Last weekend

Whew, what a weekend Father's Day was. Nate is still doing much much better now that he is on this medication for his acid reflux. He's still a bit fussy, but nothing like before. He has now burped up through his nose a few times and I can tell you he is NOT a fan of that what-so-ever! Nate wanted to show Joe just how much he loved him so he got him an I love dad onesie and sported it all day...didn't even try to poop through it once, he loves him so much!


We later got to visit with our friends Mary and her mom Kathy and sister-in-law Kelley, and brother Dan. Nate was thrilled to lay with Kathy for a few hours straight. Something he would never have done without the medicine soothing his aching belly.


I actually got to sleep in on Friday and Saturday nights when I stayed with my friend Amanda who has recently been in the hospital. Aunt Trisha came up for the weekend and watched Nate on both nights which we very much appreciated! Saturday we hung out with friends and played some Lego Pictionary....definitely not my game but I tried. Joe built an amazing tractor and was pretty proud of himself for it. Here's Nate and Amanda.

On to Father's Day. Now I know most of you spend that day with your child but we decided to vary it up a bit! Joe and I went to church, then out to brunch, and went to see a movie. We were home by 3 and spent the rest of the day with Nate! We spend so much time with him we thought we'd have half the day to hang out the 2 of us and the rest for family time. At brunch I heard the words from Joe I've only ever heard a handful of times in our 8 years together which was, Megan, I'm so full I can't eat anymore! Ahh, buffets. At least he didn't unbutton his pants at the restaurant.


Nate is getting stronger and stronger every day. Nate is getting much more active and kicks like crazy, especially in the mornings, he loves looking in the mirror, and he's starting to gurgle/coo,giggle a lot more. It's hard to get a resting shot of him because he is usually moving around so much. Trisha said he almost was getting himself to roll over the other day. He gets himself to his side but than falls back down. Impressive for a 4 month old 2 month old! It's hard to imagine he's only supposed to be 2 months old just because he is so strong. Oh, and good news on the hernia front, it's mostly staying in! His belly button is starting to look more normal, and even when he cries it doesn't stick out nearly as far as it used to. Good news for Joe who was so grossed out by it! Here's Nate thinking deep thoughts while sleeping.

On Monday, Joe and I took Nate to my chiropractor. He works with a lot of babies and his wife also had a very preemie baby and he did much better after being adjusted by him. He explained a lot about what he saw...basically his nerves aren't aligned well that lead to his esophagus and his stomach- makes sense with the reflux. He does very light realignment with Nate and while at the clinic Nate instantly fell asleep after the adjustment. Plus, a first happened the other night.....6 straight hours of sleep!!! What?!?!? It was crazy, Joe and I both woke up, saying did you feed him...No...did you...No. He went down at 9 and didn't wake up till 3! Woo hoo!