Cousin LoveThis weekend we headed up to Boone to see my older brother, sis-in-law, cousins, and Papa and Granny along with getting out of this unbearable heat! Kora loved every minute of it! She spent most of her time in the upstairs play area or fawning over her cousin Carter whom she absolutely adores!
We headed up late Thursday night (and little Miss refused to sleep for like half of the 3 hour trip!) then relaxed on Friday waiting for Papa and Granny to head into town. Saturday morning everyone headed to the Farmers Market then Bass Lake (it's off the Parkway) for a leisurely stroll while the fellas fished. *Side Note - For those who don't know us my hubby is sort of OBSESSED with fly-fishing and no trip ANYWHERE is complete without some sort of fishing or fishing related outing tied in* On Sunday Mommy went "shopping" in the basement and came away with a bag of "new" clothes and shoes for Kora to grow into, YAY!
New Elmo slippersWe headed home around nap-time on Sunday afternoon and just relaxed around the house until Kora's bedtime.
Today Kora had her 18 month appointment and I have both been looking forward to it and dreading it at the same time. Since she has transitioned over to more solid foods her weight has been on the lower end and the doctor has been a little concerned. At her 15 month he said we would till today and then decide what to do. So this morning when they weighed her her weight is still lower than they want (19lbs) and he wants me to put her on PediaSure once a day. I wanted to cry! The good thing was that we had a dance class with friends immediately after the appointment and both their girls are small as well so they were able to calm my fears a little and make me feel better. Basically they feel she looks fine, their girls are not that much bigger and one suggested trying the PediaSure to see if she'll like it and if she doesn't not to worry too much about it. I mean she's petite but I was as a baby too so I guess I shouldn't really worry too much. Hopefully with her finally getting her teeth in she'll pick up on the eating and gain some weight so I can stop worrying!
I remember when Savannah was about 3-12 months old the Dr's would constantly worry me about her weight. But once I stopped worrying is when it really took off. She went from being like 5-10%, to now she is about 25% or so. Not a huge improvement but still a lot better! I wouldn't worry about Kora one bit. Just wait - in about 1 year you'll be thinking, Why did I ever even stressa bout it? b/c she'll be completely happy and HEALTHY!!
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