Playdates and LFTS and thanking one blogger at a time

Brynn gives each blogger who wished her well on her LFTs and who said such sweet things to me about my FSH level one thumbs up! She would have done two but she's just learning the ropes still. Seriously, isn't it weird how babies can sleep in such awkward positions for prolonged periods of time? This was Brynn sleeping on my husband the other day and she stayed with her thumb up for over and hour...insane. She has recently this month discovered her hands and can't seem to keep them out of her mouth, very cool! Also she sucks her ring finger so much it has a little blister on it, but I'm geeked that she uses at night time for some self soothing to put herself back to sleep. More sleep for Brynn means a happy baby and happy parents.

Brynn had her LFTs drawn the other day (liver function tests) and although they were still elevated which worries me to no end...they were lower than last month. This means that we're in limbo land...we don't have to see anyone right now about them. However, we're not out of the woods yet.

The other day Brynn had a playdate with the son of one of the CRNAs I work with. Basically it wasn't a playdate of course since they're so little (he's 10 months), but it did involve us getting out of the house and having some Applebees! I absolutely love the car side to go that Applebees has right now in the Michigan winter. I was able to pick up lunch and not have to drag Brynn out of the car...very cool. My friend C and I had to giggle because our two little ones farted a few times we were at her house and the two of us said we certainly had some future "gas passers" on our hands, LOL! My husband still claims that Brynn is going to be an electrical engineer like him some day so we'll have to wait and see, huh?

Today I'm off to my mom's to drop Brynn off for an hour or two. I have to run into work to have my lock on my locker changed. I for the life of me can't seem to remember it and the combination that they have on record doesn't work. So around 1:00PM I have a date with security to saw off my lock. I can only imagine what's in my locker that I haven't been in since last May when I stopped working. Thank heavens I didn't keep food in there! Only 5 more days until my first day back at work. Monday morning I think I'm in the open heart room...nothing like jumping in and baptism by fire, eh? I luckily am going to be with one of the other CRNAs for the first few weeks as I get my feet wet. I'm not as worried about the actual case as I am doing some of the technical stuff like starting arterial lines again and putting in central lines for the bigger cases. It's just going to take some time I'm sure....but deep down inside I'm geeked to be back.

Right now I'm watching Lost on DVR and trying to catch up on The Bachelor as well. I missed a couple of weeks so I'm playing catch up. Thanks again for your help with the breastmilk situation and other questions. I swear...it is so therapeutic to have answers at your fingertips from girls such as yourselves whom I trust! Hope everyone is having a great day and I'll let you know what I find in my locker...any guesses?

Something I want to do..and as silly as it sounds is thank each of you whom have been with us along our journey from the start or just near the end so far. So each entry I want to thank one blogger who has helped us out in one way or another. Just my want of saying thanks....and Brynn's too!

First girl up is Farah for sure at Fertilized because without her I would never have even discovered blogger. She is the one who mentioned me on her blog from the start for others to pop over and say hello. I remember seeing her on MySpace when I actually still used my account and all of the support she gave me on our trying to conceive journey. One thing I love about her is her raw honesty, her support from literally my first post to my last so far, and the humor she uses to always make me smile. She also gives such detail in each of her posts that I find myself reading back through older ones months back just for advice and mommy stuff to make me feel like I'm not alone in this journey. She tells it how it is...and always has a kind word for others along the way as well. Basically she is a gem....we are so lucky to have you. So thank you for getting me started...giving me the courage to bare it all...and for always being so open and honest. Brynn and I say thanks!