One Week!

It's been one week (and one day) since we left UNC Hospital. The week was spent at home, resting and just taking it easy. I didn't realize just how tired we all were from spending 11 days there.

Ethan has slept 12-14 hours minimum every night (he usually sleeps about 10 hours). That's allowed Dan & I some extra sleep as well.

My pelvic pain is nearly gone, which has helped my sleep as well, so at this time I've decided to hold off on seeking chiropractic help. I had my 33 week checkup on Friday & all is still looking great with this baby & pregnancy! Hard to believe our due date is only a little over 6 weeks away! We still have to decide on a name, but otherwise we'really ready to meet baby boy Miles!

Also last week, I took Ethan to the pediatrician for his post-op checkup & also suture removal from his 3 chest tubes. He was scared it would hurt & kept crying, "No, no, don't do it. It's going to hurt!" His doc assured him it would not hurt unless he wiggled so I held his hand & he closed his mouth & screamed & before he knew it, all 3 sutures were out - painlessly! The doctor promised a sticker if Ethan was good but since Ethan doesn't like stickers, he asked for a lollipop. The doc was out of lollipops but told Ethan I'd probably go buy him one (or some other kind of treat) for a reward. So, we ended up buying an ice cream sandwich at the gas station.

That was really the extent of our week. Dan & I did get my parents to watch Ethan for us a couple hours on Friday night so we could get out for a long ovrdue date night at a steakhouse, which was nice. We also made it to church & small group on Sunday! It was our first real family outing & it was great! We especially were excited that Ethan did not get out of breath walking from the parking lot to the church building!