Oh dear.

It appears that E's and my awesome puppies and rainbows day was nothing short of miraculous, as I took her in today for her one year checkup (almost a month late...oops), and was informed that she has an enormous, raging ear infection. The funny thing is, you'd never know it. The P.A. seemed pretty shocked, since E was tearing around the exam room in her diaper, giggling and stopping every once in a while to do that adorable little dance that toddlers do. You know the one, where they stick their little butt out and bend their knees ever so slightly.

Anywho, she is still a little shrimp at 18 lbs. 4.5 oz. (5th percentile), but she's 30 inches long (63rd percentile) with a 46 cm head (69th percentile). With her tall, skinny body and enormous brain case, I'm predicting that she will grow up to be a really, really smart supermodel. I'll update y'all on that in about 16-20 years.

The P.A., Janelle, wasn't overly concerned about her weight, due to the combined factors of E always being small and her vigorous cardio routine of charging back and forth across the house all day long. I am, however, at least supposed to attempt to fatten her up a bit, just to see if it can be done. I never thought I'd hear a medical professional encouraging me to "load up on the butter", but that's what she said! Does anyone have any ideas for high calorie foods that a picky toddler would enjoy? I'm not ready to resort to Happy Meals and cookies just yet, but I do think it's time to try peanut butter. I'm terrified to do this (I once witnessed a very bad allergic reaction to eggs in a one year old, and I can't even imagine how bad a peanut allergy would be), but I really need to try because it could be a great new food for E. Any other suggestions?

Easter pictures coming soon, as well as pics from last Saturday's outing, but for now I'll leave you with E in one of her many new pairs of two piece big-girl jammies. I thought I'd miss the footies, but the new ones show off her little potbelly so adorably that I have zero desire to ever put her back in footie pajamas.