Wednesday, October 7, 2009

12-month check-up

What a big girl Shae is on the eve of her first birthday! (Not literally, but you know what I mean...) Our 12-month well baby doctor's appointment today tells us that Shae is 22 lbs. 6 oz. (74th percentile); she is 30.35 inches long (taller than 94% of the kids her age!); and her noggin is 18.25" around (85th percentile -- thanks to the Wrabetz genes for that one). She is happy and healthy and thriving, and she took her shots like a champ. Yay Shae!

As evidenced by her "Big Girl" status, Shae loves to feed herself. She's getting the concept of the spoon, but the execution is still a little lacking. Try, try again -- practice makes perfect!
As we have learned in the past few weeks, it is highly unlikely that Shae is ever going to properly crawl -- she would much rather scoot on her butt with her legs sawing in a crab-like motion (which I will try to catch on video for those of you in far-flung locations -- it's really something to behold!). She is, however, all about standing up nowadays -- Jody and I figure it's only a matter of time before she figures out how to take that first step and then she will be GONE!

Practicing standing at the living room table:
The infamous "Shae point."
"Hey mama!"
"Mama, you tell the **funniest** jokes!"
Yeah? Well up yer nose with a rubber hose!
"Mama, not only are you funny but also VERY interesting. Tell me more."
One gratuitous non-Shae photo -- they really do happen sometimes! Go Broncos!

3 comments:

Chris said...

Glad to hear that all is going well!! Maybe she is going to get some height that has not found my children(too much of the Winter genes I am afraid)

Brian and I can not wait to see her again, seems like a long time since August.

Peg Lucas said...

Yea Shae! Glad everything is as it should be. She'll be a tall one!

Take care -

Peg

Anonymous said...

Will be fun to celebrate Shae's 1st birthday--yikes, where did that year go??? Good photo of Mom & Dad, too. Go Broncos!! Love, Grams & Gramps