Hello everyone...
Again it's been a while since I have posted-- I can't even believe how little time I have for "guilty pleasures" like getting online...
Things have been going pretty well. We are finding a grove that works for us, but it hasn't always been easy. Josiah is a pretty good baby but he sometimes gets into these crazy moods when he wants to stay awake for for many, many hours (like dozens of them) at a time. It's insane. And then the next day he doesn't want to stay awake at all... He is getting some pretty "colorful" baby acne and cradle cap-- beautiful. His belly button FINALLY fell off and he LOVES LOVES LOVES baths. Okay, and here's a funny story about him. Sunday morning he was just laying on a blanket having some "alone" play time and was just kind of fussing and being cranky. All of a sudden he stopped fussing and I looked over at him and he had gotten his giraffe's mouth into his and he was sucking on it. He would occasionally knock it out and then he'd fuss, but when he could put it back in his mouth, he'd stop... so I guess he won't be a pacifier baby or a thumb baby, but a giraffe baby! (Of course I snapped a pic.)
We're still having nursing stuggles but we are still keeping at it. I am not yet willing to say that Josiah will never nurse full time, but I am thinking that we have to at least entertain that possibility. In the meantime, we've decided to keep the hospital grade pump we rented for at least a few more months. We looked into how much one would cost as it's kind of pricey to rent ($70/month) but I discovered that's because it costs $1,600 to buy... for Pete's sake! So we will just rent...
Sunday was Nia's birthday. Nia took a friend with her and they went to Build a Bear and built bears and then they had lunch and cake... it was lots of fun. Plus we decorated Strom like a hula dancer, so how much more fun could you have?
Sunday night I started feeling under the weather-- high fever and chills/sweats... By Monday morning I knew I had mastitis so I went to the doctor and sure enough that's what it was. The past two days I have felt pretty badly but I am starting to perk up now.
We still don't have a definite Nico date. We're thinking possibly July 12th??? We are SO close. (I know you have heard that from us before, but this time it's true... :) We have his passport and are just waiting for his visa. Soon soon.
