Happy Half Birthday!

Annabel turned 6 months yesterday! We can hardly believe it's been half a year already, though if you had asked us three or four months ago, we may have said that we thought this day would never come! (see references to colicy child)

She is getting very big...about 17.5 pounds, though we'll find out for certain at our 6 month appt. on Friday. Here's her 6 month pics with her blue bunny....and as a reminder of where we've come from, here's her one week pic too.

And here's our happy little child today.

From falling over to sitting up herself.

Grandpa got her some Stanford gear so she can represent the west coast.
We celebrated with cake - candles are facinating.

Yesterday we not only celebrated her half-birthday, but also her first trip to the ER! That evening her eye had a little bit of discharge which we decided we would just monitor, but when she woke up at 10pm crying we found that her right eye was swollen shut and splotchy. So, off to the ER at Stanford Hospital we went.

By the time we arrived the swelling had gone down and she was opening it a bit, but we went in just in case. Four hours later we left with a perscription for an antibiotic and a tired little girl on our hands. She was a trooper despite being deliriously sleepy.

Today, after just two antibiotic treatments she is doing great! It may be pink eye (though her eye itself is not red) or another infection, scratch or something (or all of the above). Her hands grab everything and she stick them in her mouth, rubs her eyes - it's a wonder this hadn't happened before.

We've had a very busy two weeks so there's much to catch up on...stay tuned...