the incredible growing baby...

when we left for the doctor this morning, we had a feeling that it would probably be a pretty straight forward, easy check-up (well, not including the second round of shots she was scheduled to get). and we had a feeling that she would get a pretty good report since she has been eating well and performing like the books say that a four-month-old should be. we also had a pretty good guess at what annabel's weight would be since we created a profile for her on the wii (even though on the wii she's a cute little puppy with brown ears). so overall we thought that we were pretty prepared for this check-up. which is why it was so weird that we were both totally shocked and amazed! let me tell you why.

the appointment started out the same way they all do. we get there, wait in the waiting room, go back to the little exam room, strip the baby down to her diaper, walk back down the hall to the scale, weigh her, go back to the room, and the wait for the doctor to come do her exam. it was somewhere between steps 7 and 8 that the shock appeared. annabel weighed in at 14 lbs 5 oz which is great. that was not the shock. annabel is now in the 70th percentile for weight. that was the shock! when she was writing in annabel's chart, the nurse actually asked us whether these number could be correct because her last official weigh-in was at two months when she was in the seventh percentile. now she is in the sevenTIEth! what a difference a couple months can make. we have obviously gotten those pesky eating issues out of the way. wow! below are two photos, the one on the left from month two and the one on the right from month four. see if you can notice a difference.















other significant notes: annabel has her first tooth coming in and we'll be taking our first attempt at feeding her solid foods this week. some babies at this age are ready for solid foods and some need a few more weeks. but we won't know until we try. so baby cereal, here we come! plus, in addition to being in the 70th percentile for weight, she is in the 95th percentile for height! she's a tall one. in fact, cheryl went to the store last night and bought her some new clothes since she's outgrowing everything as we're dressing her. she had to buy nine month clothes since the ones that she is outgrowing are all six month sizes...and she's only four months old! inconceivable! and finally, we also got our official report back from the appointment with the occupational therapist back in december and got high marks then too. in fact, the report said that based on the bayley scales of infant development, her cognition composite score is high average, her language composite score is high average and her motor composite score is SUPERIOR! whoa! pretty much, she is awesome!