It seems like more and more people are getting cancer these days. Maybe it’s just the fact that we’re getting older or maybe it’s just the fact that environment, genetics, or the way we are treating our bodies are catching up to us.
I read the other day about mesothelioma and was shocked to see some of the studies in the news about cancer caused by asbestos. For years we knew asbestos was bad…but noone realized it was this harmful.
I meant to put pictures of Graem in my last post and Emmy started crying. Soooooooo…here’s pictures of #1.
Yesterday we arrived back in Syracuse. The flights all went great and both kids slept through most of them with no crying along the way!
Graem had a great time in Houston and really bonded with Grandpa. It’s cool to see them have such a unique and cuddly bond. I could tell she was sad to leave him and go home.
It was also nice for us to have extra help with Grammy and Emmy. When I wasn’t nursing my mom would step in and snuggle Emerson or play with Graem.
I haven’t uploaded any pictures from our trip - but here are some that were taken over the past few weeks.
Friday before we left we went strawberry pickin’. We all had a great time and ate so many strawberries that our faces were red!
This trip has been all about getting fat. It started with us stepping off the plane and going for Mexican food. Since then we’ve had delicious Thai, Indian, Vietnamese, and more Mexican.
We’re so fat and figure once we get back home and back from vacation #2 (next week) we’re going to go on a diet.
Tuesday we are leaving for Rehoboth Beach with J&L. It should be fun to have the kids reunited not to mention we need a little beach time!
Now, for the most exciting update of all — Emmy is gaining weight! We’re fattenin’ her right up too! Last Tuesday we went in for a weigh in and she was up to 7lbs 4oz. The lactation consultant was happy with the gain and we were too.
Today we took PDB back to the Texas Children’s Medical Center for another weigh in and she was a hefty 7lbs 8oz!
To say the least I filled her to the brim before she weighed in and I kept praying that she wouldn’t have a blowout before she was put on the scale.
We’re so excited with the weight gain and she’s getting so big in front of our eyes. I can’t believe on Tuesday she’ll be 4 weeks old!! I really don’t want this time to go by so quickly.
I tried to post some pictures the other day but my dad’s settings on his computer won’t let me post. So I’ll work on it Saturday or Sunday when we get home.
Tomorrow our flight leaves at 6:30am. So that should be fun getting everyone out of the house by 4:30am and to the airport!
We’ve had a great trip in Houston but I’m really ready to head home. I feel like I have the nursing thing down now and I’m ready to just sit back and enjoy the summer. Not to mention, I miss our bed and pillows!
That’s right folks, we’re in Houston!
Right when we stepped off the plane I knew we were in a different place. Perhaps it’s the man that held the door open for us and said “surely, mam” or the other guy who helped us put our bags in the airport shuttle.
There’s definitely something to be said for southern hospitality!
We’re having a great time in Houston and it’s been fun to see my parents with both kids. My mother hasn’t put the baby down for a minute and Graem really has a great connection with my dad.
Emmy has taken a turn for the better. Friday we had the appointment with the Lactation Consultant and we talked about getting a deeper latch, holding my big boob differently, and also her overall weight gain. At the beginning of the appointment she was 7lbs 1oz. After a good feeding she was back up to birth weight at 7lbs 3oz.
I agreed to change up the latch a little bit and try hard to pinch my boob to make it smaller for little girl. The lactation consultant basically said that the big mama to little baby ratio was somewhat harder than medium mama and medium baby. Therefore, the trick is that I’ve got to fatten the kid up and make my boob into a beautiful little muffin.
We are also going to go for a weigh in here in Houston tomorrow. I hope that everything is on track like I think it is and she’s gained at least a little bit.
Thanks to everyone for the comments and information. I’m so glad that I’ve kept trucking through this without doping my kid up on formula. (No offense to those that use formula!)
Gotta love breast feeding in Houston. I must say I haven’t had too many bad looks but yesterday when we went to eat at one of the Mexican restaurants Margot saw a lady in the bathroom covered with blankets nursing her baby.
Ugh…I will not resort to making my kid eat in the bathroom.
If the kid is hungry and needs boob … she gets boob.
The ongoing antics of two thirty-something *gasp* mamas raising our three-year-old daughter and adding another baby girl to the mix.