She loves eating and has not mastered the word "more." We do, however, know the exact grunt that means "more" and we know when to keep the food coming. She loves cheesy quesadillas, avocado, sweet potatoes, ground up steak and especially ice cream. We know it's not good for her, but no person with a soul could deny this child ice cream when she gives you the begging eyes. She has all the confidence in the world and we hope and pray that never changes.
She's had a year full of milestones and firsts. There has been the regular stuff: rolling over, smiling, laughing, eating solids, waving hi and bye, lifting her head, none of that in that particular order. She has also had her first vacation Bible school, vacation, hotel stay, watermelon, dip in a swimming pool, bruise on her head :(, snort laugh, cowboy boots, trip to the Alamo...just saying we've tried to hit all the important things.
At 9 months she is 27 inches tall (50th percentile), 20 lbs., 12 oz. (90th percentile) and her head is a little bigger than average int he 97th percentile. She is perfect in every way! She takes her thyroid replacement every morning like a champ and is growing and developing right on target.
She can't say much right now, but she is already running the show. She has officially moved into our bed and it doesn't look like she's ever getting out. She has us wrapped around her little finger ten times over, but she does know what the word "No" means so we hope we're doing our jobs. :-) We'll just keep praying for wisdom and for the beautiful young lady Lily is sooo quickly becoming.
Here are some pictures from the last 8 months counting down from now to the last time I actually posted something and I hope to be checking in more regularly from here on out. :-)
Last time I posted Lily was hiccupping a lot and mainly sleeping, eating and filling diapers. We were still pretty new at the congenital hypothyroidism thing and new at parenting all together. Fast forward to August and we have a busy, inquisitive, babbling and super social 9 month-old on our hands.
Lily has the ability to light up every room she enters with her smiles, her pageant waves and her sunny disposition. She laughs at perfect strangers to get their attention and loves watching people and dogs. She's been making lots of new sounds, saying Mama, Dada (very clearly at Doug for the first time today!) and baba (bottle) for all the important things in life. She loves eating and has not mastered the word "more." We do, however, know the exact grunt that means "more" and we know when to keep the food coming. She loves cheesy quesadillas, avocado, sweet potatoes, ground up steak and especially ice cream. We know it's not good for her, but no person with a soul could deny this child ice cream when she gives you the begging eyes. She has all the confidence in the world and we hope and pray that never changes.
She's had a year full of milestones and firsts. There has been the regular stuff: rolling over, smiling, laughing, eating solids, waving hi and bye, lifting her head, none of that in that particular order. She has also had her first vacation Bible school, vacation, hotel stay, watermelon, dip in a swimming pool, bruise on her head :(, snort laugh, cowboy boots, trip to the Alamo...just saying we've tried to hit all the important things.
At 9 months she is 27 inches tall (50th percentile), 20 lbs., 12 oz. (90th percentile) and her head is a little bigger than average int he 97th percentile. She is perfect in every way! She takes her thyroid replacement every morning like a champ and is growing and developing right on target.
She can't say much right now, but she is already running the show. She has officially moved into our bed and it doesn't look like she's ever getting out. She has us wrapped around her little finger ten times over, but she does know what the word "No" means so we hope we're doing our jobs. :-) We'll just keep praying for wisdom and for the beautiful young lady Lily is sooo quickly becoming.
Here are some pictures from the last 8 months counting down from now to the last time I actually posted something and I hope to be checking in more regularly from here on out. :-)
Monday, December 7, 2009
Lily's First Hospital Visit
Lily recently had her first stay in the hospital Dell Children's Hospital. We went for her follow up after the hospital at the pediatrician and just before we got there he had gotten the results of her newborn screening from the state. It showed that she has congenital hypothyroidism. Her temp was low that day, too, which is a symptom of hypothyroidism. There were no other symptoms at that point, except that she had not been sucking as vigorously when nursing after about day 3. He had us directly admitted to Dell Children's Hospital and we were there four days. They got her regulated on her thyroid medicine, which she will take every day for the rest of her life. Because she had a low temp, we also had to rule out infection. They were reasonably sure the low temp was just from the hypothyroidism, but they still needed to rule everything else out. They did blood and urine cultures, two unsuccesful spinal taps, IV antibiotics and a ton of ultrasounds and finally found that everything was fine. There was no infection, just the need to regulate the thyroid. She was such a trooper!
We are so thankful for newborn screenings. Before they did screenings for congenital hypothyroidism, they were no able to diagnose it until kids showed many symptoms, usually at about 6 months of age. By that point, irreversible damage had been done as far as cognitive and physical development. If it is found before 3 months of age, it can be treated before the damage is done. Because the test was done in an Austin hospital, taken to an Austin lab and read right away, we found out on day 6 so she was never really affected except for the low temp and the lethargy during feedings. She'll take a Synthroid pill for the rest of her life and she does a great job taking it now. We just crush it in some water on a spoon, make a little paste and give it to her in the spoon. We chase it with a little milk and she is good to go.
We are also blessed to have great doctors! Lily's pediatrician, Dr. Howard, has been great so far. If any of you are in the Austin area and looking for a great doctor for your kids, check him out! We also really like Lily's pediatric endocrinologist, who we will be seeing for the next 18 years. Here are a few photos from her stay at Dell. :-)
With her right arm all taped up for her IV.
Hanging on the couch with Daddy.
Taking an IV while snoozing on the couch with Daddy.
We are so thankful for newborn screenings. Before they did screenings for congenital hypothyroidism, they were no able to diagnose it until kids showed many symptoms, usually at about 6 months of age. By that point, irreversible damage had been done as far as cognitive and physical development. If it is found before 3 months of age, it can be treated before the damage is done. Because the test was done in an Austin hospital, taken to an Austin lab and read right away, we found out on day 6 so she was never really affected except for the low temp and the lethargy during feedings. She'll take a Synthroid pill for the rest of her life and she does a great job taking it now. We just crush it in some water on a spoon, make a little paste and give it to her in the spoon. We chase it with a little milk and she is good to go.
We are also blessed to have great doctors! Lily's pediatrician, Dr. Howard, has been great so far. If any of you are in the Austin area and looking for a great doctor for your kids, check him out! We also really like Lily's pediatric endocrinologist, who we will be seeing for the next 18 years. Here are a few photos from her stay at Dell. :-)
With her right arm all taped up for her IV.
Hanging on the couch with Daddy.
Taking an IV while snoozing on the couch with Daddy.
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