9 months old!

Makenna Grace turned 9 months old this past Friday. Unfortunately, her start to her tenth month of life has been not so fun! Last Tuesday, Makenna began to run fever, and it actually got up to 103 degrees that night. This usually means she is getting another UTI, so we just upped her medication that she takes daily. Well, her fever cleared so we assumed that was what the problem was. By Thursday night she was starting to wake up and fuss during the night, so Casey took her to the doctor on Friday. They said that she has another ear infection, which they say probably means the one she had 2 weeks ago didn't fully clear up. So, they started her on a different medication. This was the weekend from you know where. She screamed every night, especially Sunday night, all. night.long. I took her back on Monday and the doctor said since the medicine wasn't working and the infection was worse and spread to 2 ears, that Makenna would have to take shots. She had one Monday, one yesterday, and one today. :( It has been very sad, but Monday night she slept solid through the night, so the shots seem to be working. We took her for her 9 month appointment today, and our pediatrician suggested we meet with an ENT doctor to look and see if Makenna might need tubes. :( Let's just say Makenna is our "sick" baby, it appears. Fortunately, Makenna is the sweetest most loving, happiest little girl you have ever seen. We just love her to peices, and it is so hard to see her suffer!

Here are her stats:

17.9 lbs (25th percentile)
26.5 inches (25th percentile)

(Today she got to wear a little hospital gown! Isn't it cute?)


She's a petite little thing!

Here is what she is up to lately:

-She is babbling. (Ma ma ma. duh duh duh. bah bah bah. You know the drill.)
- She is crawling everywhere!
-She is pulling up on everything!
-She loves to dance. We call it her "Ray Charles" because when certain songs come on, she just sways to the music with her head. It is pretty cute!
-She loves to dive off the couch. Yes you read that correctly.
-She can eat Stage 2 Gerber Jar Food. 1 Veggie and 1 Fruit per meal.
-She loves to eat puffs, and is getting really good at picking them up.
-She has also discovered a love of french fries, which helps us keep her happy at restaurants!
-She still loves to watch Kailey and play with her.
-She loves to go into Kailey's room and play.

Here are her 9 month pics, which as you can see, were somewhat of a challenge, because she did NOT want to sit by the sign!




But, I must say, the pics still turned out pretty cute!