Miss Ava went home with Aunt Lisa that Saturday afternoon and had a great time playing with Zacky & Reece on Sunday. I was worried about if we should send her back since we hadn't spent much time with her with us being in the hospital. We Skyped on Sunday and she was having so much fun. It was definitely the right decision. She met up with us at Grandma and Grandpa's on Monday afternoon.
Grandma Becker went home Sunday morning. We were going to go to church, but decided to stay home instead since it would be during Grant's feeding and I didn't want to introduce him to the bottle yet. It was nice for just Nate, Grant, and myself to spend a little time alone. We had visitors that afternoon, and I spent the evening packing up the kids and myself to spend the rest of the week in IA.
Monday morning we were out the door bright and early to get to Grant's Dr's appointment in St. Paul by 8:30. It was not only his newborn appointment, but also his appointment to get circumcised. Nate and I weren't sure what to expect...if we would be in the room where they would do it, etc. Well we walked into the clinic room and on the table sat the little torture chamber that they were going to tie our child down to in order to circumcise him. Nothing says welcome to the world little man like a piece of hard plastic with things to tie down your legs. We met with a new pediatrician since that's who we will start to see after we move. She was very nice and informative. She explained the procedure and then gave us the option to stay or wait in the waiting room during the procedure...Nate and I darted towards the door after a quick kiss (and a short apology whispered into his ear). He did well and supposedly didn't even cry. We had to stick around for awhile to make sure that he could pee and that there were no bleeding issues. He did great! The Dr. said that he looks great and we'll go back at 2 months for another check-up and his immunizations. They did check his weight and height while we were there. He weighed in at 9 lbs 7 oz (up 3 oz from his discharge weight) and was 23 inches long. So, I'm fairly certain that they did not get an accurate height when he was born. I can't believe that a child can grow 1 1/2 inches in 6 days.
As soon as we left the Dr's office we headed south to Grandma & Grandpa's house. Grant was an all star traveler except for the fact that I couldn't get him to latch on to eat, and I couldn't get my pump to work in the car. Slightly frustrating to say the least. That was the start to a week long struggle to get him to latch on. I was in tears and ready to come back to MN to see a lactation specialist. Finally it clicked and he got it. The little turkey still won't latch on in the middle of the night so he gets a bottle. I figure that I can't complain too much since he has only been waking once a night to eat. I'm scared to say anything in fear that things will change, but he is such a good baby.
Speaking of breastfeeding, Ava is now quite interested in "boobies". One of our first nights home Ava asked me what I was doing. I told her I was feeding Grant and she asked how. I told her I was giving him milk from my boob. At that point Grandma and Daddy started to laugh like 2 year olds at the word boob so Ava thought it was funny and repeated the word. Then when we were at Grandma and Grandpa's she approached me and said, "mommy, when I go shopping I'm going to buy some boobies". I told her that we don't buy boobies (although some people do), but that God gives them to us. So now she tells me on a daily basis that God is going to give her boobies. She then asked Mema last night if she had boobies. Mema responded by saying yes and then Ava said that she could feed Grant then. I'm waiting for her to inform her Sunday school teacher that God is going to giver her boobies.
Back to our trip to IA...it was filled with lots of visitors. Aunt Darlene came out every morning around 9:30 to help me since Nate was working half days while we were there. It was great to be able to go and shower and not have to worry about what the kids were doing. Thank you so much Aunt Darlene for ALL of your help while we were there. We not only got to see family, but friends as well. Thank you everybody who took time out of your busy schedules to come and meet Grant. We are so truly blessed!
Unfortunately our week down there ended with Nate getting the flu. The poor guy was up all night Thursday from 1 AM on. He kept me up more than Grant did that night. Luckily it was only 24 hours and he was feeling much better by the time that we had to leave Saturday morning. We stopped at Nana's and got to see some of Nate's family on the way home that afternoon.
Nate headed back to work Monday morning (I think that he was ready). I was a little nervous about how I was going to handle two kids by myself, but it went just fine. We even ran an errand to a little baby boutique that we like here in Maple Grove, and made it home with no melt downs from anybody. Ava did go to daycare today, as we're going to send her one day a week so that she has time with other kids as well. The day flew by with just Grant and me, and I got to run a few errands and get some stuff organized around here. It's back to the three of us tomorrow. Grant has his newborn pictures tomorrow...I hope that it goes well!
Our little puppy trick-or-treating. Grant came along as well, wrapped in the Moby wrap under my jacket. Ava did a great job and wanted to walk the whole way.
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