B is growing up so fast...

Barrett will be 8 months old on the 21st :(. It's good but it's kind of sad. He had a few "firsts" tonight. He took a big-boy bath. He sat all by himself in the tub, without the infant tub. He loved getting to splash and play! I got him a bath toy from WalMart that is a little star that flashes blue and sprays water. It was so cute but honestly, he didn't really care about it :/. After his bath, he wore some big-boy pajamas, since he's basically too big now to wear the one piece pajamas. Such a happy boy :).

I got him a few old-fashioned toys too, which he LOVES more than his high-tech toys. Here's a picture of his new toys. Who can live without a ring stacker and the wire toy with beads that you can move around?! Not to mention...a cabbage patch doll?

The cabbage patch doll was mine when I was little. I gave it to him this morning and he gave it kisses...so sweet.

I also got him some Gerber Puffs at WalMart to try as his first real solid food....all I know is that they need to make these things in adult versions! They are soooo good!

Needless to say, Barrett loved them too. We gave him one to see how he would do. He gagged a little but worked it out. I was too worried about him choking so we put a handful in this little thing we got at Target. The handle is for him to hold and the left blue part is mesh.

He loved getting to feed himself and all of the Puffs eventually melted and he ate them all. He's on a "mama" kick lately. He wants me alot and says "mama" all the time, especially when he's upset...it's good to know he considers me to be the one that consoles him. Here's a picture from last night. I love when he loves on me!

I can't believe how grown-up he's getting. He still hates being on his stomach so I don't make him do it anymore. He immediately goes to crying and holding his breath and it kills me. If he just cries a little, I'll leave him but what's the point? Yeah, it may make him stronger and he'll learn to crawl but he'll work it out eventually anyways. Right now, he's loving his Jumperoo and sitting in the floor playing with random toys. We've had a problem with him sleeping lately so we tried his pack n' play in his room. It worked! I have no idea what the difference is to him but obviously, there is one. It went from getting up 4 to 6 times a night to getting up maybe once. Thank goodness! Speaking of, I better go to sleep! I've become such a night owl lately and I need to break that habit! Good night everyone!

I'm not crazy!

The news topping this past week is finally finding out what's been wrong with me. I had another endoscopy done Friday. It was so pleasant, in comparison to my previous one. It was done in-office instead of the hospital which is a plus and I didn't wake up for this one! I was only out for 30 minutes or so and felt just fine when I woke up! The nurse got my IV in the very first time and everyone was extremely nice. Supposedly, when I was in "recovery", I was hiccuping extremely loud and Ty said he was worried something was wrong with me...lol. I've had frequent hiccups for months and not sure if that goes along with all my other problems or just coincidence. Anyways, the doctor sent me home with a couple of papers saying what they found but of course, gave the details to Ty while I was still asleep. He said that I have a hiatal hernia and looks like I've passed some gallstones recently because he can see scarring reminiscent of stones in my ducts. I'm just relieved to hear that I'm not crazy. I've honestly started to wonder in the past few months if I'm somehow imagining these symptoms and they aren't really there. Of course, I don't like the fact that I've got a hernia but atleast I don't feel like a nut anymore. As far as the hernia goes, it's medium-sized. They don't really do anything for hiatal hernias unless it bothers me for years or gets so large that it could cause problems. So for now, I'm on a few antacid-type medications to try and fix it. As far as the gallstones go, my gallbladder showed it functions at 82% a few months ago, which is excellent. He said anything between 30 and 80 percent is considered good. I have a follow-up with that gastroenterologist in a month to see how everything's going. The paperwork shows they found two hiatal hernias but I don't think that's possible from what I've googled. I'm sure they just accidentally typed it twice. The doctor also dilated my esophagus since I've had a problem swallowing lately. He said the acid can scar up your esophagus causing that problem. I can already tell it's helped with the swallowing, alot! I'm a little sore but not horrible. Anyways, that's that and I'm so glad I've gotten an answer! Thank the Lord I finally found a good doctor!

Onto better news, it's Fourth of July weekend! Ty took off with me Friday to go to the doctor. Of course, I couldn't drive myself since I was sedated. We got through around 12:30 and went to Chick-fil-a for lunch. Then, we came home and I slept until 5:30. Ty woke me up after he went and picked up Barrett from daycare. I must have been very sleepy...lol. When I woke up, I was starving so we went with my parents to Red Lobster then came home. Barrett went to bed and we watched a movie. I got up this morning and cooked breakfast-scrambled eggs, toast, hasbrowns, and bacon. I'm not a big breakfast person but it was soooo good! After that, we loaded up and went to the river to a family friend's cabin. Ty got to tube and we just rode around in the boat for a bit. We got home late tonight and got pizza and are obviously calling it a night. Tomorrow, we plan on going to Dyersburg for my granddad's birthday. We have nothing else to do, so why not?! I'm sure Monday, we'll end up at Ty's parent's house to swim. They have a get-together almost every holiday so I'm sure it'll be fun. I'm so thankful for the days we get to spend at home, all together.

Well, Barrett's fighting his sleep so I guess I'll step in! Have a great holiday weekend!