Official

This pic was taken when she turned one week. Although Jake has gotten used to the fact that she's here, I think it's still a learning process for him... and us too. He's still a tad bit scared of her. I think it's because when she cries he wants nothing to do with it. In fact he has his bed next to my side of the bed and at night if she has a fit, he gets up from his bed, walks around to the other side of our bed and crawls right under. Or, if we're still up and Junior and I are in different rooms and she starts another crying fit, he will go to the room where she is not. Everyday we let him sniff her and every so often we try and get her to touch him and he just kind of backs up a little... kind of like in this picture. So there is still an adjusting period for him I think. But it is definitely progressing.

So she's official! Yesterday she got her social security card! Not that she wasn't "official" before but she actually has her own number now. Now when we fill out paperwork, she'll have a SSN.

Today she has her second doctors appt. Her first one was two days after she came home. The doc just checked to see that she didn't still have jaundice or that it was at least continuing to get better and she was cleared. yay! Well today she's getting a test which means they are going to prick her for some blood. Oh man, I'm so anxious I don't know who will cry more... me or her. hahaha! but maybe that will depend on her. If she doesn't cry then hopefully I won't either.

OOOO! Changes. So of course we are with her all the time and may not notice right off the bat, but she is already changing! Yesterday I uploaded all the pics we had taken of her with the camera and in comparison to how she is now.... wow! For one the puffiness in her eyes have definitely gone down so now we can see her eyelashes that her puffy eyelids were once eating. They are long!!! She eats a lot and although I still don't think she has filled out, her cheeks are definitely fuller. We always say to her when she's eating, "where are you packing it b/c I don't see it?" Then we say, "Must be in those big cheeks!" We've determined that us a trait from Juniors side b/c with me, weight gain first shows in the hips and thighs before it shows anywhere else. In Juniors family, it's the face.

She's also gotten to the point where she will just study your face. I love it! She'll just stare at you for a good while there. We think she must've grown a little too b/c when we first took her home from the hospital and put her in her car seat, we had to add a newborn head restraint thing so that she'd fit properly. The seat came with an infant sized one, but it is still too big for her. So we had to add a newborn size one. Anyway, that was even a tad bit big, but not too big. Well when we put her in it now, she still fits but it's no longer a tad big. She fits. Plus, her newborn diapers started out a little big and now those don't seem as big either. So I think definitely, she has grown some. Monday (my dad's birthday) she will turn two weeks. wow... I know two weeks isn't long but then again, that came real fast! Before I know it, she will be one month!

OK, so changes I've undergone. Well after birth it wasn't so bad. I was sore and had to walk a little slow but the next next day I felt better already. So when my doc was checking up on me and seeing what meds to prescribe me, she had already decided to prescribe me the Motrin for pain. The very first day, they gave me a Vicodin with it. I thought, "wow that's a lot of pain meds." I didn't really feel I needed all that. The Motrin itself would be fine. So when she asked me if I nneded the Vicodin I told her no. Well later that day, Junior said he thought it would be best for me to go ahead and get a script for it just in case and that I didn't need to take it if I felt it was unnecessary but that at least I had the option. OK... I mean I didn't feel I needed it but he's a nurse so I'll trust whatever medical advice he has to give me. We also got my doc to prescribe some antibiotics for the killer cold I still had.

The first full day back at home was fine. I mean I was still sore, but again the Motrin itself helped me out and I still was coughing up phlegm. I woke up in the middle of the night not b/c of Toni, but b/c I was having a coughing fit and what woke me was the PAIN I felt down south with every cough!!! I was trying to supress my cough it felt like I was going to bust a stitch... literally!!! They say most women are anxious about passing their first BM for fear that their stitches will come out even though they won't. And I'll admit I had SOME anxiety but it wasn't bad. I felt relieved when I did go. But this... oh man... the coughing made me feel like my stitches would burst open! And when I got out of bed, OWWWWWW I could barely walk!!!! THANKFULLY I had that damn vicodin!! Junior was like, "I had a feeling you might need it." So yes, for the 2-3 days I took both the Vicodin AND the Motrin. Life was a little easier. Well now, my cold is gone (woo-hoo!) and I stopped taking the Vicodin. Weird because I noticed that when it wore off I had a small headache. So I stopped completely. I'm good now with just the Motrin. Still a little sore, but not too bad at all. In fact sometimes I think I can work out, but I am not to do that for at least 6 weeks! I can't drive either. But at least the bleeding has subsided. Thank goodness b/c now I can wear regular maxi pads instead of the elephant sized ones from the hospital. So far I've lost a total of 18lbs. Pretty cool, huh? But I still have a lot on me and I need to get a good portion off before the wedding! I need in invest in some spanx and the postpartum belt too. Maybe I'll get that today after her drs appt. But yes, my belly is quite flabby.