I don't know where the last weeks have gone.  Wait, yes I do.  I had my baby and now I have no concept of time or space... I'm practically an episode of "Lost" these days!  On Monday I shuttled myself and my 3 kids to the OBGYN's office, thinking I had an appointment.  ONLY to find that the doc was out of the office on vacation and that my appoinment is for TOMORROW!  I was a week early!  LOL  Yes, this is the state of my brain these days...
My baby boy is a beautiful little guy with dark hair and inquisitive blue eyes.  After 9+ days of stressing over his bilirubin levels - the cause of jaundice - we're getting into a more normal state of living here.  We had to take him to the lab 7 times in 8 days, 4 doctor visits in those days, too, as well as a visit from home health-care to deliver a "bili-blanket", we had sleepless nights and tears... I thought we weren't supposed to take him out into public for a good 4 weeks!  So much for that!    But now he's doing much better... He's looking less like a pumpkin and more like a svelte little man.  LOL  And he's a tiny little guy.  He was 6lbs 12 oz at birth, was down to 6lbs 1oz when he went home from the hospital, and last Monday at the doc's office, he was back up to 6lbs 12oz.  YAY!  Maybe he's up to 7lbs now?  He has to wear "newborn" size diapers and onesies, as he is swimming in size 0-3 months.  I keep telling myself that he'll pack on the baby fat soon enough and be cursing me about the "baby fat" later on. 
I'm not particularly thrilled with the way my c-section is healing.  It's as though the incision is puckered on my left side and it is still hurting, while my center/right side doesn't hurt.  Good thing I'm going to the doctor tomorrow, right?
I wish I had the mental faculties to write out all of Dominic's birth story and post a million pics, but I'm not able to do much more than skim through emails these days.  I hate what a space cadet I am, but I can't help it.  Tony has been so good about trying to get me to sleep.  He helps me so much when he's home!  I am so thankful for all of his work around the house as well as taking care of me and baby Dominic and our girlies...
 

 

 

The first pic is from the recovery room... The second was when Dominic was 2 weeks old, the third is Emilie, Hannah, and Jeneva (Em's friend who stayed with us a couple of days during Spring Break).
I'm going to scrounge up some lunch and take the curlers out of my hair... I hope to have my brain back at some point in the coming weeks and be able to post a coherent thought (let alone HAVE a coherent thought!)...
Love, Dece