A month gone by

I feel like I just updated this blog but that was about a month ago! Where does the time go?
We are back in the swing of things here with Jason back and the hospital, Dyson in 1st grade (gone all day :( and Ridge in Joy school 2 mornings a week. It seems that so much has happened in the last few weeks and the time has flown by.
Dyson is loving being in school all day and is making tons of friends. But I'm not surprised. He has always been so outgoing and friendly. He is like his mother in that respect. I never had a hard time making friends. He is doing excellent in reading and math and I am impressed with him every day.
Ridge has only been to school 2 days but is really liking it. For the first time he is one of the older kids in the group and I think he likes being a leader for the others. He is one of two 4 yr olds and the rest are 3.
Rori is CRAZY! There are so many different words I could use to describe her but that one seems to sum it up pretty good. She is talking more and more clearly and you would think that would help her communicate better but we are still struggling with her crying and whining for every little thing. It is seriously driving me nuts.
Rori is my big helper. She doesn't really like playing with her brothers (they play games she doesn't understand) but she loves to help me clean and cook. She will follow me around all day! I love it. Of course she changes focus to her dad as soon as he walks through the door. haha.

As for me and baby. I am doing pretty good over all with only a few complaints really. I have been having sciatic nerve pain (which is no fun at all) and I also have excruciating pain due to my hips spreading. I can't walk hardly at all and I have a difficult time changing from a laying to sitting or sitting to standing position. I waddle like I'm 45 weeks pregnant but I'm only 28! Not good.

Baby girl is growing steadily. In the beginning we were a little worried about her size since she was measuring 2 weeks small. I have been having ultrasounds every couple of weeks to monitor her growth and she is looking good. Still 2 weeks small but she is growing at a steady rate. I am scheduled to have Fetal Echocardiogram to examine her heart for a possible heart defect.
On an early ultrasound her heart showed signs of a possible Ventricular Septal Defect (VSD) which is basically a whole in the heart between the left and right ventricle. It is the most common heart defect and usually doesn't require treatment. They commonly close on their own but it surgery is needed it is pretty simple. The doc isn't too worried about her and there have been many prayers on her behalf that Jason and I feel really confident that all will be well with our little one.
My biggest concern is that if she does in fact have a VSD it can make nursing more difficult since the baby can get tired really easily. I use nursing to help lose the weight (and I'm going to need a lot of help this time around) and if she gets too tired and isn't a good nurser that is not a good thing for me. (leave it to me to be selfish when it comes the health of my baby. oh well)

Jason is doing his pediatric rotation right now and has been enjoying his time there. He was on the patient floors working with adolescents for the first week and now he is in the newborn nursery and ER. He is learning so much and his Attendings have been really awesome.

NJ is growing on us and I am really looking forward to the Fall. It is my favorite season and I have been told that Fall in Jersey is amazing. So I'm hoping to add another thing on my small, but growing list of things I like about NJ.

If any of you find yourself back east or you want to plan a trip out here feel free to come and stay. We aren't far from NY and would love to see you!