Allergies

We got the results of Tori's allergy test back today. Nothing good. Per the blood work, she is highly allergic to milk, cats, and dogs, and slightly allergic to wheat and eggs. What the hell?!?! How are we supposed to eat macaroni and cheese and grilled cheese sandwiches and breakfast egg sandwiches??! I'm so bummed. The doctor said to go to an allergist before making any changes at home. Since we're goign out of town, we can't go until next week at the earliest. I'm really sad about this though. I mean, it's good to know, but seriously, could the answer have been any worse for a kid's diet?

15 Months

I know, I know. I am AWFUL at this whole blog thing. But let's focus on me for just one second. I got a new job!!!! What does this mean for Tori's blog? Clearly, more time to maybe focus on this thing more than once every 3 months. So here's to more frequent future posts.

height - 30 3/4 (50%)

weight - 19 lb, 4 oz (7%)

milestones - holy miss independent! Tori does not need us anymore, nor does she want us! She walks on her own, which is great, but she won't hold our hand. Which is awesome. ... She recognizes friends her age, including our neighbors who are 2 months younger and 3 months older. She blows kisses, which is the cutest thing and waves good bye. She gets pickier and pickier with her food every day. Isn't it suppsoed to get better?? One day she likes something, the next day not at all. So we just try to roll with it and not commit to any one food. She has started to be more interested in some things if she can feed it to herself. Like yogurt. We tried this one out in a restaurant. (see below) She has 12 teeth fully in and her 4 I teeth coming in now.

problems - still dry, itchy skin all over her body. The doctor finally decided it was time for allergy testing. He decided we shouldn't still be talking about her itchy skin, so I took her yesterday to get blood drawn to get her tested. She did sooooo well. She cried out when the needle went in and when they took it out, but there was no squirming, no screaming, not even a tear!! I went in with so much anxiety, and left feeling so proud of her.

On a random side note, we finally had to start putting her hair in pigtails to get it out of her face. I think she looks like an anime character now, but at least her hair isn't in her eyes anymore.