One small step for baby...one giant leap for babykind

November 20, 2011 - Jak took her first step. Yep, that's right! It was just one, but it was a step...on her own...towards me. It was so cute. She is getting so big. I'm very happy it happened at home and not at daycare. I've been worrying about that. She has a long way to go before she's walking, but she is well on her way. I have a feeling we'll have a walking baby by Christmas.

Ear tubes and first words

Well, last week Jak was diagnosed with her 4th ear infection in 6 months. Being a concerned mommy (with a high deductible health plan) I asked about the possibility of tubes. The doctor said it was time to discuss it. Since she gets an ear infection each time she has a cold - and it's not even cold season yet! - that it was certain she'd have many more infections. Rather than chance that he recommended tubes.

We had our consultation on Wednesday and her "surgery" is scheduled for December 5th. The process should really help clear out all that fluid, which the doctor said he could tell was still in her ear from her very first ear infection! My poor baby.

Good ears don't seem to run in our family. My brother had terrible ear trouble as a kid and we just found out yesterday that his 1 year old son (Jak's cousin, Owen) has to get tubes too...on the same day as Jak! As my sister-in-law said, the two of them can discuss the procedure at Christmas.

On another note, Jak has learned to say a few words. Right now her favorites are "bye bye," "uh oh," and "mommy is awesome." Okay, I threw that last one in there, but she really can say the other two. And she waves when she says "bye bye"...she is so smart! I bet next she'll learn long division and begin writing her memoir.

Here are some pictures from the past month or so.

Cuddling with Lablanc 

She has started doing this thing where she puts her

pacifier in crooked. It's so funny. 

Yo Gabba Gabba must be on. 

Eating the Italian sorbet that Mimmy got for her. She LOVED it! 

Getting ready for Christmas pictures

She likes to stand in front of the vacuum and pretend she's baby Beyonce.  

Yes, this is a different chair. A girl can't have too many seating options.  

First Halloween

Halloween turned out to be a bigger deal in our house than originally planned. We ordered Jak's costume in early September. I knew exactly what I wanted - a pink elephant. It was perfect...or so I thought. When it arrived, it was horrible. It looked nothing like it did in the picture, so we sent it back and looked for costume #2.

Meredith and I could not agree on anything. I really wanted to buy a peacock that I saw online, but I found out that Jak's friend in daycare had that costume and, well, it's completely out of the question for them to have the same costume. Finally, we saw a skunk that was pretty cute and we ordered it. We waited and waited for it to come and a week before Halloween I got an email saying that they were out of stock and were going to refund my money.

So the hunt was on for costume #3. We went to 3 different Halloween stores. We tried on a ton of stuff and finally it came down to a lady bug or a monkey. So...we bought both. We tried the outfits on for friends and family, took a poll, and ultimately decided to go with the monkey. So Jak went to her daycare Halloween party as a monkey, and boy was she cute! She even had a super cute post-costume outfit to change into at daycare, complete with orange tutu. They just don't come any cuter than my baby!

A monkey and a Mimmy 

A monkey with her mommies

 I LOVE THIS OUTFIT!