Is 7 months old! Yep. My goodness does time fly by...which is sad but I know it has to happen. I can't believe she's babbling nonsensical words, rolling over (not alot which I am happy about), holding my face in her beautiful hands, she combs her fingers through my hair while she nurses finally because at first she would pull, she snuggles in to you whenever she gets a chance and has the most beautiful smile! She's been eating baby food twice a day now, I love to watch her face when she takes her first bite. It's like a "eeewoohh, do I likes this? I don't know? Do I? I think so...maybe?? Ok, maybe I do (second bite)...ummm, Yeah, yeah I do." And as another of my fellow bloggers had said, I find I have time to just sit (well not so much sit...but you know what I mean) and take her in. All of the little things she's doing, her baby smell, her gaze, her comfort level...all sorts of stuff.
Tom thought I was a little too attached to her at first, I think he thought I was a little cuckoo for cocoa puffs at first, but I think it is just different with her because I am at home with them now, and I just get to completely enjoy having a baby. Every little thing about her I get to see or do with her. And I'm nursing this time, much, much, much longer than I did with the other two, and I think that makes a difference as well. (And I still love it!! Tom thinks I am going to have a hard time stopping, I think he's half right, although with the more teeth she gets and the whole walking thing, I think I'll get over it...)
So...Update! Shelby went to the U of MN hospital again today to see the neuro surgeon. We got to see her MRI which was pretty neat. It was so cool to see her spine and little butt in great detail! Weird I know. Anyway, she does have some issues going on inside her! It still is a little hard to explain, but the birth mark on the outside goes deep under the tissues of the skin into her spinal chord and is taking up space where there should be her spinal fluids in the bottom half of her spine, near her butt. It seems to wrap itself around it in a sense, all those vessels and nerves. They also think it might be tugging or "something" with her bladder as well, they are not sure. SO, she has to go see a pediatric surgeon, which we see on Monday, and then a pediatric urologist for her bladder, on Feb. 24th. Then, the neuro surgeon thinks they will want to do an angiogram to see where exactly all of the blood vessels travel to. THEN, after that, they as a team will decide their "plan of action". He said it is not an emergency, but they definitely need to get this figured out as soon as we can so we can figure out the best possible solution for her now, instead of later.
But so far, she doesn't act as if anything is wrong, and she is hitting all of her "milestones" just like any other baby! And the big thing is, nothing is hurting her! So there you have it! And, I just can't believe (I mean I can) what a great baby she is! She does so well on the car rides and when we are at the clinic! She is absolutely beautiful in every way!
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