Double Digits

Our big news of the week is that Casey finally made it to the double digits in weight.  Her official number at this week's weigh-in was 10 pounds 8 ounces!! That is over 5 times her lowest weight (she was born at 2 pounds 6.5 ounces, but dropped down to 2 pounds 1 ounce after a couple days).  This is also an 11 ounce gain from last week, which is huge!  I am fairly certain that the weight gain can be attributed mostly to a growth spurt based on the fact that her volume drastically increased, she was finishing some bottles in 15 minutes, and she was even waking up to let us know she was ready to eat before some of her feeds. Well, and all the extra calories from these amazingly rich and delicious Brownie Batter Chocolate Fudge Cupcakes Mommy was devouring last week may have also contributed a bit to her weight gain (and mine!).  Just doing my part to help a little girl out! Seriously, these were so good that my husband, the self-proclaimed "cake hater" had more than one.  We were thrilled that she had such a good week, although her eating has tapered off a bit in the last few days.  This may just be because the growth spurt is over or could be due to the constipation our poor girl has been suffering from which makes eating less than comfortable (she has had some issues with this for a while, but the Dietitian suggested it may be worsening because of the increase in her volume).  We have also noticed that Casey is experiencing more spit-ups which may also be causing her to want to eat less, and bringing up the question we have been debating for months of to medicate or not to medicate for reflux.  I'll spare you the long list of our pros and cons for whether to start her on reflux medication, but it will definitely be one of our major topics of conversation at our next appointment with the pediatrician in a couple of weeks.  Between my daughter's projectile spit-ups and our poor sick dog's vomiting (let me say that the sound of a dog dry heaving and your subconscious screaming "Must.Save.Carpet!" has to be one of the worst ways to be ripped from your sleep), I am pretty sure I have cleaned up my quota of bodily fluids this week! 

That's about all the news I have to report.  It has been a pretty boring week (and that is how we like it!).

And because I know it is what keeps you coming back, here are this week's pictures of our Doodlebug:

 Curled up in her blanket

 Night Night!

 One of a Kind

 Looks like we have a thumb sucker!

 "Paci down, PACI DOWN!!!"

 "Ah, life is good again!"

 This kid's limbs are in constant motion.  It is getting harder and harder to not get a blurry picture.

 Her Serious face

 Little Americans Fan

 It is kinda blurry, but Casey has started giving us the biggest grins and it is the cutest thing ever.

 Return of the giant flower headbands! (and yes, there are lots more to come!)

 I can never figure out how her sock can make that big of a leap???

And just in case you needed a little proof that your prayers are working, here is a video of our girl who has become quite "talkative" since I posted about our goal of getting her to babble and talk more.

And yes, I do realize this is probably only interesting to us, but she does give a few cute smiles that might make it worth watching :)