Verdict in...

Evie does have a milk allergy according to her RAST test. It is 'moderately' severe and we are going to take her to an allergist soon to have the skin prick test done and see what we need to do from here. I am hoping: (1) that the RAST test was a false positive for milk allergy, (2) if it wasn't that she outgrows this, (3) in either case that she doesn't have any other allergies we just don't know about yet. Keep your fingers crossed.

Otherwise, Evie is super cute and loveable and fun and I am thankful everyday for her because she is the best thing I ever did and for sure the best thing daddy and I have ever done as a couple. She is awesomelicious!

Mommy started her new job on Thursday and hopefully this will mean more time with the Juner and less work stress overall, although learning the new in's and out's is going to take time, stress and making some mistakes probably. Fingers crossed for this too!

Last Sunday we went to Cinti to see the Voellmeckes and here is 4 generations of Voellmeckes:
If you zoom in you can see her poor bruised cheek from the coffee table fiasco. It is FINALLY starting to look better after 1 full week!

And here, just for fun, is Evie sleeping. She wouldn't nap on Monday unless I held her:)First swim lessons with all her friends: this Sunday!

9 Months Old!

Evie is 9 months old now--time flies by so fast! She had a good New Year and has been doing all sorts of crazy things--she crawls really fast, babble talks a ton and daycare says she keeps trying to walk there too, but still early stages on all of that!Her 9 month appointment was Wednesday and she weighed 17 lbs, 12 oz with a head circumference of 18 inches and length of 28 inches. This puts her noggin' at 90%, weight at 30% and height at 60%...so she is all over the place, which isn't uncommon. She had fun playing with her reflection:The doctor seemed very concerned about the hives Evie has been getting that always seem to appear after she eats something with milk in it (other than breastmilk). When I called over December several times the nurse line people made it seem like no big deal, but after talking to the doctor we took Evie to get some bloodwork done to do a RAST test for milk and eggs. Apparently hives frequently signify a serious allergy that isn't something that is outgrown (lots of babies have trouble with milk but outgrow it later). Keep your fingers crossed--we really hope she doesn't have an allergy and that it is just a fluke.

Then we all went to PF Chang's to celebrate Holly's 30th...lots of fun. As you can see the Juner was really excited: She played for a while and then completely racked out for the rest of the night.

Evie got her first big boo-boo tonight. She was pulling herself up on the coffee table like she has a million times before and slipped and hit her right cheek on the table leg. It left a big indent for a while and immediately turned bruised and red. You can't see it great in this picture but she has a little purple bruise line from where she took the 'cheeker' into the table leg:(

Bomb-diggity Evie Pt. 1

Evie gave me a scare this morning because she had a lot of dried blood pooled in her ear lobe and I wasn't sure if it was from a cut (which it turned out it was) or from her ear drum (which it wasn't thank goodness!). Here's what I saw though:

Her first big ouchie--which she got before daycare. She starts at Merry Moppet on Monday--time goes so fast! Here she is one last time for today--what a big girl!

Either she is tall or mommy has short calves!

And before I forget, Evie is a rolling princess--she can go easily from back-front but not so good at getting herself front-back. She woke us up Thursday night because she got stuck on her stomach and freaked out. She's a riot!

Keep reading, I had to do this week's update as a 3-parter due to formatting issues.

One Bath and Four Outfits Later

Today is not off to a great start and it is only 9:15 a.m.! Evie slept ok last night until about 3:30 and then she woke up lots, so I am super tired. Daddy was out late for a concert so he got in about 3 I think.

At the 7:30 feeding (and we also had a 6:30 one too and a few more before that) Daddy changed her diaper and she had peed out the back of it onto her pjs, making a change of clothes necessary (I am counting this as outfit #2 and the pjs as outfit #1). I took a picture of her in her cute new zebra outfit and then we went downstairs to feed the dogs and let them out.

After eating, Evie threw up on outfit #2 (and a little bit on mommy's pants) so we went upstairs for a quick change into outfit #3. Again, I managed to get a picture before she once more threw up all over outfit #3, her cute lady bug romper. More unfortunately this time she was in her sling, so she also managed to get yucky all over it and because of how she was laying in the sling, she got it all over her face, hair, neck, etc.
So we went upstairs to take a quick bath to wash up everything and for a change into outfit #4. She actually appeared to enjoy the bath--she was happy the entire time and then mean ol' mommy took her out and it was cold so she cried then for a second until I got her wrapped in a towel. I took her into her room to put a diaper and new clothes on her (yes, up to this point she had NO diaper on) and was cuddling her to keep her warm when I felt something on my pants and heard what sounded like water hitting the carpet. It was actually pee because I had yet to put her diaper on.

So we went back to the bathroom to get a new, dry, and non-peed on towel and I took her back into her room and managed to successfully get her into outfit #4 (and a diaper of course). Then I cleaned the carpet where she peed, changed my own clothes and we came back downstairs where the puppies were barking and fussing and I fed her again. The real funny thing is that Evie's room was the only area of the house where no dog had ever peed (which is still true) but now that carpet has been peed on.

I think this is one of those stories Evie will kill me for later, but wow, what a morning! Anyway, it was my bad for not putting her diaper on because I know that cold air and baths can make babies pee!