1. On Sunday Nate totally filled in for me in Primary. I know what you're thinking, I was crazy to think I could go and do my Sharing time this Sunday, but I really could have done it!!!! If it wasn't for the comments I kept getting from the Primary Presidency I probably would have gone, but it was just annoying. So anyway.... I ended up having Nate sub for me. He did a great job as I am told :) What a sweetie.
2. On Monday we took Erika in for her bilirubin and that turned out to be quite the ordeal. Not because of her number but because of the Doctor's office and then the hospital. Yeah, so apparently they couldn't actually check her bilirubin at the doctor's office like they used to, so after waiting a long time in the waiting room, and then a long time in the room, and then having the doctor look her over (she was very nice btw. This was my first time with this particular doctor and I think I like her a lot. I am going to change to her for the girls since they were wanting a female doc anyway). She answered all my questions about her jaundice plus some about her hip (the doc at the hospital had said it was loose, luckily we don't need to worry about that for a while), then a few about her head lump (it doesn't seem to be going down, but it is in fact "normal" so we are not to worry about it anymore). We also found out that she weighed 7 lbs, 14oz at that point so she had essentially gained 5 ounces since we left the hospital, and only lost 2 from her birth weight!! Is that not so amazing!!! I am so proud of her!! She is "perfect on paper" according to the doctor, minus her yellowness, so she wanted to give us an order to get her over to the lab at the hospital and get her bilirubin number. I was annoyed when she said that we had to go over to the hospital, but even more annoyed when I realized that it was through the ER. "don't take your baby out too much, don't take her around large groups of people, don't let anyone touch her without washing their hands because of the H1N1 scare" but "it's okay to take her to the place where ALL the sick people are going!!!!!!" UGH! Yeah, I felt like I was getting sick as I was sitting there and could only imagine the germs that Erika might be breathing in during that hour and a half that we were in the waiting room. I was annoyed to say the least. The actual blood draw took approximately 2 minutes. I still can't believe we had to go through all the registration and get a wrist band and everything for those 2 MINUTES!!! So anyway. I got a call taht night that said she was fine. Her bilirubin number was perfectly normal for a baby her age. All that for NOTHING!!! But I guess it's good to know. Anyway.... the fabulous part here might be fading with my bad attitude, but it was fabulous to know that she was doing so well, weight wise, and with all the other "problems" she had "had" in the hospital. It's nice. And a blessing.
3. Wednesday we got to go to Discovery while the girls were at school. The boys have made that place theirs now. They pretty much know what they want to do there and don't waste time doing the things they don't like :) We had fun and it was so nice to not have to carry around that huge belly with me while I was playing. Felt like a new found freedom :) Nate was so nice to carry the baby the whole time.
4. The other day, we were sitting upstairs with Grandpa Hatch, watching tv. The kids were all sprawled out all over the floor except Bradley, he was holding Erika on the little couch, kind of away from everyone else. I kept hearing him say cute little baby things to her, and telling her how little her hands and feet were, which I just found adorable. Then, when she started fussing, this is my favorite part, he began singing "I Am A Child Of God" to her.... all cute and quietly. I LOVED it!!! I loved it so much I almost let him continue even though she was getting louder and more upset. It was SO cute. I just love how my kids are taking to the new baby thing. It's miraculous to me that they would be so interested in her and so loving to her. I mean, I know that they've had some practice, but this is just so neat for me as their mom.
5. Thursday night we got to have our game night. It's been a while. Loved it.
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