And life lately has been wonderful.
Spring is here. It's here, despite the calendar. It's here despite the groundhog. It's here despite the storm that we'll likely still get, as we always do at this point in the season.
Yes, Spring is here and every part of me is thrilling to it.
Yesterday when I was driving I saw a robin. A robin on March 16th! A little early, if you ask me, but I'm not complaining, because robins trump groundhogs when it comes to determining how much Winter is left.
Then today it was so beautiful and sunny that the outdoors were calling to me and I just had to go for a walk with Elijah. Matthew was at work with the stroller in the trunk of the car, but he kindly agreed to come and work from home the rest of the day just so that I could get out of the house and enjoy the sunshine.
There really isn't anywhere to walk around here unless you want to walk along the quiet, pretty, and completely deserted canal. I like walking along there, but not by myself. It just doesn't feel safe somehow.
So instead I took a walk to our local grocery store for nothing in particular. We just went grocery shopping yesterday and spent far too much money, but I managed to think of a couple things that we still needed, so off Eli and I went.
It was so beautiful outside! When I got home the weather network said it was 17 degrees which is like a cool June day. I love it! I was so warm walking that I was tempted to take off my sweater. I decided not to owing to my insecurity where my pudgy belly is concerned, and I kindof regretted it when I got home because I was sweating like it was the middle of summer. I pulled off the shoes and socks, and for the rest of the day I've been wearing flats...with no socks at all! To me, that's on the same level as wearing sandals, only prettier.
And, because I promised to take more photos and put them on my blog, I ran outside once I got these puppies on and took a photo.
And guess what I saw on my walk?? I saw the beginnings of flowers sprouting up from the ground! I was so excited that I regretted not bringing the camera just to document it. Then, as if to teach me a life lesson on the importance of bringing your camera everywhere, I saw real, live, first-of-the-season flowers. Beautiful, dainty little white snowdrops of the kind that only come once Spring is finally here.
Did I mention that Spring is finally here? And that I'm excited about it?
Now that the nicer weather is here I'm a lot more motivated to work out and get this post-pregnancy body of mine back into shape. Matthew has been feeling the same way, so we're having a competition to see who can get to their target weight the fastest. We both have about the same amount that we want to lose, so the race is on! And boy it has been competitive around here these last couple days. Everything now is, "Go ahead, eat that rice krispie square. I'm just going to beat you, that's all!"
It's frustrating in a way because, with breastfeeding, I need to eat often. I feel hungry so often throughout the day, like 2 hours after a big breakfast, but Matt doesn't get hungry so often, so I feel like I'm eating way more than him, which I might very well be. I'm ACTUALLY eating for two now, though, so I just remind myself of that and aim to eat healthy foods. Except for the small McDonald's fries I had tonight. BUT I've been good about the sweets, which are way harder for me to cut out than fries.
So anyway, Our Weight Loss Thing is on (capitalized because that's what we so uncreatively called it) and we will see in a month who is in the lead.
Yesterday I had my last midwife appointment and I feel equal portions of sadness and happiness.
I feel sad because the experience is over. Being pregnant was wonderful and a miracle and I will always look back on that as a happy time. I miss little thing that have to do with being pregnant, and I will miss the midwives and how well taken care of I felt. It's nice to know that there's someone you know on call in case you or your baby has an emergency, and who will take time with you to answer questions and listen to concerns. So yes, I'm sad that we've been discharged.
At the same time though, I'm happy. OH so happy. Life is moving forward and I sort of feel like I can't keep up, it's going so fast. Eli is 7 weeks old today, and I need to call tomorrow to book his 2 month shots. It's so hard to believe he's so big already and that he isn't this teeny newborn anymore. I'm so happy he's healthy and doing well, and I'm happy I've recovered well too. Nursing is going well and he's gaining tons of weight. The little bruiser is already at 12 lb's 3 oz, and is more than 24" long. I'm happy, happy, happy.
And here I go almost forgetting to put pictures in the post! They were all taken today, as part of my newfound desire to take good photos.
I love that face.
Baby feet!
Sharing a moment.
Oh so serious!I'm also grateful for the nicer weather because it means I can take photos with better lighting, and soon I'll be able to venture outdoors for impromptu photoshoots!
One last thing before I finish this to feed my little man.
Yesterday we had an appointment at Dr. A's. He's such a nice doctor, and I was glad when he said he wouldn't mind if Eli stayed on as a regular, run-of-the-mill patient, rather than just coming because of the concern about his head.
We also discussed the results of the ultrasounds. His head is fine, the fluid is gone, there's none around the brain, so we're good. There is a slight ridge still on his skull that we're not sure about, so we're getting an x-ray for it (this Dr. is really thorough...) to see if it's calcified fluid or a fracture in the skull that healed itself already. Either way, it's just to see what it is, nothing to be worried about.
We also discussed the spinal scan and the bum dimple. So apparently his spinal cord is complete and everything, but there is this one part where it's connected to this sinus tract or something or other and it shouldn't be connected. So we've received a referral for a consultation at Mac, and we go in April for that. He might need an MRI to look into it further, or they could look at it and him and decide to not worry about it. Dr. A said that if it is S.B., many people who have the occulta form walk around with nothing more to worry about than a little constipation. Even that I don't think would be an issue (given Eli's track record...ha) so here's hoping. And praying.
Other than that, we're been doing really well. Eli is meeting his milestones in terms of cooing, smiling, following us with his eyes, and even attempting to laugh I think. He's getting much more interactive, and we can do things to make him smile. Oh, and today he took his very first nap in his crib! He still sleeps beside us in the play yard and I'm not that anxious to move him to the crib because it would make night-times hard, given what a noisy sleeper he can be, but it's nice to know that he isn't averse to sleeping there.
And I almost forgot a video I took of Elijah today! He is dreaming in the video and making these cute little sounds. When I took the video he had already been making the sounds for a good 5 minutes at least, it was so cute!
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Anyway, I think that about covers it. I really need to go to bed, as it's 11:11 and I'm tired and still need to feed the little mister before I can sleep. Sleep seems so far away when I put it like that...Oh well. I'll just sleep in tomorrow morning. Good, wonderful Matthew!
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