{roadtrip, anyone?}

we have officially booked the park pavilion for ian's birthday! you are all invited!!! roadtrip time? no? ah well, it was worth a try! i'm excited and have been getting stuff together for his super cool dinosaur 2nd birthday! or as ian says "shishaur"......

yesterday, justin and ian had a "daddy and me" day! they went to tucson to the airplane exhibit. justin said ian loved all the airplanes, but was a little overwhelmed. he wouldn't let justin put him down -except for a time or 2...especially in front of poppy's airplane :). i sent my camera (and if you know justin this was a BIG deal for him to stop what he was doing to take pictures! i'm so proud!) 

i completely forgot to add in cecilia's "stats" from her 9 months appointment!  needless to say, she's not lacking in the weight department: 24 lbs (99%). she is 29" (90%) and her head was in the 96%....so all A's for the baby girl-yay!!!!! i was pleasantly surprised when talking to the nurse practioner for her appt (the doctor had to be called out for a delivery). i was telling her how cecilia doesn't like to eat food. she fights it and seals her mouth shut and shakes her head from side to side. it's ridiculous. she'll snack on some finger foods, but really wants nothing to do with anything else. (don't get me wrong-she nurses like a champ.) then i proceeded to tell her that i was concerned since i was going to have to start weaning due to my upcoming surgery. (my kidney doctor said that i could keep breastfeeding, but i'll be on some serious pain meds for at least a week, so suggested to either supplement, then pump & dump or stop....-which is why i have postponed the surgery as long as i have!) anyways-she (the nurse practioner) was so supportive and told me that baby's can tolerate X amount of pain meds so i didn't have to stop completely. i could supplement at least half of her feedings and still nurse her and it (at most) should just make her a little drowsy. {i'm going to get with my kidney doctor and see what kind of pain medications they will give and then give them to my pediatrician to see what is safe/not safe}. i'm not 100% that i'm going to do this, BUT considering that she doesn't eat much regular food and i've been dreading all of this....it's a big stress reliever to know that i have more options. so YAY for that!

also-i met my new "lady" doctor (if you will) the other day. i immediately liked him and the staff. the clincher... they do not do vbacs (vaginal birth after cesarean). ah! even though ceci was a vbac, their hospital policy is that its too much of a liability. so when we do decide to have baby #3 we'll have to go to tucson. bummers. not what i wanted to hear! (although he did tell me that i could do it with a midwife...um, no epidural? i think not!) and turns out that this particular doctor isn't going to be doing deliveries after this year anyway.

singing the 'a,b song'