Random Notes

Callie's birth announcement was in this past Sunday's paper. We were able to identify the baby that the hospital staff mixed Callie's cord blood with. (He has B+ blood, Callie's is O+, like her daddy. Mine is A-. You can imagine our confusion when they told us that HER blood was B+...) We also noticed that the girl that was on the other side of the curtain from us in the pre-check room and thought she was dying at 7:30 am didn't have her baby until 8:30 pm. Must have been a very long day for her!

We may have had our first round of gas yesterday. Poor baby would sleep for 30 minutes, wake up, want to eat, but only eat for 5-10 minutes, and then cry inconsolably for the next half hour. Made for a very long day. The Mylicon drops would work for a little bit, but not long enough. She's much better today, praise God. I don't like it when she cries and it's not because of her diaper or hunger. I want to be able to FIX IT. Today, she slept. And played contentedly in her crib. And slept some more.

And while my weight loss has sort of stalled, Callie's weight gain has been phenominal. She was 7 lbs, 2 ozs at 10 days old and is just a hair over 8 lbs today at 3 weeks! Yay for my big girl!

Daddy has been working a big side job for the last two weeks - leaving at 7:00 am and not getting home until midnight or later, and we miss him. But they should be finished tonight (late late late) and then he should have a good break before the next big project comes up. We've been making due with lunch dates, but it will be really nice to have him home in the evenings again.

Sister #3 is coming down from Omaha this weekend to meet her new niece, so all the Aunties will be in town, which promises to be very fun. I probably won't get a chance to hold my baby until Sunday evening. We are going to Leonardo's (a kind of kid's science museum) and having some general Girl Bonding.

I painted Callie's birds - something I've been meaning to do in her nursery since I got her bedding... a long time ago. I think that they're cute, but have the sneaking suspicion that they are a work in progress...

And - my friend, mentioned a few posts ago, has had some good prayers answered and is in a really good place right now. Actually, she's in a better place than I was 2 weeks out from either of my miscarriages. God is good. (and can He keep right on reminding us?)