Forty Nine Weeks

Dearest Joshua David~

Hello cutie pie!  Today you are forty nine weeks old!  Whoa big guy!  You are growing so fast right before our eyes!  People keep asking what you want for your first birthday!  I know you'll probably just want to see family and friends and enjoy everyone's company .... but I'm sure you'll be getting a lot of gifts as well.  ;-)  Also, we're going to take you to the State Fair this year for your birthday!  Daddy and I were going to go last year together, but then I ended up in the hospital with you!  :-)  So, I missed it last year, so I definitely want to take you this year so you can see all the animals, rides, other children, and attractions!  :-)

We had your helmet appointment at 9am this morning.  So, after your morning bottle, you played a little while I packed the diaper bag and then we headed out to Level Four Pediatrics.  They were encouraged by the progress that you have already made with your head shape.  :-)  The helmet is continuing to add pressure in the correct areas (she smoothed out two areas to make it a little more comfortable for you), and we're starting to see a little difference in the flat spot on your back right side.  We have another appointment in 2 weeks for a head scan (after one month of wearing the helmet).  

The appointment didn't take long, so from there we headed over to see daddy at work!  There are still coworkers of daddy that haven't met you, so he met us outside and then took us up to this office.  Daddy and I walked you up and down the hallway and you met a lot of people who all said you were cute!  You smiled and clapped at people!  ;-)  We also got to eat lunch with daddy while there.  :-)

We got home just in time for your lunch bottle (since daddy and I ate early).  After the bottle though, I put you in the downstairs "pack & play" so you could crawl all around as I did some chores.  But, once I turned around, you threw up a little so I ended up having to change your diaper and outfit.  :-P  I went ahead and did your laundry too.  

The rest of the afternoon we played around and waited for the couches to be delivered.  They were suppose to arrive between 2pm-6pm .... they finally arrived at 5pm, which was fine because daddy was actually home by then.  So, we unwrapped everything, put the slipcovers on .... and now we have a new couch in the bonus room to play on!  Woo hoo!  We ended up switching the ottoman that we ordered for the new couch with the one we had downstairs.  The one downstairs is bigger so it fits the room better.  :-)

Oh, here's the really big news of the day .... this afternoon, after daddy got home .... he got a phone call from the Lenovo company that interviewed him on wednesday .... they offered him a job!  Daddy and I looked over the package that they emailed him (offer letter, benefits, etc), and it looks likely that daddy will take it.  It would definitely help us financially, so that's a blessing.  Daddy needs to let them know on monday, so we'll continue to talk and pray about it this weekend. 

This evening, you played on the bed with us.  Daddy clipped your nails (they were really getting long and sharp!).  

Sleep tight little one!

I love you very much!  :-)

~Mommy