Appointments

First, let me say for my last two blog posts I have had to sit here awhile and think of a title other than "Tired" or "When will time slow down."  I want to title the blog how I am feeling that day, but I don't think people would want to read a blog if they think I will be complainaing the whole time!  So that's all I will say about that. :) haha

Right now it is half time of the NCAA Championship basketball game between Butler and UConn.  I always like to cheer for underdogs, so Go Butler!!  Chase is over at our friend Ed's house across the parking lot watching the game.  I was invited to go too, but Caedon was cranky so I stayed home to put him to bed.

My OB appointment this morning went well.  I am 14 weeks today and the baby had a heartbeat of 155bpm.  The doctor commented, "I see you have lost some weight since last time you visited us."  I told him "Yes, but I have actually gained around 3 to 4 pounds back from where I was!"  And then I got my blood drawn for some tests.  As many of you know, I HATE needles and I HATE blood.  But ever since being pregnant and then in the hospital again for my appendix/abcess, I have gotten a lot better about not fainting.  Additioanlly, Caedon has to have his blood drawn all the time for his thyroid checkups and I keep telling myself if Caedon can be such a good boy with that, then I can survive too!!  And today I did really well with it :)  Thanks Caedon!

Moving on to Caedon's appointment.  It was with Dr. Danley instead of Dr. Severidt.  I actually really enjoyed the time she spent with us, she was very thourough (I can never spell that word).  She asked about several milestones that Caedon should be reaching around this time, and EVERY time I was able to say that yes, he could do that AND MORE!  haha :)  He still has fluid in his right ear (it had ruptured last month when he had bilateral ear infection and pneumonia, even after 10 days of amoxicillin 100mg/kg/day!).  So we will have daddy keep an eye on that!  Caedon is just about 50% everything again - height, weight, and head circ.  Maybe 60% weight, she didn't tell me exact numbers just showed me the growth curves.

Then came the bad part...he had to get stuck three times with a needle to get his blood drawn.  He actually did pretty well, just getting a frown on his face and a little whine after them poking around for awhile each time, but no big crying.  While we were waiting for the nurses to get things ready, Caedon ran around the clinic in his diaper in socks, trying to get away from me.  There were no patients left so he just entertained all the office staff.  One of the nurses gave him some animal crackers, that was sweet of her!  After that, he got 3 shots: 2 in one leg and another in the other leg.  He didn't like those, letting out a yell or two, but as soon as they were done he was happy again.

Tonight was lots of fun - grilling out with neighbors Jenny, Jason, and their boy Mason Kopp.  However, tonight was the first night I have seen Caedon being a "bad boy."  I saw him push Mason once and then later in the night he hit Mason.  Tried to put a stop to it right away, so hopefully there will be no more of that!!!  The Kopps brought over some hamburgers, hot dogs, buns, and macaroni and cheese.  I made a BLT salad (from Rachael Ray's website), cut up some apples, and made some rasberry cheesecake muffin-size bites (from Paula Dean on the Rachael Ray show today).  The cheesecakes turned out super yummy, but I forgot to get the muffin wrapper-thingies and so they ended up being a mess to get out of the pan.  Oh well, I will know for next time!

Well, off to bed.  I work nights (2-10) for the next 3 days and then have a 3 day weekend!  Looking forward to it!