Yesterday was Ellie's 2 month Dr. appointment. She passed everything with flying colors and was 50% in weight coming in just over 10 lbs. So my little miss chunk a monk isn't as chunky as I thought which is fine she's right were she needs to be. Everyone at the office just can't get enough of her. A couple of the nurses know our story so they stop in to say hi and see how she's doing. Dr. Y also struggled to have their second child so he knows what a true miracle she is. She got 3 shots today, both mom and baby survived. I also took in my kidney stone that I passed on Sunday afternoon...yes 3 weeks later here it came. Of course it came with a little pain but at least it's gone. Dr. Y is going to send the one from Sunday and then also the one from last year off to see what type of stone each are and then hopefully get me on something so we can put a stop to these things.

7 weeks today

A little update on Ellie's rash. I took dairy and Peanut butter out of my diet last week and about 2 days later she was like a new baby. Happy, and about half the amount of dirty diapers also her rash on her face cleared up almost immediately. I have so much milk stored up in the freezer that I hate to toss it all so yesterday I nursed her but then gave her just one bag of the breast milk from Feb and she was sooo fussy, gassy and I noticed her face broke out and her bottom was sore with a rash again. So no more using the frozen milk. I'm going to see if I can donate my milk to the hospital, I hate to throw it all away. I'm going to have to supplement a bit of formula to get me caught up again.

Last weekend I went home so everyone could meet Ellie. We had my dad's side of the family over on Friday night and my mom's side over on Saturday night. Ellie got to meet her new cousin Madelyn. Madelyn seemed to really like Ellie as she wanted to hold hands all night long...too cute. It was good to see everyone and glad they could all come to meet her before she got too big.

Happy St. Patrick's Day

1 month today

I can't believe Ellie is 1 month old today, how fast time has gone. Almost 1 month to the day and I had to make a trip to the hospital. This time not for labor but for a kidney stone. Last night about 7pm I had this terrible flank pain and I just kept thinking this can't be another one. This is my 4th episode of stones. Now that I'm able to compare the pain to labor I would much rather be in labor (up to 8cm) again than ever have another stone. I'm having to strain my urine so I can collect the stone. I have my last one so if I can get this one also my Dr. thinks we can get me on some kind of med to help prevent these from forming.

Ellie has changed so much already

It's amazing how fast they change. Some days I think she looks like me but the more she changes and gets a little older I think she looks a lot like her daddy. She is still a good little baby but we had a few sleepless nights last week. I think she was gassy those nights. We've tried the drops but not sure it helped any maybe made it worse?? I'm trying to watch what I eat so it doesn't make it any worse for her, but I think when she eats she gets a little too much air and the result is gas.

I'm so upset with the photography place, Baby Bloom, that took her photos the day after she was born in the hospital. They said I would have the CD in 7-10 days. We are going on a month this Friday and still no CD. The thing that upsets me most is that they won't return my calls. They have my money and I just want my pictures.