Wednesday, July 16, 2008

Morganne's not a newborn anymore!

Morganne is growing and changing so fast. She loves to blow rasberries and is constantly covering her mom and dad in baby saliva! She is making all new sounds and loves to shriek when she gets excited. We still don't have a true "belly" laugh yet, but we are getting close. She is now able to sit in her saucer and entertain herself with toys. She hasn't quite figured out the jumping part yet. We are still very blessed as she sleeps solid through the night and goes to sleep very well once put in her crib. She is just the best baby. It makes us worried for her teenage years and if we have a second child! We thank God every day for her. Here is a video of her first time in the saucer. She thinks she's quite big stuff!

Monday, July 14, 2008

Morganne's 4 month check up

So, Mo had her 4 month check up on Friday. Boy she is growing like a weed! She is now up to 15lbs. 6oz. - in the 90th percentile. Dr. Jacob said that she was very healthy and had no concerns. She was a brave little girl and got 4 shots but stopped crying very quickly. It just breaks my heart to see her upset.
We also had a check up with Dr. Berrios, our orthopedic specialist that we see for Morganne's hip issues. The news wasn't horrible, but it wasn't great either. The good news is that her hip is still in-socket, the bad news is that her hip socket is still very shallow and he wants to see her back in 1 month for a stress test x-ray. If her hip socket is still shallow she will be placed in a hard plastic brace at night for an undetermined amount of time. This is still better than a hard cast however! He also mentioned that he will most likely follow Morganne until around the age of two rather than just one like he had said before. Or at least until she is up and walking well. Oh well. Things could definitely be worse. She is still such a good baby and we are totally in love. For the time being she is brace free and we are enjoying it.