Thanksgiving

Just a few pics from our Thanksgiving trip to Wichita.

Rockstar!

This is why engineers make horrible fashion designers....

Swinging

Gwen decided to help me cook today.  She got to sit in her swing and was perfectly content to watch me work on gourmet items such as taco meat and hamburger helper.  Apparently unimpressed with my culinary skills, she decided to take a nap after a bit...

And here is her just starting to wake up:

Pediatrics

So. I've been putting off this post because thinking about it makes me annoyed.

But Gwen's been to see the doctor, by now, and everything seems fine, by the by. She's tiny, only in the 5% for weight and length, and something liek 10% for head.

Remember how I said there was a snaffu with the first pediactric appointment? It had to do with insurance and having the doctor we were planning on having Gwen see listed as her primary care physician--so we'd have to pay full for the visit to see Dr. J. We decided just to let it go, and see her actual PCP later that week.

So I called, made an appointment for "new patient, new baby for Dr. N" (the ACTUAL WORDS I said on the phone). Well, their computer was down or something, so they couldn't make an appointment for me that day, I'd need to call back in a few days. Ugh. Fine. Not a big deal.

I'd been talking to Dr. N's office for a couple of months, asking if I needed to do anything to prepare, etc etc. They always told me that there was nothing that needed to be done until she was born, etc.

So I called back in a few days, AGAIN saying "New patient, new baby appointment." Got an appointment.

We went to said appointment. Apparently the office had recently changed ownership so we had a bunch of new paper work to fill out, etc etc. We're waiting in the waiting room for about 30 min, when they call me up to the desk again. And that's where they tell me that Dr. N isn't taking new patients and ... how did I get an appointment? I must not have told them that she was a new patient. So sorry! :| They end up working me into another doctor at that office, which apparently is okay on my insurance.

Dr. H. is a nice enough man, and I don't doubt his competence as a doctor. But we had picked Dr. N, instead of getting a separate pediatrician, because she is PCP to both Luke and me. So it was because she'd be our "family doctor".

So now, a dilemma: Get a pediatrician? Or stick with Dr. H? Opinions?

Gwen also had her retinal recheck, nothing new to really report there. Continuing to monitor, recheck again in a few weeks. I bought her little baby sunglasses because she's getting her eyes dilated so often. >.>

Random videos

Some random clips.  Again, probably of no interest other than for family.  Move along, nothing to see here.

This is a lot of work...

I never did understand why my friends who had babies before me looked so haggard all the time.  Feeding every 3 hours, then taking more than an hour to calm down enough to go back to sleep.  To all the parents who came before me, I salute you.

And now for some random pics:

She's been nomming on my shoulder a lot recently.

Burrito baby is unhappy.

This is Davina, who'll be taking care of Gwen during the day starting a week from Monday.

Jenni likes to laugh at me

So I'm feeding Gwen.  She's sitting in my lap and just not eating all that well.  Then I felt something.  Some ... rumbling.  Right where Gwen was sitting.  So my initial reaction is "oh god!", my normal response to dealing with biological necessities.  Then it happens again, and my response is "oh GOD!".  Then again, with me saying "OH GOD!".  Then I realize my phone is ringing.  On vibrate.  With Gwen sitting on it.

Jenni didn't stop laughing for quite awhile.  She's mean to me that way.