Doctor Day

Our whole family made the trip to the doctor's office for Olivia's one month check up (she'll be one month on Saturday - time flies). Steve planned on keeping Abby at home for the appointment, but Abby insisted that she needed to go visit Nurse Ellie. Olivia is doing great! She weighed in at 9 pounds even and was 21 inches long. That puts her in the 50th percentile for height and weight of a full-term, one month old baby. I tried to pull up a preemie growth chart, but she is off the charts for height and weight based on her gestational age. It's hard to believe it, but tomorrow was supposed to be her birthday.

So... the other big news from the doctor's visit was his opinion that there is no longer any reason why Olivia can't participate in normal life with us. That means Abby and I are breaking out of this popsicle stand as soon as possible. I'm thinking a trip to the park is in order, since Abby loves being outside and the backyard is under construction. The doctor even looked at me like I was crazy when I told him we had kept Olivia in the house basically since she came home, with the exception of one walk and the three visits to his office. Abby will be very excited when she realizes we aren't just sitting around this place day and night anymore. Not that we have lots of exciting places to go or anything... it's just a relief knowing that we can go if we decide to.

And... just for Great Grandma Lorraine, we've decided to give an old lamp a new lease on life as a brushed nickle lamp. We decided a face lift was in order and the fixtures in the room the lamp lives in are all brushed nickle, so the lamp has a shiny new coat of paint and will soon have new wiring. After 50 plus years we thought it was time.