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Where have the last 4 months gone!

Wow, I have not posted anything for four months now! Well lots and lots has been going on. Makayla has grown so much I am not sure where to start. Well lets see I guess we will start with the Holidays.

Thanksgiving day was great we got to spend time with all of our family. We found out for the first time that Makayla has finally taken a liking to honey baked ham. She ate several pieces at Brandi's house *YUM YUM*. I had to catch my breath a few times while we were their because things have just changed so much. Last year around that time I remember all the kids surrounding her just watching her lie on her blanket giggling. That was the extent or her get up and go and this year wow the TORNADO was here. Kayla loved trying to get into everything that the boys had especially Billy's markers. Life is not so peaceful anymore lol. All and all Thanksgiving was terrific it reminded us to be very thankful for our family and our beautiful daughter, plus the house didn't get broke into this year so what more can I ask for haha.

Christmas oh boy did Santa come! We did Christmas morning for the first time this year at our house so that Makayla could have her Christmas morning traditions just like I had. My mom, Sarah, Sam, Dad, Rose, Karen, Eli, Christhian, Terri, Wayne and Grandma MaryEllen all made it over at 7:00. Yes our house was very full! What fun though the girls (Sarah, Sam and Kayla) all got to wake up and go see what "Santa" had brought them. Nick and I had gotten a few hints from Santa as to what he would be brining Makayla so we prepared in advance by getting rid of ALLOT of toys. Kayla was a bit overwhelmed but seemed to enjoy everything. She received a school bus activity toy that is like what you would see in a doctors office it's huge! She would not stop playing with it for the longest time. Santa also brought her a doll stroller, doll, doll carrier, bowling game and a few other items. The doll carrier is a little pink plastic carrier which Makayla chose to sit in most of the time. She believes she is just as small as she was 1 year ago. What a fun time though. When we got to the opening up of gifts she had fun but the opening process would come to a screeching halt when she opened something and wanted to play with it. Getting a 15 month old to sit back down and get back to business is not at all easy. After all the festivities at our home we headed over to Brandi's to have all the kiddos together. Siena has taken quite the liking to Kayla so she helped me out allot :) What a fun time and I expect every year to be filled with more and more excitement as Makayla grows and understands things a little better.

The new year is now here and the Christmas is put away and life is back on track. Things are hectic and Kayla has found her attitude already. I can tell this will be a tough year lol. She throws her small tantrums regularly and has not quite found her independence yet. My little one has always been a bit needy but hey she's only little twice and some day she wont need me as much so I enjoy it. Daddy on the other hand probabley wishes she would detach from Mommy a little bit. Makayla now has 11teeth and were working on number 12 now. At Nana's (which is where she stays Tuesday - Friday) she is learning her ABC's and already can recognize the letter A and working currently on B. She has also grown her vocabulary like mad. It seems everyday she picks up something new. I guess this means mommy and daddy really have to start watching what there saying now, oops. Her vocabulary now includes words like Cheeessseee, hello, bye, Mommy, Dada, Nana, milk, and many more. Such a chatterbox we have on our hands. Oh and the best update of all, she has been pretty healthy lately. Excluding a brief virus and Roseola are little one seems to finally be growing out of her "always sick" faze. (thank goodness)

I'm sure their are a million more things to say but typing up four months of updates is a task that just may be impossible. I will try to wrote more frequently as things change so quick.

Hope everyone is doing well and we will post more pictures soon.

P.S. Nick is working on creating our own website where we have more functionality so once it is up and going we will update you :)

Kidney Update 2

Kayla had her Urology appt on September 4th and we met with Dr Berkman. He confirmed that there was no reflux in her kidneys anymore which was great. He did however find that the kidney ultrasound showed a noticable size difference in her kidneys. When she came in as a newborn her right kidney was larger than her left now her left kidney is larger than her right. He is not sure what to think about this he stated. Due to the fact your kidneys are sopposed to be the same size he is going to continue keeping her as his patient until next year when we will have a third ultrasound to see how the kidneys are growing. I am not too concerned as the doctor stated it could be that the ultrasound tech just did not get a good picture therefore the measurement could be off. Giving a 1 year old an ultrasound on her belly, back and side for 30 minutes you can only imagine she wasn't exactly perfectly still. Dr. Berkman stated that after her next birthday she would be more willing to lie still therefore we will know more at that time. So one more year and we will recheck. Nick and I were kind of disapointed because that was never something we thought of as we were unaware of the size problems from the first ultrasound but happy that she is doing well. I guess Nick and I will just have to hang on wondering for the next year, but time sure flys so I'm sure it will be here in no time =)

Update on her kidneys~

Great news finally! Makayla had her VCUG and kidney ultrasound done on September 2nd at Phoenix Childrens Hospital and everything is perfect! No more kidney reflux woohoo. One medicine down and one still to go. This has been the best news we have gotten in along time considering Kayla is constantly sick. Anyhow just wanted to share the happiness!

Milk - oh no not another nono

Makayla started drinking Milk for the first time on August 22nd. Nick and I were supper excited to be able to start transitioning off of formula. But as everyone knows with Makayla there is always surprises. On the 23rd Makayla started getting blotchy red spots on her face which look almost like dry patches yet they are tinted pink/red, I didn't think much of it though at the time. But then on the 24th Makayla came home with a minor rash in her diaper area. Which is very unuasual for her. Believe it or not Makayla has only had two diaper rashes in her 13 months of life and they were minor and went away in a couple of hours after putting ointment on them. This was one of those, so I thought. The next day makayla went to Nana's with no rash it had gone away overnight but again by the time she came home it was awful! Matter of fact I know I have lack of experience with diaper rashes but it was the worst thing I had ever seen. It was totally red, blistered and swollen. So the only thing that was different in her diet was the milk so this could be a reaction. I spoke with the doctor on the 26th and they prescribed ointment and also made us go on lactois free milk. They are not possitive but think she may be lactoise intollerant. So back to always needing "special" things for Makayla. I guess it's ok though as I at least most of her ailments are not serious. We will try milk again in a month so wish her luck. All and all though Makayla is doing wonderfully just a few hickups along the way.

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