My Little Peanut

Ryleigh successfully turned one this weekend! We had a great visit from grandma and Auntie Laura. We got to go to the Discovery Museum, and Ryleigh loved seeing the fish tanks, and playing in the ball pit, and hugging all the stuffed animals in the "vet's office". We are super excited about getting a membership there, so we can go back whenever we want, we can also go to the "Please Touch Museum" for free. (I may be slightly more excited than Ryleigh about this, but it will be so nice to have places to go whenever we want without worrying about money!)

We also enjoyed a family party at granny and pop-pop's house. Ryleigh loved all her presents, and had fun squishing her hands in her birthday cake. Unfortunately she has a cold so she was a little extra sensitive the whole weekend, but overall I think she enjoyed herself.

As another fun birthday gift we got memberships to the aquarium. The three of us headed there today and Ryleigh loved seeing all the fish. She even pet a shark, and a starfish. We will definitely enjoy going back again once she can walk so we don't have to break our backs walking her all around.

On the downside of the fun birthday events Ry had her 1 year check-up today. She got 4 shots and it nearly broke my heart. She was miserable from a cold as it was, but they deemed her healthy enough to still get shots.

This was our first appointment with our new doctor. I do like her better. She did a much better job explaining things to me, and she was more open towards realizing that Ryleigh's size could be a result of genetics. She also let me know that Ryleigh seems to be eating enough, so it's nothing that I'm doing wrong (it was nice to get that reassurance). This new doctor recommended taking her to a gastroenternologist just to make sure everything's working properly. I like that idea a lot better than just jumping right into more blood tests. I'd rather eliminate other things first, rather than put her through the pain and torture of giving tube after tube of blood. The doctor also said that the gastro doctors will be able to discern whether or not she's showing signs of CF. Once all that happens we'll have to decide what to do next but for now we're just going to wait and pray.