Erika at 11.5 months old Videos

Erika eats pasta with a fork now.

She's also had stinky, loose stools for four days straight. Think she's caught a stomach bug. :(

And today we took her to get her lead levels tested, which involves bloodwork. :( Daddy put her on his lap, and held her arms so she wouldn't squirm, and she cried when the needle went in, but we soothed her and calmed her, and she remained still for the rest of the bloodwork. The entire medical staff (and possibly all the patients in the wait area who were cringing at the thought of a baby getting blood taken) were pleasantly surprised. And everybody kept saying what a beautiful happy baby she was, so she ate that all up; blowing kisses and looking flirtatiously over her shoulder.