No More Night Float!

And I could not be happier. Last night was Mike's last night on night float. Hopefully for the rest of residency. It's been a long 4 weeks. It may be an adjustment having to share a bed again though. I got used to having it all to myself. :) I even got to the point where I was not freaked out being home alone with the kids at night. Yes, I still checked, double checked, and sometimes triple checked the doors to make sure they were locked and bolted, and slept with several lights on, but I didn't feel that normal uneasiness of not having him home at night, and I actually didn't sleep with a weapon under my pillow. :-D

I am looking forward to getting more sleep at night on the weekends. Although he had Friday and Saturday nights off, he still stayed up pretty late and slept half the day so he didn't get off his schedule and have to readjust every Sunday night. Him being up half the night made it difficult for me to sleep. It was just to tempting to stay up and spend time with him since I never see him during the week for more than 10 or 15 minutes each day. It will also be nice not to have to constantly remind the kids to be quiet so daddy can sleep during the day. It will be nice to save on power and turn the lights off at night, and it will be nice to eat dinner as a whole family again. :) So, YAY for life returning to "normal". Just in time to start school next week. Jacob is starting kindergarten and we are homeschooling, but that is for another post. :-D

Cheers!!

The results are in, and....

Yup, there's definitely a baby in there. My favorite is the profile shot. Awww...how cute.

Cute little hand...

Cute little foot...

Creepy face shot...

(Seriously, why do they even give you one of these. So not cute. And everything about your baby should bring you warm and fuzzies...right?)

But these aren't really what you came here to see is it. You want the answer to the real burning question.

Well, wait no longer. The suspense is over.

I'm gonna say it's a....

BOY!

Now for the hard part. Choosing a name.

Fashion Statement

Jimmy is learning the art of nose picking. This morning he dug out the biggest booger ever (no wonder he was struggling to breath through his nose). He looked at it for a few seconds, then, not knowing what to do with it, he stuck it to his cheek. Awesome!

The Only Time Hospital Gowns Are Cute

Jimmy had to have some minor surgery today. Isn't he adorable in his little hospital gown?! The socks, not so much. But hey, his toes were warm. :)

All the nurses agreed that he was the cutest patient there that day. I totally agree. When they took us back to his recovery room, we found him snuggled up to one of the nurses. She was reluctant to hand him over to me. Can't say that I blame her. :) I wish I'd gotten a picture, but I didn't think about it in time.

Why do they always flap open in the back? Good thing he had a diaper on. Not that it wouldn't have been totally adorable if he didn't.

He was not so happy when he woke up. Not that I blame him. He was starving and I'm sure he felt loopy and he totally hated the IV. He just wanted that thing out! He was sooooo much happier once they removed it. I took this picture after our 2 hour drive back home. He was pretty groggy, but very ready to get out of his car seat.

He slept most of the drive home. He had random moments when he would wake up for a few seconds at a time and then fall right back to sleep. At one point we heard an excited, "dat!" from the back seat. We turned to see him wide eyed, smiling, and pointing at something. Next thing we knew, his head flopped to the side and he was out again.

Once we got him home he was anxious to get back on his feet again and play. It took him a few minutes to find his balance, but he was off running around in no time. Unfortunately, he found rather quickly that several of his favorite things were pretty painful. Like climbing up on the couch and sliding down his little slide on his belly. He was happy for a while, but his pain meds are now slowly wearing off and he's becoming more and more grumpy. Here's hoping Mike gets back soon with his meds. And here's hoping he sleeps well tonight.

Great!

I've been dreading the day he'd figure this out.

Crazies!

I decided to let Jimmy feed himself some pudding. I think he did pretty good.

Cheer up kid. It's CHOCOLATE!

That's better! :)



What better way to start the day than with a kiddie mosh pit.

Don't you love how all my kids are only half dressed? (I prefer half dressed, to half naked.) Who needs pants...or a shirt.

Ah, June. When the heat and humidity jump out and smack you in the face, and the only way to survive is in the water. Jacob has been begging to go to the beach. Instead we went to walmart and got ourselves a kiddie pool. :) I can't tell you how tempted I am to go sit in that pool with them.



Not sure how I feel about them jumping from the top of the slide though...

Who wouldn't want a purple hat?!

Me: Okay kiddos, we've gotta get dressed so we can go to the store.

Lizzie: We're gonna take daddy some soup? (We took Mike lunch yesterday. She gets confused between Daddy's work, church, and the store.)

Me: um...no. We're going to the *store*. We're going to buy milk and bananas and hotdogs and MAYBE if your good, a little pool!

Jacob: (jumps to his feet in excitement) AND I CAN WEAR A PURPLE HAT!

Me:.............Whahuh?


I was totally confused by this one. It took me a while to figure out he was talking about Mike's swim cap he got from his triathlons. lol.