A visit to the doctor

AK was quite excited to visit "doctoh Mac" today. It was just her two year well check, no issues. She said AK looks quite fine and that the nurse's recommendation to eliminate dairy was an old wives' tale... so I guess we can go back to yogurt and cheese and milk! I didn't really notice much difference in how dry AK's skin was, we just hve to manage the itch when it occurs. Grass seems to be AK's biggest trigger for itching. Doctor Mc was so impressed with AK that she gave her a purple happy face sticker :)

I am settled into Christie and Chris's place as I am dogsitting Bubba for the next three weeks. I am lucky they have already bought baby furniture and all I had to do was bring AK's mattress over to give her a good place to sleep. She went straight to bed tonight, no problem. She has been enjoying Bubba very much, and I think Bubba is enjoying AK for the most part. I know he is enjoying me... he keeps trying to hump my arm. I've put a stop to that!

AK is speaking more and more in short three-word sentences. It is really neat to hear what she will come up with. I keep encouraging her to use her words when she is getting frustrated and upset and she already seems to be getting better at it. She just needs the reminder.

AK and I also went grocery shopping after the doctor's appointment. It was a great trip - probably because I used the cool car shopping cart! I've never used it before, it was kind of hard to maneuver, but AK thought it was great to "drive the car". I gave her some snacks and a drink and she was quite happy for about 20mins. I will definitely be using those carts again. I wish I had taken a picture - I meant to but forgot.

There was another bright and noisy storm last night. The lightening did wake me this time, but just briefly. xo