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Sunday, May 27, 2012

Life & Willa Changes

I know, I know...I have been so bad about giving an update lately.  Life got extreemely busy after I went back to work and I would rather spend time with Willa when she is awake and then I have so much stuff to get done when she is asleep!  This weekend we are visiting my family in Tipton so I can't use laundry or cleaning house as an excuse not to sit down and update the blog.  So much has been going on since my last update...

Life changes
Mitch did a great job during his 4 weeks of paternity leave.  I think all Dads should take the time to have paternity leave (if they are able).  He really enjoyed spending the time with Willa and really learned how much you can't get done with a newborn :) 

Mitch went back to work and turned in his resignation at the bank.  This is something we had been discussing for awhile and we both decided it was time to make a change with his career. And to squash the rumors that may be going around (gotta love small town gossip)...no, we are not moving, no, we are not getting divorced, no, he did not get fired.  In fact they tried to convince him to stay and the two of us are as happy together as we have ever been.

So what is he going to do now?  No, he's not going to be a stay at home dad :) Although that may have to happen if we don't find daycare soon.  Mitch, his brother and two others are starting up a water well drilling business.  Mitch worked for a guy during his summers in college drilling water wells and has had an interest in this since.  They will begin drilling wells June 1st.  The same 4 guys are taking over ownership and management of the tire and service station in town.  They also purchased the old library and are renovating it to rent out for office space.  So needless to say Mitch is staying busy.  He and his brother have increased their cow herd on top of all of this.  Thankfully the cows are now out to grass so they require much less time these days.

More importantly Willa changes :)
Now on to more important things - Willa! After Mitch's paternity leave was up, Willa began going over to Mitch's parents house for the day.  His Mom took a leave of absence as a para at the junior high school to take care of Willa.  They have so much fun together and Willa is a big fan of John Denver's song - Grandma's Feather Bed :) 

Will is now rolling over - tummy to back and back to tummy.  She loves to stand up and really wants to sit up but just doesn't have the strenth or stability yet.  She is grabbing at anything she can get her hands on and putting it in her mouth. She has the cutest laugh ever.  I got her giggling at me sneezing one day so now when I pretend to sneeze she cracks up.  I caught it on video one day.  Willa Laughing  She is also eating like a little piggy these days.  Its funny to think back at the time when we were hoping she would take 2 ounces in 30 minutes.  Now she will down 4 ounces and get a burp out in 15 minutes.  We haven't started on rice cereal or purees yet, but I think she is about ready.  Her last check up she was weighing in at 11 lbs 2 oz. 

This girl loves to sleep!  I think we may have the best baby ever!  She has been sleeping through the night for a few weeks now.  Mitch and I went out by ourselves to celebrate our 5 year anniversary.  We stayed out pretty late but Willa was sooo good.  She slept until about 7 and then we took her in to our room and the 3 of us slept until 11.  It was awesome!

Her last checkup with the eye doctor went well.  They still see a little ROP but they think it is going to clear up on its own.  We go back again in August and hopefully that will be the last time.  The cardiologist sent sonogram pictures of Willa's heart to the surgeons in Kansas City.  Her PDA (the valve that never closed after she was born) is still open.  Right now it is not causing any problems but as she gets older it can cause problems.  The surgeons want to wait until she is just a little bigger before they schedule anything.  The surgery will be done in Kansas City and they plan to be able to go in and fix the valve by doing a heart cath through the artery in her groin.  We go to the cardiologist again in June and I'm sure we will find out more then.

It is hard to believe she will be 8 months in a week.  Here are her 6 and 7 month pictures. 

6 months (still can't capture smiles with my camera!)

7 months (and again no smiles for mom)

What did you say???

Little smile...finally caught it!


 

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