I have been a complete and total slacker in my blogging--who knew that having only 1 baby would take up so much time?! Megan and I often sit back and laugh at how we were such fools...we had these lavish dreams of being stay at home moms who would have all the free time in the world, I mean what would we do to keep ourselves from getting bored with our newborns? We had visions of afternoon walks and picnics in the park
HA! we were such FOOLS! Our "afternoon walks and picnics in the park" are us sitting cramped in a nursery begrudginly pumping/nursing our babies and talking about how we havent gotten out of the house in a week and when we did we were covered in spit up :-)
That being said please dont get me wrong, I do absolutely LOVE LOVE LOVE being a stay at home mom, I cant believe how blessed I am to have a husband who works extra hard so that I have the luxury (and yes I know how much of a true luxury it is) to stay home and cherish my baby every minute of every day....it hurts my heart to think that I would have already had to be back at work at this point had I decided to work/stay in grad school--to miss seeing every little change in Nicholas is something that I wouldnt be able to handle.
Speaking of changes, little Nicky is changing so much! He is 2months old now (well actually 11 weeks old on Wed--I admitted I was a slacker) At his 2 month appointment he was 6lbs 2oz. and 19.25 in long, as of last Tues he was 6lbs 8oz so I am sure by this point he is at least 7lbs! EEK! At dinner tonight our waiter guessed Nicholas was a week old...this is a regular occurance along with people not being able to help themselves from being nosy--its always awkward when after I explain, "no he wasnt a preemie, he was full term just very small" when people ask "do they know why he is so tiny? what happened" ...."well it all started 9 months ago when I suffered from a condition called hyperemesis..."
Honestly, what do people expect me to say? I just smile and use each time to remember he is tiny but mighty and when I am able to proudly say that he didnt spend any time in the NICU I am reminded of how great our God is, how incredibly blessed I am and just how amazing Nicholas really is. At his two month appointment he got his first round of shots, he handled them like a champ, me on the other hand, well I cried before they even gave him his first, the nurse walked into the room w/ them and I started bawling, he got the shots then let out a few little cries, I held him and rocked him and he was fine promptly 2 mins later, while I was still crying and the dr left the room saying, "I'll just give you a few minutes to compose yourself" haha
He is doing okay growth wise, not amazing but not bad just average I suppose. I think they were wanting to see a little more growth than what he had but nothing to worry about. He also began struggling with acid reflux at around 7 weeks but we got him on zantac and that seems to be helping so far. They also heard a slight heart murmur which had me freaking out. The dr said its really common and only about 1 in 100 kids ever end up needing surgery to fix it--well I AM THE 1 in 100!! (clearly from my pregnancy I dont have the greatest luck in medically related things). Well thankfully I didnt pass my bad luck on to Nicholas and after an appt with a cardiologist we know we have nothing to worry about and no follow up appt was even needed :-) Praise God!
Nicholas is starting to smile ALOT more and it melts my heart--I literally spend at least an hour a day holding him and just looking at him/talking to him--listening to his little sounds and watching his smiles really make me a happy lady. He is so close to laughing that Donnie and I are just waiting to hear it. I cant wait to watch him grow and change, with him being as tiny as he is I cant picture him as anything but a tiny baby--I cant even picture him being the size of a normal 6 month old baby--like he will always be a little peanut in my eyes. He really is my little buddy :-)
My Guys--Nicholas and Daddy cuddling, my favorite thing to see every afternoon!
