Day 19 - August 7 - Girls' Night

Tonight, I went to Tatie's house for the first time. She was having a girls' night in, and Mommy was invited. Of course, this made Big Daddy sad, as he didn't get a chance to see me today, but I know that I will get to see him tomorrow.

Daddy was a little nervous about leaving me over there. He went and hung out with Tonton, but not until he had made sure that I had everything I needed. He set up a little changing area upstairs on the bed in Tatie's guest room and even made a special trip back to the house to get my boppy chair so I didn't have to sit in my carseat.

Tatie had four of her friends over: AnnE, Nancy, Jess, and Christy... but I was the star of the party. Mommy was worried that they would think she was a bad mommy, letting everyone wool me and hold me while she sat there and ate, but I think no one really minded.

I ended up peeing on Tatie's bed upstairs... she didn't mind.

Mostly, I was well behaved. I got a little fussy with Mommy during the movie, but then Miss Nancy took me and bounced me around. I calmed down immediately.

When Daddy showed up, I was sitting in Miss Nancy's lap. Daddy looked in the boppy chair, I wasn't there, and then (panicked) asked, "where's the baby?" Daddy is so funny!

Day 17 - August 5 - My Special Day

Today was my "special day," as Daddy would say.

When I chowed down at 3:15 this morning, little did I know that would be my last meal until after 9!

Mommy and Daddy got up really early this morning and woke me up to go to Clark Regional, where I was born. By the time I got there, I was in rare form. Daddy was tore up... because I was crying over being hungry and because he felt sorry for me because of what was getting ready to happen. In fact, Daddy has been sad and nervous for the past several days in anticipation of my surgery.

After Daddy got me checked in, Mommy, Daddy, MeMaw, and I went up to the second floor for outpatient services. They put a little band around my ankle with my name on it, and then they assigned me to a room. Daddy, Mommy, and I spent a few minutes in there, Daddy consoling me over being hungry.

When the nurse came in, Daddy went to the waiting room with MeMaw, and Mommy and I were left alone with the nurse and Dr. Kuduk. They strapped me to a little board, and Dr. Kuduk gave me some anesthesia. The nurse let me suck on a swab soaked in sugar water, which made me feel a little better. I was so hungry! Then Dr. Kuduk swabbed me down with Iodine and began the procedure. I bawled the entire time. Mommy was right there beside me, trying to talk to me and let me know she was there, but I would not calm down. Mommy thought this was a little extreme... I had been so good with the being strapped to the board AND the shots. I guess she thought that I just got tired of being restrained. However, when all was said and done, Dr. Kuduk looked at her and said, "Well, I don't think the anesthesia took as well as I would have liked." Mommy was horrified! I had been screaming in pain!

As soon as Dr. Kuduk left the room, Mommy nursed me and I calmed down. Good thing that I had plenty of time to relax before Daddy came back in the room. He would NOT have done as well as Mommy keeping his cool.

Now that I'm back home, I've been taking some baby tylenol for pain and taking it easy in general. Mommy and Daddy are letting me do whatever I want today. Good thing I won't remember any of this.

Day 15 - August 3 - A day in Lexington

Today was a very busy day! Mommy and Daddy got me up very early to eat and take a bath in preparation for my 2-week visit to Dr. Kuduk. They were a little nervous about my statistics, but I proved that they had nothing to worry about. I weighed in at a whopping 10 lbs 8 oz, and I was 22.5" in length. That means that I have gained almost a pound since I was born. I had gained 1 lb., 3 oz. since my last office visit! Apparently, Mommy and I are doing well in the feeding department.

Following my doctor's visit, Mommy and Daddy took me on their first trip to Lexington. I am, after all, 2 weeks and 1 day old today. Mommy tried to tank me up before leaving, but I was still full from my pre-doctor feeding and refused to eat. This was the beginning of the end.

First, we visited their doula, Miss Deb, to return some books on childbirth that they had borrowed. Mommy and Daddy were so ready to show off how big and beautiful I am. :)

Then, they had hoped to visit Tatie Monique where Daddy was going to get his hair cut and Mommy was going to get her eyebrows done, but Tatie had an appointment and Mommy and Daddy had to waste an hour and a half in Lexington. So, they went to Graeter's and had ice cream.

While they were there, Big Daddy called, and when he heard that I was in Lexington, he asked Mommy and Daddy if they would come to Lexmark. They agreed, but only to visit Big Daddy in Building 32. Mommy has to come back another day when she has more time to visit her friends in Building 002.

I had a poo, so Daddy changed my diaper on a picnic table outside Big Daddy's office. I'm sure everyone who had a window out onto the parking lot enjoyed their view of my changing.

Then, Big Daddy left his meeting to show me off to anyone on his hall who was in their office. He was obviously so happy to have me there.

Unfortunately, I didn't get to spend a lot of time with Big Daddy because he was busy and Mommy and Daddy had to get back to Tatie's. They got on New Circle Road in Lexington to drive to Richmond Road where Tatie works, and I officially expired. I started to get fussy because I was finally hungry at 3PM... 6 hours since my last feeding. At the intersection of Broadway and New Circle, Mommy played Chinese Firedrill to get in the backseat and try to calm me down, but there was no pacifying me. Daddy was a wreck all the way to Tatie's because I screamed and cried non-stop. I was inconsolable. Mommy did a great job keeping her cool, but as Daddy got out of the car, he told Mommy that he was about ready to throw up and that they were never doing this again!

Mommy fed me and changed me in the Lincoln while Daddy got his hair done and calmed down. Then, I got to go inside with Mommy so that everyone at Hair and Now could tell me how beautiful I was. :) Tatie was so happy to see me, too.

After crying myself silly on the way there, I then slept the entire way home. What a crazy day!

Day 12 - July 31 - My umbilical cord falls off!

Last night before I went to the cookout, Mommy and Daddy noticed that my umbilical cord was hanging on by a thread. Daddy tried to convince Mommy that they should cut it off with a pair of scissors, but Mommy refused (thank goodness!) because Dr. Kuduk said they shouldn't touch it.

However, this morning, it fell right off! Mommy was so excited. She's set it up on the shelf in the nursery because she doesn't know exactly what she wants to do with it yet. I wonder if she'll put it in an envelope and keep it in my baby book?