Helmet Check - Month 2

Becca has been in her helmet for just over two months now. We're pretty happy with the results so far, though we didn't see as much change this month as last month. We saw Dr. Kelly on Wednesday and both he and Kathleen, the technician at Restorative Health that usually sees Becca, were really happy with how she has responded so far. What do you think?

August 27:

November 4:

It's slow going, and since she is older than most helmet babies, we may not get an entire 6 months of use out of the helmet, but Dr. Kelly thinks that we will continue to see results for at least another 2 months. Big thanks to Nana Dana and G-Diddy for making the helmet therapy possible!

While we're talking about Becca's head...I measured her head circumference last night, and according to my (unskilled) measurements, she actually ON the growth chart for her adjusted age (13+ months). At 17 inches, she is close to the 5th percentile line. Of course, neither of her other measurements is anywhere near being on the chart, but that's another post. Clearly, though, she needs a big head to hold that Speas-Hill brain. She's a genius!

Cool Kid

I love the outfit Becca is wearing today. I kind of lived in sweatshirts as a kid (okay, I still do), and I particularly love this little hoodie that was passed on from cousin Shelby (add the hand-me-down jeans from Lexi, and all I had to get was a onesie - yay for recycling!). I couldn't even bring myself to put a bow on her today; she just looked too cool for one...especially when she is slouching against the wall. Too funny. Note the wisp of hair that is peeking out of the top of her helmet...our little Alfalfa sprout.

Giving Thanksgiving a Chance

Dedicated to two of the biggest fans of Thanksgiving I know: Jessica and Jana.

One WHOLE Month!

It's official! We managed to go an ENTIRE month without a doctor's appointment! Wow!

We did scoot in to the Health Department to get her H1N1 shot a couple of weeks ago. She didn't cry at all. None. A little whimper - one - but that was it. I don't know whether to be happy or sad about that - or both. Probably a little of both.

But that's not the point. It wasn't an actual doctor's visit, so it didn't break our streak. When we go to our helmet appointment on Wednesday, we will have made it 35 days doctor-free!

And when I went to get her up from her nap the other day, I saw something that looked a lot like this:

May be time to lower her crib mattress again!

Butterfly in the Sky...

Did you hear that the last new episode of Reading Rainbow aired this month? How sad! In honor of my favorite kids' show, Becca was a butterfly for Halloween. Okay, it might have just been in honor of my loving butterflies, but whatever. It was super-cute. We had our own little mini Halloween party at Aunt Lauren's - lots of fun. Here's my little butterfly!

And even though I didn't torture the dogs with their costumes this year, Sasha joined in the fun. (And I'm not ruling out the idea of dressing them all up for a photo shoot - my little butterfly, ladybug, and bumble bee!) She's wearing Becca's back-up antennae, which we ended up not using since her headpiece actually fit over her helmet. Yay for stretchable fleece!

Mommy's Girl

Becca got into my coupon stash. She was sorting them out for me. If I didn't already love her, this would have sealed the deal. Grandma Charlotte must be proud!

Hunter and Becca's First Kiss

Our friends Katy, Sarah, and Hunter came to visit this week! It was SOOOO fun to see them -- definitely a major bright spot in a grey, dreary week. Katy stayed with us for a few days, and Sarah and Hunter trekked out from the city on Monday afternoon. Hunter and Becca hadn't seen each other since May, so it was very exciting for our two little lovebirds. Hunter recently learned to kiss, but at first he had trouble with her helmet. (But he was nice enough to sanitize first.)

Once the helmet was off, he was ready to cuddle. (And we re-sanitized after right after this.)

It was a pretty day, so we stayed outside and snapped a few more shots. I've got to say, it was a lot harder to get a still shot of Hunter than Becca. She's happy examining a piece of grass for 15 minutes; in the meantime, Hunter is crawling/walking laps around us - literally. He's so adorably everywhere. So while Becca does this:

Hunter does this:

It was especially fun to try to change his diaper in the wide open. Good thing Sarah's got quick

hands.

Check out the height difference on these kids! Hunter is really tall, so Becca's not quite as far behind the average kid their age, but this is pretty hilarious. I love our itty bitty girl! Katy's such a good "aunt" -- she let the kids "beep" her nose all afternoon long. Too cute.

And one more shot, just because he is so handsome, even though he does look like Jason...Clark and Colin, you've got some competition!