School Pictures

Bella's school pictures turned out amazing, I LOVE them.

Too bad they are so pricey so only Bella's Grandma's and Papa's get one, but I can show them on here :)

WARNING - Anger Follows...

F*&( the goddamn Growth Clinic at the U of I. I got told today that because Bella grew a lot in height and not in weight that she is disproportionate....ARE YOU F*$(ing kidding me?!?! My beautiful daughter is not disproportionate, she's petite and perfect in my eyes. I don't have people stopping to stare at her because she looks like a freak for being super tall (hopefully you can sense my sarcasm) and skinny.

I was proud of myself though and stuck to my guns, pretty much anyway. When asked if I give Bella water I said yes. The doctor was apalled and said "why would you be doing that? There is water in milk! Only give her milk and NO water." I questioned that, I told her that as a runner and an adult trying to live a healthly lifestyle I'm tired of shoving fat into my daughter, restricting her water when she wants it, etc. She just made no sense to me and kept putting me down and saying, just think if you weren't doing the calorie boosting where would Bella be at right now? She also told me that the height growth shows she is getting enough calories to grow taller but not enough calories for the weight gain, WHATEVER!!!

Again I was told that there is NOTHING wrong with Bella besides her small size. When I asked if it's possible that Bella just has a high metabolism like her dad and will just be a tall petite girl/woman, the doctor went around my question and went on to something else.

It's all a freaking joke, we are not going back there again. I'm going to cancel our March appointment and be free of this. I can't take the stress of these appointments anymore, especially when the doctor makes me feel like I'm doing something wrong.

I love you Bells and would do ANYTHING for you, time to just be happy, eat what you want, drink water if you want it, and not worry anymore!!

LaPetite Fall Festival

Last night we had the Fall Festival at LaPetite. Bella invited Grandma and Papa to come so they could meet her teacher and see her classroom. Ava was there too and she and Bells looked so cute in their costumes :)

Bella had a lot of fun playing the games and getting a tattoo, she chose a T-Rex tattoo :) We got the new Ice Age movie, it is hilarious and now Bella is a little obsessed with T-Rex's. She won a few prizes and just had a blast.

Here are a few photos from the fun night.

3 Year Check-Up

Bells had her three year check-up today, she was 24.5 pounds (that's with clothes on), so she is in the 3rd percentile for weight and she is now in the 25th percentile for height, she just keeps getting taller! This appointment was with our family doctor, not the Growth Clinic, we go to the Growth Clinic next month where they weigh her naked so she'll probably be a little less.

Dr. Beck thinks Bella is doing wonderful, very smart and the perfect size for herself. She did have to get one immunization shot and got the H1N1 vaccine, they both sucked. Our nurse didn't realize how strong Bella is and when she got her shot in the leg she jerked really hard, the needle twisted in her leg and popped out so they had to redo the shot :( Bella was so upset, it's hard when they are babies, but this was so much harder with her knowing what was going to happen. She was beyond upset and screaming at the top of her lungs, I felt AWFUL!!!!

So rather than go back to school today she gets to go spend the afternoon with Grandma and Poppa. Her poor little thigh is bruised and she started breaking out in a rash immediately, but with Benadryl it seems to be getting better.

All in all, she was a good girl and it was a good visit. She got THREE stickers, I think Nikki felt so bad for the shot so she gave her extra :)

I still can't believe Isabella is three, and such a mature little girl. I'm thankful the shots are over for a year! :)