These past 5 days as a family of four has been exhausting but so wonderful. Mason is adapting well to his baby sister and Jordyn is slowly teaching us just how she plans to fit into this family.
We went to Marshfield today to have Jordyn's heart checked out to make 100% sure that none of our Mason worries would carry over into another baby. Her EKG was perfect and her clinic appointment with the cardiologist showed no concerns so her heart is perfectly normal! There was no need for an echo (thank goodness) and we can put all those worries to rest. The doctor did not see any sign of the tricuspid valve regurgitation that was there previously on ultrasounds.
Yesterday was Jordyn's newborn followup and its clear that she is eating well and growing. When we left the hospital on Saturday, her weight was 7 lbs, 8 oz. Two days later it was 7 lbs, 13 oz. An impressive 5 oz in two days! She's eating great, but isn't a great burper. The cardiologist showed us a new burp technique today that has worked twice so far so I hope that we've figured her out and we can kiss those gas pains goodbye. Her sleep routine definitely has room for improvement as she likes to hold in her poopy diapers until late at night and doesn't like sleeping flat on her back. She also is developing a few cluster feed habits which I'm fine with during the day, but please, little lady, not at night. Regardless, we're surviving and loving all the awake moments we can capture.
The house is making major progress this week. Lots of trim went up in the great room and the fireplace burned its first fire today! The washer and dryer are hooked up today and the house will officially have in-floor heat and hot water thanks to our awesome new boiler! By end of day, we'll also have toilets! Tomorrow, the cabinet drawers/doors get put back on (small miss on adding finger grooves into them) and the the interior doors arrive. Black dirt is being spread by Chris and his brother tomorrow while I attempt some touch up paint jobs. Countertops arrive later this week which means sinks go in too! Carpet is installed Friday. By Saturday, we're moving in our stuff!
The appraiser is out Tuesday morning to sign off on the house and we can officially move in. Although our closing isn't right away, we will be able to move in and finally settle into our new routines! Hopefully most of the new smells are gone with a few days rest over the weekend, because we want to make sure nothing is too stinky in the house with the two little ones. It's finally happening. :)
I am so thankful for the 14 months my parents allowed us to invade their home. It really helped us to make things happen as quickly as they did and really helped being close to the whole project. Mason did great and the baby is doing great here (sorry M&D if she's crying too much at night!) However, I think we're all ready to be back to our normal lives and spaces.
I'll try to get some updated pictures on here next post. As you can imagine, these days are flying by!
I can't believe how many explanation points I used in this post!!!
I am in awe of how lucky we are...it truly is a wonderful life.
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