Daryn at 15 months. And the Aquarium.

Daryn will be 15 months tomorrow. It seems like she just turned one! The past 3 months just zipped by in a summer frenzy. At her doctor's appointment this morning, she weighed in at 18 lbs 12 oz (10th %), was 29 inches long (15th %) and her head was 17.5 inches (20th %). So she is growing, slowly but surely. I suspect she would have weighed more, except she and I have been on a rough diet the past few weeks. Because of increasing bleeding from her stoma (where she poops), we figure she has some sort of food sensitivity, and since I'm still breastfeeding, we eliminated all the dairy and grains from both our diets. The good news is, the bleeding has basically stopped. The bad news is, I'm hungry and grouchy all the time. Anyway, it's hard to make sure Daryn gets enough calories without any milk, yogurt, cheese, or bread! Lots of olive oil and coconut oil in this house. 

Daryn has her outpatient surgery-prep procedure on Tuesday, where they will do some biopsies, scopes, etc to get a better idea of her insides before her big surgery sometime this fall. She finished up with her Early Intervention physical therapy this week (they wont be back until after her surgery). They did an evaluation of where she's at in different areas and she was at or ahead of her age in almost all of them! They were so thrilled with her progress. (Me too). Even though she's not really walking, she's at 16 month level in gross motor skills because she's skipped right over that. She climbs everywhere, even onto the couch by herself, crouches, bends over and picks things up, and actually jumps with both feet! I've seen her take 3-5 steps several times, but it's just hard for her to move those hips forward and keep her balance. She loves to stand, though. All the time. She's still not saying many actual words, but she's very chatty, and you can tell she has a lot to say. And I swear I've heard her singing what sounds an awful lot like part of the alphabet several times recently. Her absolute favorite game is peek-a-boo and she loves playing together with her big sister. She's starting to get frustrated when we going anywhere in public because she usually has to stay in the stroller and that's no fun. She likes looking at books and snuggling with her tiny blankey that she has. Also, slides (especially water) are a new favorite. What a joy that little girl is. 

On another note, we decided last minute this week to check out the new aquarium in Draper. So fun! A great way to spend a rainy afternoon with some silly girls.