A Visit to the Doctor and 1 Year Pictures!

We finally got around to doing Austin's 1 Year pictures this weekend. We had to do picture where he actually dug into a cake, since he didn't really do that at his Birthday party. I had to help him dig in, by taking his hands and shoving them in the cake, which then resulted in him shaking all the cake off of his hands. Frosting was flying all over the place! We did everything we could think of to get him to dig into his cake, but he still needed help. Jared got some great shots of him. I'm so glad he fell in love with taking pictures!

Austin had his 1 year checkup on Wednesday this week. He's been a bear this week, and I had a hunch that it was his teeth, yet again, that were bothering him. He's had a low grade fever most of the week, hasn't been sleeping well....again, and has just been cranky! Well, the doctor informed us that it looks like he's about to cut not 1, but all 4 of his molars sometime soon. No wonder! I figured that's what it was, but I certainly never though about all 4 of them at the same time. That even hurts me to think about it.

His checkup went well over all. He's doing all the things he's supposed to be doing, starting to walk some (he's still wobbly, and is only taking several steps at a time), saying words like mama, dada. He's completely off his bottle and onto a cup, and he's all the way on table foods. The doctor gave us the go ahead to feed him anything except for things that he can choke on. This week, he tried strawberries. He liked them one day, but not so much the next. He's definitely a fruit baby though. He still loves peaches, pears, bananas, and melons. He hates meat, loves cheeses, and enjoys vegetables, just not leftover. He's too funny when it comes to his food!

He is also growing like a weed. He was 23.5 lbs (70th percentile for weight), 31 3/4 inches long (95th percentile for height), and his head was 18 3/4 (90th percentile). He didn't gain much weight since the last time we were there, but definitely gained a few inches in height! He's such a big boy now! He got several shots, and cried and screamed. I hate it when they do that! His next checkup will be at 15 months. I still look at him and can't believe how big he's gotten.