Life's Full of Little Surprises

Wow... today has been surprising so far! I dont want to get my hopes up but Kaitlyn has been eating a bit more. She had 3.5 ounces this morning at 6 and then she had another 2.5 at 10. She slept from about 11pm until her 6am feeding and then slept again until her 10am feeding. Today seems to be a good day too! She actually had some reflux today and coughed and gagged a bit but she handled it rather well.

I know she still isnt eating a lot but eating more is more than I can ask for!! We still havent had any episodes of spitting up or throwing up since Monday which is great for all of us. Well she did have one very tiny spit up last night but Daddy was playing with her and bouncing her around so that really had nothing to do with the reflux I'm sure.

Speaking of playing... it's amazing how much more active and social she is. She smiles at you when you smile, she coos back at you when you coo, she laughs and tried to make the faces you make. It's really great and Jon is having such a good time playing and bonding with her. Expecially when he isnt looking at her and she coos really loud for him. He loves it and so do I!! We realized through all of this hardly eating stuff that she LOVES to play while lying on her back! We even laid her down for awhile yesterday to play on her Playmat. She was batting at the little dangling animals and making them play music and dance around. She was smiling and laughing and she just loved it. I really think she will be learning to roll over soon if she got some time on her back. She kicks nice and hard and pushes against anything she can and she is pretty strong. A lot of the time I will have her laying on my chest facing out while I'm sitting here checking my email and she will kick and push at the table the laptop is on. I have to be careful because sometimes she gets a good kick in and the table goes flying along with my drink usually!

Just to document it, We have gone for a couple walks now around the neighborhood and I really think Kaitlyn likes the wind and the trees and the sky outside. She just looks around at everything and enjoys our walks. The couple times we have gone now have been as a family. Jon and I take her around the block and to the little shopping center near the house. He and I get ice cream over there and hopefully when she gets a little older, we can all go there and get some ice cream on our family walks. I'd like to start walking more with her but right now the house is such a disaster that I cant begin to think about all that.

Well I'm going to keep praying that today is a good day. I'd like to be able to get a few things done upstairs in the living area as far as unpacking goes. I also need to get some laundry done too... I have a lot to do and it's hard to get anything done when Kaitlyn needs me all day and Jon wants to relax after work so I have her then too. I know things will get easier when she is a little older, but it's so much work right now to do all the housework and unpacking AND take care of the baby. My main concern is Kaitlyn though... her comfort and happiness comes before all the boxes piled up in the living room so the rest can wait if she is having a bad day!!