Wow...almost 2 months since I have updated. We have been super busy, but life is settling back in now. Today LJ had his last RSV shot. This is huge for us because it means RSV season is ending and we only have a month left on lockdown! I will admit, I start to go a little crazy not being able to spend much time with other people during the week! Today LJ was 16.5 pounds...the doc said that the goal is for preemies to hit the 50th percentile in weight by their first birthday...LJ is officially already there. We have been cleared by the pulmonologist, so pending anything funky in the future, we are officially done with preemie visits of any sort. He goes in for his regular 6 month check up next week.
LJ rolls over when he wants to, he loves to try to sit, and he loves to stand (with help of course). He is grabbing for his toys and seems to have a few favorites. He could spend all day jumping in his jumparoo, and he loves his playmat. It is harder to take him out now because his patience for his carrier is getting slim...he would rather be moving. He started eating solid foods a few weeks ago and seems partial to pears and sweet potatoes, but he will eat squash, bananas, and avacado. He eats a little food 2 times a day, and seems to look forward to it now! I have been making it all so far...except he doesn't like fresh bananas. Go figure.
Usually he sleeps pretty well. He typically goes down at night around 7:30 and will sleep for about 12 hours. He still gets up once or twice to eat but its quick and easy now! He naps once a day for about 3 hours. I have tried and tried to get 2 shorter naps in, but he won't have it...it works for him!
We finally moved in February...we have been at the new house for a month now, and we love it. LJ has his own playroom that the pups are banned from so that he can be on the floor and explore without 16 extra feet around him. The dogs love their new yard, and besides Tonka's 2 day adventure when the Direct TV guy left the gate open, they have settled in perfectly.
While I was feeding LJ the other night, and thinking about what a healthy, happy baby boy I have, I just started thinking about how I got to be here. The path I have taken has not been easy, nor predictable, but only God could have orchestrated something so perfectly wonderful. I thought my wishes for the future were done with when I miscarried in late 2008 and a few months later my first marriage ended. I couldn't understand it all, and it was alot to process at the time. I will never forget one day when trying to rationalize it all, my sister told me that as hard as it all was, maybe God had another plan for my life. While I wanted to have that faith, it was just so hard at the time. When I met Matt, who had just moved to Atlanta a few months prior and really had no intention on staying, I began to see the future God had planned for me. It was a new start. One thing we kept praying for was to be able to buy a house together and really start fresh together with a child of our own.
We were thrilled to find out a baby was coming, and we resigned ourselves to making our house our family home for our son. We also knew that as much as we wanted me to stay home, it just wasnt in the budget. 6 months ago, I could have never imagined sitting here now with all of our prayers answered. We have bought our new home together, we have a healthy baby boy, I get to stay home, and our relationship has grown through it all. I think God has proven a point to me...with Him, ALL things are possible. While I have always known that, there have been many times in my life I have ignored it or not surrendered to it. I'm sure I will have hard times letting go of control again. But when I do, I will remember this...an orchestra. This is His plan for our lives...we couldn't feel more blessed!
LJ rolls over when he wants to, he loves to try to sit, and he loves to stand (with help of course). He is grabbing for his toys and seems to have a few favorites. He could spend all day jumping in his jumparoo, and he loves his playmat. It is harder to take him out now because his patience for his carrier is getting slim...he would rather be moving. He started eating solid foods a few weeks ago and seems partial to pears and sweet potatoes, but he will eat squash, bananas, and avacado. He eats a little food 2 times a day, and seems to look forward to it now! I have been making it all so far...except he doesn't like fresh bananas. Go figure.
Usually he sleeps pretty well. He typically goes down at night around 7:30 and will sleep for about 12 hours. He still gets up once or twice to eat but its quick and easy now! He naps once a day for about 3 hours. I have tried and tried to get 2 shorter naps in, but he won't have it...it works for him!
We finally moved in February...we have been at the new house for a month now, and we love it. LJ has his own playroom that the pups are banned from so that he can be on the floor and explore without 16 extra feet around him. The dogs love their new yard, and besides Tonka's 2 day adventure when the Direct TV guy left the gate open, they have settled in perfectly.
While I was feeding LJ the other night, and thinking about what a healthy, happy baby boy I have, I just started thinking about how I got to be here. The path I have taken has not been easy, nor predictable, but only God could have orchestrated something so perfectly wonderful. I thought my wishes for the future were done with when I miscarried in late 2008 and a few months later my first marriage ended. I couldn't understand it all, and it was alot to process at the time. I will never forget one day when trying to rationalize it all, my sister told me that as hard as it all was, maybe God had another plan for my life. While I wanted to have that faith, it was just so hard at the time. When I met Matt, who had just moved to Atlanta a few months prior and really had no intention on staying, I began to see the future God had planned for me. It was a new start. One thing we kept praying for was to be able to buy a house together and really start fresh together with a child of our own.
We were thrilled to find out a baby was coming, and we resigned ourselves to making our house our family home for our son. We also knew that as much as we wanted me to stay home, it just wasnt in the budget. 6 months ago, I could have never imagined sitting here now with all of our prayers answered. We have bought our new home together, we have a healthy baby boy, I get to stay home, and our relationship has grown through it all. I think God has proven a point to me...with Him, ALL things are possible. While I have always known that, there have been many times in my life I have ignored it or not surrendered to it. I'm sure I will have hard times letting go of control again. But when I do, I will remember this...an orchestra. This is His plan for our lives...we couldn't feel more blessed!
