4 month check up!

Ellie celebrated her First Father's Day by giving her daddy this wonderful gift!

This photo shoot took forever to do, because some little person thought it was a game to move the letters everytime mommy had them just soo! It was funny that she had such a big smile on her face though! She sure loves her daddy!

I had the joy of taking Ellery to her 4 month check up this morning. :( Our little girl surprised me and did better than before. If you know Ellie she is very laid back and content. When she gets her shots she usually gets upset and then calms down right when I pick her up. Today I didn't even need to pick her up, she calmed herself down by the time the nurse had her little band-aids on. Our little girl is right on track. She is weighing in at 15 lbs. 5 oz. 25 1/2 inches long, and a head circumfrence of 42 3/4! She is in the 90% percentile for everything!

Our pediatrician is so patient with all my thousands of questions about every little thing. I had noticed for awhile that Ellie's right eye seemed a little smaller and her face isn't symmetrical and her head tilts to one side. The doctor reassured me everything was fine and that the more tummy time we gave her the better it would get. Well when I brought back this time, she noticed she still had the tilt and she prefers one side over the over. The doctor thinks she may have torticollis, which is a shortened or tight muscle on the right side of her neck thus causing some assymetry in her face and on the right side of her body. She also noted that the "folds" or fat rolls as I refer to them in her legs don't match up from the left side to the right side

of her body. She was pretty confident this is all related to the torticollis but wants us to take her to a Pediatric Orthopedist to get checked out just to be safe! Of course I got upset and she reassured me that with a little physical therapy things would be fine. She wanted to rule out Hip dysplasia as well. So we are off to see the great ole doctors at UNC because they have a wealth of pediatric orthopedists.

Ellie belly also gets to start cereal and solids!! WHoooHOO....this girl is excited because for the last couple of weeks she has been eyeing every piece of food around, you can tell she thinks the milk's just not cutting it anymore!

I just have to keep remembering that she will be fine! I know she will be, but it's hard to explain your feelings when that's your child. You'll never know until you have your own!