OMG...The First Doctor Visit!!!

Ok is it me or are Ryan and I totally underestimating every first with Bela!?! So today was Bela's first doctor visit. She had a fit in the car seat although we were expecting that because our first experience with the car seat was from the airport (but we were unprepared for that first tantrum too!). Luckily the Dr. was only a 5 minute drive. So while we waited at the Dr.'s office, Bela was having a good time with Ryan by playing with the toys and playhouse in the office. When we got into the Dr.'s office however, that was a WHOLE different story! She had pooped in her pants so bad it was riding up her back - of course mom didn't bring the diaper bag in the Dr's office and of course mom forgot to pack a change of clothes. The Dr. keeps diapers and stuff stocked so that helped but it was totally disgusting. She then threw a fit the entire time during the checkup. We had given her Dr. all of her medical records prior so she knew all the vaccinations that Bela had received already. However, she needed the nasal flu shot and then a shot on the arm for one other vaccination - we weren't prepared for her to get a shot! OMG!!!!!

When the worst was over, we then had to go down the street (another drive in the car seat) to draw blood. It took 3 people to hold her down to get her blood drawn!!! She threw such a fit that she bumped her head at the office on the counter. We could not wait to get the hec out of there and Bela pretty much stopped her fit as soon we started heading toward the elevators. Man - Ryan and I were wiped from the experience. Once Bela got home (after another fit in the car seat), she acted as if nothing had happened. She had lunch, started to joke around with Ryan (mom was still unloading the car and emptying the mess in the back seat) and she even pointed to her "owie" on her arm and gave an expression of how it hurt. Clearly we were more traumatized from the day’s events than she was! Now mom gets to follow Bela to the potty so she can collect 4 stool samples (yes, 4 different stool samples collected in 3 different jars each!)....the joys of motherhood never end! :) Seriously though, Bela is a resilient little girl and we're just so glad she is now back to "normal" now that we are home. She even learned how to give Ryan fist pound after she goes potty.

Bela is holding a wooden cat that seems to be like a lot. She points to Lucky when she is holding the cat but still is too afraid to pet our real cat. Oh well, at least she likes the fake cat.