Also, I used to think it was dumb when people wouldn't just say their kid was a year old. Trust me. There is a big difference between a 13 month old and a 23 month old. Big.
Anyway, last Monday Everleigh was in the bath tub and was too quick for me. She pulled up and slipped, doing a half slip and falling backwards. She cried for a while, and then wouldn't put any pressure on it after we got her calmed down. We called the doc on call, and he said chances of a break are very slim so just give pain meds. The next morning, she would walk on her left leg but would whine so I decided to take her into the doctors to see if it was a sprain or worse.
Fast forward through many appointments, one tired and in pain baby, and we're at St Mary's Hospital on 4/20 at 6am to have her go under anesthesia to get a spica cast put on. And duh, of course we chose the color hot pink.
It's been about a week and a half and holy moly are we ready for this monster cast to come off and get our happy walking gettingintoeverything toddler back. It's hard to hold her, hard to move her, she's antsy, and the worst of it is that the diaper changes are HARD, and she's leaked several times which makes her smell like a stale porti potty. My poor baby.
A few more milestone updates: she took her first steps a couple of days before her first birthday. By 13 months she was moving well from room to room. Before her bath tub incident, she was pretty much running and getting good about walking outside.
Her first two teeth FINALLY started coming in around 2/29. Here it is 5/1 now and they still aren't fully in. Guess her teeth like to take their sweet time.
She's talking up a storm. Words she can say now: ball, baby, bye bye, duck, mama, dada, dog, stop, cup, uh oh, car, and I'm drawing a blank on the others. Oops.
Evie is giving kisses and doing animal sounds for snake, monkey, elephant, duck, and sheep. She's the most empathetic baby I've ever seen in my whole entire life, and if she knows she hurt you or she sees a baby crying, she will cry right along with them.
My beautiful baby LOVES to wave, and will do the beauty queen wave up and down every aisle we go on. She's friendly to everyone, and before her cast, her favorite thing to do was get into every cabinet possible. Animals and stuffed animals are all the loves of her life.
She's still taking two naps a day (short morning nap and 2 hour afternoon nap) and she sleeps from about 7-630 with no problems most nights. For a girl that hated sleep the first 6 months of her life, she's really got this thing down. She just can't sleep without her blue elephant lovey.
Food is hit or miss these days. Before, she would eat anything and everything you put in front of her. Now, her favorites are carbs and will really only eat fruits or veggies if it comes in a food pouch.
Here are a few pictures from the last few months:
