12 Month Check Up

• Rachel had her 12 month doctor check up on Thursday January 6th. Matt and I both went and are happy to report that we have a perfectly healthy and happy little girl! Rach is now 22 pounds (70th percentile) and 32 inches (99th percentile). She's got her Daddy's body type, tall and skinny! The doctor was pleased with how well she was doing, growing, and meeting milestones and basically told us to keep up the good work. The only bummer was that Rach had to get two shots. She did cry but calmed down pretty quickly once we were able to pick her up and hug her. We take her for her next check up at 15 months in April.

• On a bittersweet note, our breastfeeding journey has come to an end. With Rach turning 1 we officially phased that out last week/weekend. Rach's bottles are now all formula and she is eating three meals of table food a day and doing great! I'm still a bit torn and conflicted with how I feel about this. On the one hand I feel like I could have/should have kept going longer if for nothing more than the immunity boost for Rach during the winter cold and flu season. But on the other hand I feel happy to not have to worry so much about everything I eat/drink, not being able to take medicine if I'm sick, and having to take the time multiple times a day at work to pump. Nope, not going to miss pumping one bit! I'm trying to remind myself that I should just be happy to have made it a whole year and to enjoy that accomplishment! And I do, especially after we got off to such a rough start. I really do have to thank Matt again for being so supportive and not letting me give up on any of the rough first days we had. Thanks Matty, love you!

So how much do you love the photo above?!? She is such a ham! This was taken Tuesday morning before Matt took her to daycare and she it totally posing for Daddy! I can't get over how big/grown up she looks. Where did my baby go?? I feel like she had her birthday and then poof, bye-bye baby, hello little girl!