4 Months Old

So today we're closing on our house and tomorrow we move. Crazy. Thankfully, we're not moving far away which means I don't have to stuff everything into a box. I thought that I'd take a break though from all the stress and write about the fact that David is 4 months old now!

I love my little guy. He has the biggest grin I've ever seen and I love his laugh...it sounds like a sheep sometimes. He laughs at the littlest things like when I rub my nose against his and I love that he gets the hiccups from laughing so much.

He likes to look at everything and takes it all in with big blue eyes. He's a fan of sitting and standing for that reason. When he gets tired of being on his back, he tries to pull himself up. He is so close to rolling over from his tummy to his back, but he does roll onto his side a lot from his back to his tummy. From there he'll go onto his tummy.

He has just found his toes and he likes grabbing them. He has also recently started taking his pacifier out. My favorite part about this is that he'll pull it out and stare at it like he wants it back in his mouth, but can't quite figure out how to do it. Then there's also the fact that he'll take it out and start squawking because someone has taken his pacifier away from him.

Now, a lot of people have been asking me how much David weighs now. Well, I now know. He weighs 15 lbs even. I actually didn't think he weighed that much. I thought 14 lbs tops. It's hard to believe that just 4 months ago he was just 6 lbs 6.5 oz. He is 24 inches long now. To me, he still looks longer than anything.

Here are some pictures of my now 4 month old baby.

It's About Time!

Yesterday I went in for surgery to get my tear fixed. For those who don't know, I tore my labia when I had David and the stitches the doctors put in it then didn't hold. So essentially, I had a labial separation. It's been a long and hard battle getting someone to approve getting it fixed. For some idea of how long and hard, it took 3 doctors and appointments over 3 months to find someone who said, "Oh yeah, that should be fixed." In any case, I got it done yesterday!

It was pretty entertaining actually since I didn't want to be put asleep or have any drugs besides the local anesthesia. Yeah, I might be crazy, but there was no way that I was getting put asleep for a minor procedure and I wasn't going to hang around in the hospital for a couple hours just so I could wake up. It was mostly the attending doctor who freaked out the most about that. In the end, I did end up having some medication to take the edge off when they were putting in the local anesthesia. Other than that, it was a while of laying down with my legs in the air in an uncomfortable position while I heard the doctors and nurses talking on the other side of the blanket curtain they had put up. I couldn't see anything since they had me take out my contacts, but there wasn't much to see anyways. I would have only been able to see the blanket in front of me and it was close enough anyways to be able to see without aid.

The entertaining part came into play because obviously they aren't used to people being awake while they do the procedure. I know this because a couple times the doctor doing the stitching would push against my leg with her body to get a better angle and I heard the attending say, "Remember, she's awake." It was also pretty funny when they popped their heads around the curtain when they were all done to tell me how well I did. The attending even added that she was surprised at how well I did. Apparently all those comments from my brothers to "suck it up" paid off.

So now I get to go through the healing process again. This time, however, the doctor is going to keep better track of my healing. I have an appointment at 1 week and again at 3 weeks. Here's to speedy and correct healing so I don't have to go through this again!