"Uh-Oh"

Elizabeth is quite the chatterbox and finally spoke her first recognizable word. Not "dada" (much to Matt's dismay), not "mama" (despite all my attempts), but "uh-oh". She has even turned it into a game and loves to drop anything she has and then say "uh-oh". Yesterday, Elizabeth and I went to the outlet mall and several times I heard her saying "uh-oh" and then repeating it. I looked behind us and she had dropped her toys while we were walking. What a turkey. Now, when we are walking Misha, it is a game for her to drop her toys and pacifier and say her favorite word. I'm still working on "mama". I figure for all the sleepless nights I've had the past 10 months that should at least be her second word!

Slowly growing, but growing nonetheless

We met our new pediatrician last week and had Elizabeth's belated 9 month checkup. At just over 10 months, she's teetering on the growth curve. She weighed in at 16.9 pounds which puts her at 5%. I think our new doctor thought I was nuts as I was THRILLED that she was on the curve, even at the low percent. I had to spend a good portion of the visit explaining to her that her brother was even smaller, weighing just 16 pounds at one year and still weighs just 26 pounds. I told her about all the tests that Jack went through at Mayo when he was Elizabeth's age and thankfully all were normal, albeit painful for him. I think I convinced her that our kids are just small.