Saturday, September 18, 2010

Edie at Nine Months

Edie - or "Boo-boo" as she has come to be known around our house - is nine months old. She's just as sweet as can be until she takes a chomp out of your leg or arm and then laughs! She's on the move now, exploring all that the house has to offer. I can already tell that we'll have to take baby-proofing more seriously than we did with Anna.

She doesn't have much of an appetite for solid foods but we keep trying. She has four teeth with two more working their way up on the bottom. She's 28.5" tall (80th%) and weighs 17 lbs 11 oz (30th%). Her sleep patterns are still a little unpredictable although her bedtime and morning nap are fairly consistent. Poor Edie! The afternoon naps usually take place in the car or stroller or Ergo carrier - wherever we happen to be. With Anna we were so rigid with the schedule but little Edie just has to roll with it.

Anna just moved into the big bedroom with Edie so now we're figuring out the logistics of a shared room. Since Edie wakes up around 4:00 to eat I have to race in there before Anna wakes up. Every night seems to get a little bit easier.

It's been a busy month with a lot going on in the Youngs family. Sometimes I just need to sit down, breathe, and take in all the changes!

Thursday, September 02, 2010

Broken Elbow

Anna had a rough end to her weekend. While playing "party" in the playroom on Sunday night she fell off her "stage" (a shoe shelf) and fractured her elbow. Todd and I were in the other room and didn't see it happen but when we came in Anna was holding her arm and saying it was broken. Right away we could tell something was wrong by the noises and whimpering coming out of her - definitely not the usual sounds she makes when she falls down.

Todd took her to the ER and I met them there later after Emily came over to watch Edie. Almost five hours later - she was such a trooper! - we were home with her arm in a splint. Yesterday we saw the orthopedist who changed out the splint for a bright blue cast. The good news is that there was no displacement of the joint which often means surgery. She'll have to wear the cast for 4-6 weeks and hopefully that will be it.

I can't believe how well she's handling all of this. Kids are so amazingly adaptable. Here are a few pictures. As you can see she's still smiling :-)

P.S. Edie is full-on crawling now and after all of Anna's toys! Link to video here.
Océanne came over to cheer her up on Tuesday. Headband party!

Such a good sport.

Peanut butter crackers make everything better.