Birthdays

On Sunday I turned the big 28. Inching up on 30, EEEEEK!!!! I had a nice birthday, it was on Easter and I had to work. Luckily though we had a pretty calm day, which was nice since I was sure something would happen and I would end up being late to my birthday dinner. I wasn't though- we went to my mothers and she cooked a nice roast and mashed potatoes. She made me a chocolate cake with chocolate-cream cheese icing. Yum!! I just finished the last piece. The next night, Reid and I went to my dad's house for another birthday dinner. My step-mom, Pam's, mother's birthday is the day after mine so we shared a celebration. We were treated to my four-year-old brothers rendition of "New York State of Mind" by Billy Joel, which was the cutest thing I have pretty much ever seen in my entire life.

On Tuesday Reid turned 5 months. Only 1 more month until he can eat real food!! I think he will be very excited about it. He is very interested in what we are doing when we eat and he pretends to chew all the time. He had two more shots yesterday. He only cried for a minute and then was over it. I feel so bad, one minute he is all smiley and the next minute he is being stabbed and probably thinking: What the **** are you doing to me? I feel like I am betraying him, but of course, better this than the possibility of getting a disease down the road.

Reid was the star in Gymboree on Monday. They said he is a different kid since the week before. He is now so comfortable on his tummy and is pushing up. Before he would get tired so quickly and put his face in the ground and get super frustrated. Now, he will stay there and play for a while. He is just now getting good at rolling from his tummy to his back. I also caught him making crawling motions the past few days. Our days of calm are almost over. We are going to have to do some serious child proofing.

He has continued to do well in his own crib. I have now started putting him to sleep in there and just getting him out when he wants to eat and bringing him to our bed. He is a pro. Almost the second I put him down in there he goes to sleep. It is wonderful. I guess once he starts waking up fewer times in the night we will start leaving him in there all night. The problem is that the rocking chair is down stairs where we LOVE having it -(Thanks again Gramma!!!), and it really needs to be upstairs so I can nurse Reid and put him back to bed. That will happen in the future I guess.

I had my annual appointment with the lady doctor. I happened to see Sharron- my midwife from Reid's attempted home birth, and asked her about VBAC(vaginal birth after cesarean). She actually said that Dr. VanScriver (her back-up doctor and the doctor who delivered Reid) has recently said she is uncomfortable with Sharron doing primary VBAC's at home, which basically means if the next delivery goes well and I have a vaginal delivery and then we decide to have a third child, I can have that one at home. So it looks like I will be delivering in a hospital next time around- which I am okay with. Frankly, I am glad to have the decision made for me. I know people are laughing at me thinking about this already, but time flies and I want to have a plan- as those of you who know me well know about me. We also talked about the bump I found in my breast a few months ago. I went in to have it looked at then, but they were pretty sure it was just a duct from breast feeding. They have offered both times to have an ultrasound, but both of the practitioners weren't worried about it. I am not either. I was just told to keep an eye on it and if it changes then we will look at it further. There isn't much they can do with it since I am breastfeeding.

I think my back is feeling a little better. Dr. D. had me lie on a roller table this time. I go back on Friday, so we shall see. Maybe after the weekend of not holding Reid as much I can finally get some relief.

I added a picture of Reid eating as that is such a special time for me.

Well I guess that is all for now. Thanks for Reading!

Love,

Jenny