Update

Holding her own bottle - growing up!

Morgan hanging out with my brother Josh who is living with us this summer

Like father like daughter - pacifier in each hand

2 weeks have gone by since Morgan's disappointing weigh-in at the doctor's office. We went in last Friday (a week after the initial weight check) and she weighed 10 lbs 13 oz, a whole 8 oz gain! Yay!! She is definitely looking bigger all around. In other baby news she is sleeping through the night - most nights at least. 10-12 hours straight. It is so wonderful. Even nap times are better. Needless to say it has been amazing!!

In other news I have begun my Boy Meets World-Friday Nights-Summer Marathon. I wonder why I have been so long without seeing an episode. It's been 5 months. Certainly brings me back :)

Getting Older

I thought about naming this blog "Growing Up" but that didn't seem fitting since Morgan isn't doing much growing.

This past Friday, the 13th, Morgan turned 5 months old. At her 4-month check-up the doctor wanted us to bring her back to be reweighed in 1 month because she was so light - in the 3rd percentile. So we did just that and it wasn't exactly the greatest news. It felt like my heart stopped when I saw the numbers on the scale - 10 lbs 5.5 oz - 5 months and about 26 inches long and WAY too small. We took her to the hospital for some bloodwork to be sure there is no other problem other than I'm just not producing enough milk. She did so great. They pricked her little vein and she only cried for a moment while laying there very content. My baby is so brave. This morning the doctor called me with the results - everything normal except her WBC count was 1/4 what it should be (normal is 2,000 and hers was 500) so we have to keep an eye on her because if she gets a fever at all she has to be brought into the hospital asap for observation. Also, her liver function is high which is most likely a result of starvation (a horrible word for a mother to hear about her child!!) So the plan: more bloodwork has to be done next Friday to be sure there is improvement, we have to supplement after each feeding, and she started solids today.

Other than that she is doing GREAT! She finally has a sleeping routine down - morning and afternoon naps, in bed between 6:00-7:00 each night, and falls asleep all on her own in her nice new crib. She also does this fun gymnastic, back-bend trick ALL the time. The doctor saw her doing it and just laughed. He said he has never seen a baby do that before. Our baby is just so talented! She scoots like crazy and goes all over our new massive living room.

Look what I can do!

First day of solids - yum!

hard at work

With parties like that almost each shift who wouldn't want to go to work?

Lessons Learned

1) Baby MUST be checked every half hour during the falling asleep process for naps, because she can somehow manage to poop on demand. nap time = poop time in her mind.

2) unpacking is way more fun than packing (and goes a lot faster too)

3) I have a serious cleaning problem. sitting in the living room of our new house and admiring how much bigger it is I was excited to have more to vacuum. maybe I should see a doctor! haha.

4) driving fast never loses its fun

5) even though waking up at 5:45 in the morning is not fun, it is so great how productive you can be when you do!

6) having your own washer and dryer makes life less stressful and therefore SO much better

7) the older you get, the more you realize how foolish you were when you were younger (and yes, even though I am only 21 this is still true)

8) taking care of 2 babies is harder than hard. i have a new appreciation for stay-at-home moms with multiple kids. thank you!

friend to foe

When I was a little girl I loved computers because I thought they were so cool.

When I grew up I liked computers because with them I could do the things I needed to.

Now I almost hate computers because they take all of David's attention.

A Working Daddy

And that's how it's done.

you've got a friend in me

"What lovely ears you have! All the better to chew on"

"I like your outfit"

"You've got big cheeks too!"

"Get out of my picture!"