So Tough Being One

Today Brinlee had her one year old big girl doctor's appointment.  No surprise, she looks perfect!!!  And, also no surprise, she is underweight.  In the last three months she has grown 2 and 1/2 inches, but has only gained 2 ounces.  Apparently it's not necessarily uncommon, but the doctor did want to check her iron level to make sure she doesn't have anemia.  So, after getting picked on at his office, she had to go across the street to the hospital for a quick blood draw.  It was so sad!  She really did awesome actually, poor little thing.  She hollered, but she held nice and still.  Her one little arm didn't give them enough, so she ended up with a hole and a big bandage on both arms.  She looked like a little war hero.  For being such a brave girl (read: producing big crocodile tears, looking really pathetic, and making the nurses feel really bad), she got to take home a cute little teddy bear, which she immediately latched on to and wouldn't let go of for anything.  It's in her crib now.

She spent some time cuddled up with us and teddy on the couch watching Pooh, but she recovered surprisingly quickly and after an hour or so she was back to her old, busy self.  We won't get results of the draw for a couple more days.  What we can say for now however, is that we have one tough baby!