Doctor Visit

I took Annaleah to the doctor yesterday for her 1 year check up. The visit took an hour and a half!! It was very informative. She got 4 shots and it did not stop there. The doctor decided it was time to do some allergy testing because of her severe eczema. I am very happy about that. Her eczema is so bad it makes me so sad for her. Her arm is now wrapped in what looks like a mini cast, but it's just around the middle of her arm. It seems to be getting a little better since it has been wrapped up. The doctor also prescribed new medicine for her that will hopefully be better. It was awful when they were drawing her blood for the testing though. They started with the right arm because the left arm is the sore arm. They put the needle in and just dug around. They never found any blood, so they switched to the left arm and tried not to hurt her sore. They had problems with that arm too. They dug around for a long time and never even got enough blood, but they didn't want to poke her again since it was already so bad. I felt helpless, like I should make them stop and get up and take her home. But the testing needs to be done so we can figure out what is going on. I just hope that even though they didn't get as much blood as they wanted, that they have enough to do all of the testing.

I took the bumper off of her crib today so now she thinks her crib is a giant jungle gym to jump around and play in. She is up there right now playing, trying to avoid going to sleep! We just got back from the grocery store a little while ago. I am trying to make new recipes and get away from our usual burgers, chilli, tacos etc.... If anyone has any recipes that are EASY let me know. I am looking for new ideas.

We have a busy rest of the week meeting with friends. Oh yeah, and only 20 days left until we find out if the new baby is a boy or a girl! I am super excited about that. Of course I will be letting everyone know as soon as I know!