Jade's Sixth Month Checkup

November 24-30, 2008: On Monday I took Jade to the pediatrican for her six month checkup. She is officially 17.7 lbs and in the 75th percentile for everything; head circumference, weight and height. I talked to the doctor about taking her off of the Prevacid. She agreed with me that I could start to wean her off of the medication. I think she is old enough and with eating solids now I think she would do okay. Jade sleeps through the night 10-11 hours. She eats three meals a day and is eating baby food really well. Her favorite is prunes. She still hates peas and green beans but will eat squash, sweet potoatos and carrots really well. She holds her own bottle, sits by herself, sits in a high chair, and is starting to scoot herself with her elbows. She is constantly happy, always smiling and is easy to make laugh. She takes 2-3 naps a day, one in the morning, one after lunch and one before dinner. She likes to sleep with a pacifier and her "Beary Bear". It's like half stuffed animal, half blanket. It's a he but he's pink. She loves him. She especially likes the little tag that I left on him. She likes to play with it. She seems so advanced for her age. It could just be that I'm biased but she seems super intelligent. She's such a great baby.
Tuesday was a red letter day. I convinced Aaron that we should buy a big screen TV. I think he was feeling a little responsible for the large mess the fish tank made. My dad was able to find a killer deal on a Sony 52 inch flat screen with a PS3. It only cost us $1800. We both agreed that we would get the TV now while it was a great deal and just not open it until Christmas. That will be our Christmas to each other. We've also decided to build an entertainment center in the middle of the wall where the fish tank used to be and include a 2 sided fireplace. We've hired Jeremy to build it for us. He's currently working on the plans and we will see how it turns out. I'm excited.
Thursday was Thanksgiving. We went to Gary Gunn's house for dinner around 2pm and then I had to go into work at 6pm. It was one of the busiest nights I have ever worked. The wait to get back to a room was almost 3 hours. The craziest thing was the patients were super sick. Yes we saw our fair share of Turkey Bowl injuries and lacerations d/t knives but the majority of the patients were super sick with serious illnesses. We even had two full arrests. One we saved and the other came in basically dead. It was a sad way to celebrate Thanksgiving. While I worked Aaron and Jade went over to the Sorensen's and had leftovers and played games. Aaron came to the hospital and dropped me off some leftovers. I didn't even have time to eat it I was so busy. Too bad too because I love turkey leftovers.
Friday we spent all day putting up our Christmas lights outside and the tree and inside decor. It was really fun to be together as a little family and put the tree up. I can't wait until Jade is older when she will really get into the Christmas season. It will be fun to establish our own traditions with her. Unfortunately this year Jade has slept through most of the squeeziness. I think she is getting sick again because she is a little cranky and has a runny nose. Let's hope not. She just stopped taking her antibiotic and was doing so well.
On Saturday Clair offered us his Jazz tickets. We debated whether to go or not because Jade had been running a fever earlier in the day with a runny nose and red eyes. I took her to the pediatrican's after hours clinic but she is just fine. No ear infections etc. Just something viral. This evening however she seemed to be feeling better so we decided to go to the game. She loved it. She was so good natured even though I knew she didn't feel well. There was a little black boy sitting behind us and she was totally facinated with him. She spent most of the time watching him than the game. Everyone around us commented on how cute and good she was. We had a really good time and the Jazz even won.