the birthday girl's stats...

we had kate's 12 month well child visit today. here are the latest "stats" (i better record them here since i can't currently locate her baby book. i know its somewhere around here...and the fact that it is missing is a bit boggling to me since the house is truly more organized than it has been in a long time! oh well...i know it will turn up in due time since i haven't really looked that hard for it.)

weight: 22 lbs. 11 oz. 75th percentile
height: 30 3/4 in. 90th percentile
head circumference: 18 inches 70% percentile (a handy fact if i decide to make her a hat any time soon)

the doctor was pleased that she has settled in and followed the same growth curve since 6 months (after all the weight gain issues in the first four or so months)....and pleased that she is quite proportional. i have always known that kater gator trumps elizabeth in the size arena (not to be overly comparison oriented...just the reality), but when i looked at elizabeth's baby book (yes...i do realize that i can find elizabeth's book quite quickly...if only i'd have put kate's book right back onto the shelf next to libs when i was finished with it!) just now to see the weight and height difference, i realized why i feel so exhausted when toting kate around. at 12 months elizabeth weighed in at 19 lbs. 11 oz. (4 whole pounds lighter than kate) and her height was 28 1/2 inches (2 inches shorter than kate). in fact, kate's measurements look much more like elizabeth's 18 month measurements of 23 lbs. 7 oz. and 32 inches long.

if you haven't already seen it, my ten smiles post is right below this one...chock full of pictures of kate's birthday party and elizabeth's "b" words.