Just for a few little updates. I got back from my trip yesterday and had an absolute BALL. Bo did wonderfully so thank you so much for all your advice. My sweet mother in law, sister in law and niece all came to help Bobby and I know they are all exhausted. I SO SO SO appreciate my precious family. Though it was hard to leave on Thursday, it was SO needed and spending time with such precious friends revived my spirit and made me return home a better Mom and wife. And as an added bonus, Bo started sleeping a ton better while I was gone, revealing that he must not have been getting enough milk so I began pumping and adding fomula to get an 8 oz. bottle to which he gobbles down within minutes. He seems so much more content so I am SO thankful we figured that out. I feel TERRIBLE but really could not try before the trip due to trying to save every spare ounce. I can still pump about 5-6 oz. but it helps that he is taking the formula.
We are getting his tubes on Thursday which we are SO ready for...after his visit to the ENT last week, we found he has moderate hearing loss due to the fluid which will prayerfully be resolved after the tubes. He also has no ear drum movement which indicates a ton of fluid behind the ear drum so the tubes should help it all. Our sweet doctor said it should help his sleeping, eating, balance and hearing so we are so excited to see him feeling well. He has been crawling everywhere and is pulling up on everything. He even stood on his own for several seconds today. I cannot imagine what normal balance will do to his mobility (which I am so not ready for!). He is just growing so quickly but we are loving every second. He just gets us all so tickled. His top tooth is so stinking cute and makes him look so old. At dinner tonight, he just sat in his highchair and grinned at us all and we just all laughed at how cute he is...we truly are so thankful.
And sweet Abby Kate is literally maturing faster than she has at any other point. She is asking millions of questions and constantly wants to role play, which is by far her favorite thing to do. She has an incredible imagination and continues to get more dramatic by the day. I brought her home a few presents from my trip (all clothes, headband, shoes) and she was so excited. She kept exclaiming, "OH MY WORD! Mom! That is SO nice!" And today, we went for a walk and she fell and skinned her knee pretty badly. She cried and then seriously asked, "Mom, how long is this going to hurt?" And I told her it would heal and she asked me to pray for it. So I did and after saying Amen she said, "PLEASE, PLEASE Jesus, PLEASE!" It so cracked me up. And when we got home, I asked her if she was going to be okay and she said, "No, no not really." She is so my child. But we are so entralled with her and the things that come out of her mouth. She delights us to no end. So hope each of you are doing well!
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