Reversal of Proportion

Yelena had her 9 month check-up on Friday. I would have written about it sooner, but Uncle Aaron was visiting through Monday and now Yelena and I are a bit under the weather (she is sitting rather peacefully on my lap as I type this, after the rare additional early afternoon nap, so listlessness all around).

Yelena weighed in at 18 lbs. 15 oz. and stood at 28 inches. This put her just a touch above 50% for weight and at 75% for height. Yup, that's right -- somehow a child of mine is on the tall side, although I am sure it is just a temporary condition. Her head continues its expansion and is in the 90th percentile. (43.75 cm for those of you tracking Yelena's head circumferance. Freaks.) She doesn't need to crawl as she will employ her powers of telekenesis when she wants something. Already the Cheerios are making their transcendent arcs through the air, one little dancing O at a time. The cats are terrified. Oh, did I mention I'm a little under the weather?

I need to go pull a few more dandelions before the rain starts. (I spent nearly 2 hours on Monday pulling them up and that was just in the front yard. I dreamt of dandelions that night.) I will attempt to blog again soon and post some cute pictures.