Fun Day & Due Date!

Wednesday Austin and I had a great day. We slept in a little and kinda lounged around. He was really cranky and I was really tired. We eventually got dressed and headed up to the hospital for our breastfeeding support group.
We met up with Lindsey and baby Kash! Lindsey & I went to high school together & got pregnant at the same time & had the same due date! She had Kash on December 28th (almost my birthday!). He and Austin are going to be best friends! We had a really good time hanging out. I'm so glad I have a friend Austin & I can share this with!

At group we weighed Austin! He weighed 6 pounds 9 ounces! That is a 6 ounce increase, 14 ounces in 14 days since we started breastfeeding! I am thrilled! An average of an ounce a day is PERFECT. He also transferred/drank 2 ounces in that hour. Kash drank 3 in 10 minutes. How jealous am I? A lot. LOL. After last weeks weigh in I cut down from 2 fortified bottles to one. I think I will stick with the one for another week or two and see how he continues to gain. Now that he's 40 weeks and doing so well gaining, he may start packing on the fat a little quicker. But for now he's right on track so I'll keep doing what I'm doing!

After we left there my mom, Austin and I headed up to Once Upon A Child. I LOVE that place! They had a swing EXACTLY like A's, but instead of lambs it was bumblebees!!! I almost bought it!!! At night Austin goes down in his bassinet, but after a feeding or two he's either wide awake or wants to held & won't go back to sleep & cries. I'm exhausted, so I just scoop him up and put him in the bed with me, something I swore I'd never do. I'm too scared to smother or squish him. I found an Arm's Reach Co-Sleeper there for only $50. It's a bassinet that you put one side down and it comes up to your bed. So now I can see him, keep my hand on him, and not have to get up 20X. It's so convenient, I love it, he loves it, and most importantly, he's safe.

Once we got home we found- FLUFFY MAIL!!!!! Bumgenius had a Buy 5 Get 1 sale and I took full advantage of it! I ordered two sets and they arrived! They are so cute! I want to use them now, but A is still too little. I'm contemplating getting some prefolds and covers because I'm ready to start cloth NOW! Day before I got some fluffy mail from a Twitter friend who lives here in South Carolina. She sent me 5 used Bumgenius diapers. They are in great condition... However... Pink. BUT I'm going to make them my night diapers! I'm not turning down anything free! Especially cloth diapers! Wasn't that so generous of her?

Also in the mail Austin received his first birthday party invitation! Isn't that exciting? I know he & I are excited! :) We had dinner at Nana's and Papa's (I can NOT eat enough! & I weigh 10lbs below prepregnancy weight! Another plus to breastfeeding!). We had a great day!

I'm posting this very early morning January 7th. Today is my due date. Austin should be making his appearance any day now. I feel so incredibly blessed to have had these past 6 weeks with him. I'm so lucky to be his mommy. I couldn't ask for a better baby. He is absolutely amazing. I wanted him for so long (my whole life!) and now I have him and I even got him for 6 extra bonus weeks and I couldn't be happier. God is great and if I ever doubted that before (which I didn't) there would be no questioning it now. This little baby is so amazing, definitely a gift from God. Science doesn't make stuff like this ;)

I'll add pictures to this post later. I'm posting from my phone & I don't know how to add pictures!
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