1 Year well check

On August 21st Makayla had the dreaded one year appt which means more shots!!! Makayla did really well though and only cried for a few minutes :) Such a tough little girl! Makayla had her MMR, VAR and her flu shot. We will be going back in October to get the second half of the flu shot along with the swine flu vaccine. It didn't take Nick and I long to decide on giving her the flu shots because she is already sick so often it would be absolutly awful if she were to get either flu. Her Dr said in her case it is an absolute necessity! Other than that they did the usual check up and also checked her iron levels. Good news her iron is back up to normal so no more daily iron supplements woohoo, one down 2 to go!

Height: 29.5 inches = 65th percentile
Weight: 19 Lbs 1 Oz - 27th percentile
Head circumference: 46 cm = 77th percentile

1st Birthday

Makayla's first birthday party was on August 16th and it went great! She had so many people show up to celebrate with her and we appreciate everyone for showing. Nick and I are pretty sure that her birthday next year will be at Chucky Cheese, it will make it much less stressful leading up to it I'm sure. I can't imagine anything could have been better though for her 1st year! Thank you again everyone for your birthday wishes Makayla is so fortuanate to have you in her lives.

XOXO
-The Johnson's

Shes growing up way too fast!

Makayla started walking today. She took several steps while trying to reach the couch all by herself (multiple times). She has taken one or two steps before but nothing like this. I guess it goes back to the saying look mom no hands! Someone needs to slow her down shes is growing up way too fast. Although I must say she has two very proud parents. What an amazing little girl she is.

My little one is standing by herself!!

Guess what last night 06/25/09 Makayla was hanging onto the couch and flipped around holding onto nothing. Nick and I started clapping and she got a huge smile on her face and started waiving her hands above her head. She was very proud of herself. Then she would casually sit down and when we would stop clapping should would stand back up! Such a show off. I'm guessing by her birthday she will be a pro at walking. Nick and I are in amazement by how fast our baby is growing up. It seems like yesterday I was still pregnant and counting down the days.

New Milestone already!

New news!! May 20th, I was getting dinner out while Makayla was playing with her monkey jungle toy from my dad and all of sudden I see a little body run in front of the tv holding onto her car. It took my breath away and it took a moment for me to understand what monumental thing had just happened... Our baby girl was walking! I will attach a video soon of her newest accomplishment I'm just trying to get it converted to the correct format. Not only are mommy and daddy very proud but Makayla's face was full of pride in herself. Oh boy and I thought nothing was sacred before, now she's really going to teach us a lesson. Help where is the cage lol.

9 month well check

Makayla had her 9 month well check yesterday afternoon and of course it didn't go quite as expected. Makayla was not a happy baby when we arrived because we had to wake her up. She is a bit grouchy like her father when awakened from a good nap lol. They did all of her measurements as I have listed them below and then gave us the information on a couple tests they were going to be doing. One of the tests is the TB test (Tuberculosis), for this the nurse injected fluid just under the skin of her arm. If it stays bumped up within 48 hours then she has been exposed to TB. The second test was a prick on the tip of her big toe in order to get a small blood sample which by the way she did great for not even a peep. Of course Nick and I were not concerned and figured we would be out with no problems and no medicine for once, well that failed. Makayla's iron came back too low therefore she is considered Anemic. Because of this yet again we left the doctors office with more medication that needs to be given to our poor little girl. She will be on daily iron supplements until her 1 year checkup and at that time she will be retested. I feel so bad for Makayla as she already is taking two medications morning and night that she must take until at least 1 year of age. Try getting a baby to want to take multiple syringes full of medicine twice a day, it's not easy. =( The TB test obviously I don't know the results for sure yet but I can't imagine it would be positive. Anyhow, I guess just another day as being parents and more challenges to overcome. I am saddened by the fact Kayla got mommy's bad immunity and all but hope that she grows strong and healthy like her dad. I will update on the TB if there is anything found otherwise assume all went well.

~Head Measurement 79 percentile (45 inches around)
~Weight 35 percentile (17.15 pounds)
~Height 82 percentile (28 1/2 inches tall)

9 Month Birthday!!!

Wow I have not been on here in just over 9 months now, and I am sorry for that. There is so much I can share about our little girl. Makayla is now 9 months old to the day and is just amazing. We have had little set backs along the way but she is otherwise a healthy perfect baby girl. For those of you who do not know Makayla was diagnosed with Kidney reflux and (Acid) reflux when she was only a little over a month old. Both conditions are doing very well with daily medications. We have also had many sick days as Makayla has an immune system like her mommy (sorry Kayla). We’ve been in hospitals, Urgent cares and frequent visitors to the doctors for kidney infections, flu’s, Bronchilitis multiple times, and the occasional cold or virus. In other words life as a mom and dad are very busy for us but we wouldn’t change it for the world.
Below I have created a list with a few milestones that my baby girl has accomplished including the crawling which is very recent. If you are a parent you know what that brings, STRESS lol. She is everywhere and everything seems to need some sort of baby proofing. It’s amazing the things that little ones will find. We have found ourselves sometimes vacumming multiple times a week because when Makayla is on the floor somehow with her x-ray vision she will find that one scrap of paper that is only ¼ inch big that is all the way across the room in the corner and pounce it, then in the mouth it goes. Wow are things different now that she is mobile.
Today we have Makayla’s 9 month check up so I will update on that tomorrow. Other than that I promise I will start taking more time to update everyone on our little angel. Hope everyone enjoys!

~Rolled over from back to tummy on August 23rd 2008 (Only 9 days old)

~First tooth was on February 13th 2009

~First word was Dad (dadadadada she loves screaming it) March 19th 2009

~Second word was baba

~Third word Mama/mommy on May 10th 2009 (What a great Mother’s Day gift)

~Second tooth broke through on March 25th 2009, 3rd tooth 07/14/09 (top front rt tooth, 4th tooth 07/26/09 (top front lt tooth), bottom (her rt front top tooth) 09/05/09.

~First long car ride March 20th 2009 to Kino Bay Mexico (11 Hours in the car and she did perfect, really I’m not kidding!)

~First airplaine ride was on April 16th 2009 to Kansas City to see all the Lang’s (Again she did amazing both ways)

~First time crawling was May 7th 2009 and there is no stopping her now.

~First steps without mommy and daddy holding her May 21st 2009!

~Standing without holding onto anything June 25th 2009

~Words: "Dog" 07/02/09, "Meme" 07/03/09, "Go" (which is her no)07/13/2009, Wheres Sarah?(wheresora) 07/18/09, "Kitty" 09/05/09

~Waving Hello and Bye bye 07/11/09