No broken hearts

The little one had his appointment with the Cardiologist last week and all is well. The little boy was happy and alert as the nurse poked and proded at him to take an EKG, his blood pressure (in leg and arm) and his length and weight. Then he promptly took a bottle (which turned out to be perfect timing) while the Dr. went over what he thought and took a listen at his heart. While there is a murmur, he said that it is perfectly normal and will most likely be outgrown before long. On a scale of 1-5 he wouldn't even rank it at 1. Since babies don't do a whole lot, he said their hearts work the hardest when they are sick or eating (see, perfect timing to feed him) so he suspects that the little boy might have been a little sick at the well child visit (which we also suspected at the time but he wasn't running a fever so we were told it could've been a virus).

Anyways, we were so relieved after the visit. Oh, and it turns out that the pediatricians nurse measured him wrong by quite a bit. The hospital measured the boy at 23.75" long (50th percentile) and 10.7 lbs (15th percentile). By all accounts, he should be out of the 0-3 month clothes but since he lacks any chubbiness, they are still running slightly big. He's still as cute as can be and as happy as can be! And since he brings so much joy to us... here he is in his halloween costume to bring everyone a little smile!

2 months

Well, actually the little boy is 2-1/2 months tomorrow but he had his 2 month check up this week. All went pretty well, with a few exceptions... the first being that it happened to be the worst day ever for traffic and I missed half the appointment (luckily DH was the one that took him!). The other being that he has a heart murmur to which we should be finding out when our appointment to see a pediatric cardiologist is. The Dr. isn't concerned since the little boy is healthy in every other possible way and doesn't show any signs of there being a problem, but never the less, he's being catious which we are thankful for. We know a heart murmur is quite common in infants and aren't anticipating that there is anything wrong until we hear otherwise.
Other than that... he had his first vaccines which caused for a "fun" night, but my favorite part of the visit is getting all of his stats. He is officially 22 inches long and 10.4 lbs. Still a little guy. He is in 0-3 month clothes which are still big for him and still not sleeping through the night. According to everything I read, it looks like I have another little while before he will. 11 lbs. seems to be the mark that babies no longer need the calories throughout the night. We're close, but not quite there although the feedings really aren't too bad since he's still sleeping 4 hours at a time. For the rest of the time, he's great. He's a very alert baby and has become a very smiley little guy. His personality is really starting to come out and we're enjoying every minute of it. My work has even been great with letting me work 4-10 hour days so I'm home with him for 3 full days a week rather than 2. The only thing that could make things get any better is if I'm able to transfer to my companies other office sooner rather than later!

Goals

As my brother told me not to long ago, you never really follow through or make something happen unless you set a goal and timeframe to accomplish it. I've never really though about it, but after watching him set his goals and accomplish them within the time frame he said he would, I was forced to agree. This weekend, the DH and I set a major goal that is going to be life changing for us. After my 4-1/2 months of unemployment and some soul searching on where we see ourselves next year, in five years, etc., we've decided that we will be moving away from Salt Lake. After some resistance at first from DH since all of his family is here, we've determined an area that we think will improve our lifes, bring us closer together as a family, and bring a new adventure for us to experiance together as neither of us have lived there. The goal is that we be there before January 1, 2012 which gives us just barely over 2 years although we're hoping for sooner. Certain things need to happen, mainly with my job but it is fully possible. Shoot, its possible that we're there next week but doubtful! The irony in our goal is that before we actually set a goal date but decided we would move as soon as the oppurtunity presented itself, we discovered that BIL and his family have the same exact goal and then some good friends of ours intend to move into the same area that we're looking at (but they can't be there until the husband graduates in a year and a half). Its amazing how we weren't considering moving for many years and now I"m getting excited to start working on this new goal so we can begin our new adventure. Now I'm just hoping the stars align and we make it there soon!

$10 off at Diapers.com

For those who haven't used diapers.com before, I highly recommend it. I placed my first order today (off of my sisters recommendation) and was extremely impressed. I ended up getting diapers for free thanks to a referral code (you can use my referrel code to get the $10 off diapers too.. MLBM0879), 10% off on a bundleme that we decided on getting to help keep the little one warm and cozy this winter, and then since I'm supplementing with formula, I ordered a 20% more can for the same price as the regular sized can. To top it off, free shipping and I didn't have to pay state tax so it saved me some money! Oh, and did I mention it will be here tomorrow? Shocking but true. Anyways, just in case there are those of you out there that are buying any baby products since they carry it all, I just wanted to pass the word on. And of course, if you do decide to try them out if you wouldn't mind using my referral code (MLBM0879) I'd really appreciate it!

My growing boy

Oh how fast he grows!

5 weeks old

6 weeks old
7 weeks old

8 weeks old

Where does the time go?

I looked at the calendar today and realized that it is October 7th and I haven't posted anything since September 18th. Quite possibly one of my longest durations of no posting when I actually have a ton to post about! Lately though, time just seems to be slipping through my hands like sand but oh how great life has been.
The little boy turns 8 weeks this friday. I can't imagine a day without him since he has brought so much joy into our home. In the past two weeks we've watched him learn to really chat, smile and more recently, start responding to sounds, objects and of course, us! It's been a lot of fun watching him learn so many new things and we can't get enough of it! I'm behind on posting some pictures, but I'll do that hopefully this weekend. One thing is for sure, he's definitely been growing! I finally packed up his newborn clothes since although they still fit, weighing in at a little over 9 lbs means the newborn sizes are fitting a little snug. 0-3 months still drowns him but at least its easier to dress him!
Speaking of sizes... I had my 6 week checkup nearly 2 weeks ago and my Dr. was pleased with the results of me dropping down to 8 lbs. lighter than the first weighin at 7 weeks pregnant. I'm keeping up the weight loss pretty steady and am so excited to fit into clothes that I haven't been able to in a while. I'm 8 lbs. away from my goal weight which I haven't weighed in nearly 3 years. I'd love to weigh less but one milestone at a time!
Other than that... life is good. I love my new job and being an engineer is a whole new experiance that I"m loving! Despite all the stress the past 4-1/2 months brought... I definitely feel everything happened for a reason!

A job!!!

Well, the company that asked for my references called this morning and informed me that they were working on an offer and just needed a start date to plug in before they sent it over. I'm in shock since I honestly thought they were calling to say they would like me to come in for an interview since I didn't have an interview. I did do quite a bit to get their attention, however, which clearly impressed them. First I called their corporate office twice trying to find out who to contact about a job opening they had out of town. Then, I started calling their local office when I couldn't get ahold of anyone in corporate. From there, I was having a hard time reaching anybody and after 3 calls, was finally given the cell phone number of the guy over the office the position was for. From there, I left him 2 seperate messages... the first to see if he had recieved my resume (I was getting error messages from their company website where I had submitted it), and the second one I tried a new tactic. My brother had told me the story of Donald Trumps assistant and how she got her job. Basically, instead of sending in her resume, she offered to weed through resumes for him.... she got the job on the spot. My call reflected this and since I knew they had just moved offices, I offered to help them unpack, organize or any other job that they would need done with no strings attached. Still, I didn't hear anything from him so a week from that call, I printed up 2 resumes complete with cover letters and references and delivered them in person. The guy I had been trying to reach wasn't in, and the H.R. Manager told the secretary the standard response to tell me to apply online. I began explaining to the secretary about the errors I was recieving online when the H.R. manager came out and asked if I was Melissa. I talked to her for about 10-15 minutes where she asked if I would be willing to work in the local office instead since the other office isn't hiring anymore people for now, and told me that the guy I had contacted and came and talked to her about me that morning. She said he had many good things to say from the messages I had left. With that, I gave her my resume and went on my way making note to call in a week to follow up.
A week passed and rather than having to make a phone call, I recieved the phone call on wed. morning asking for 3 professional references which I sent over immediately. Once again, I made note to myself to follow up in a week and kept my fingers crossed. Instead I recieve the phone call today. I'm still in shock over it all.. and relieved. We had begun asking ourselves what we would be doing if I didn't find a job by the first of the year and our solutions were less than desirable... including walking away from our home. We'd survived this long, but we knew we couldn't survive past the first with just my husbands paycheck.
So here I am... less stressed than yesterday, ecstatic to start a new job, and sad to know i have to leave my baby during the day. I am happy to have one more week with him before then, but I'm still sad to think I'll be leaving him.
If anyone has any tips to help me survive the first week away from him, I'd greatly appreciate it! I'm going to miss my little guy so much during the day....