So it's been awhile....

Hey. Here are some updates from us! So Ella is 3 1/2 months old & weighs 12 lb. 10 oz. as of last week at her dr. appointment. She has acid reflux. If it's not one thing it's another I guess! She was spitting up clear "stuff" all the time and most times it was coming out in a projectile fashion, so we took her in to figure out what was going on. They prescribed a medicine (Zantac) to take, which we've been doing for the past week. We took her into the dr. again today b/c she has become a different baby since starting this medicine - REALLY mad at certain points throughout the day. Our dr. decided she should have an upper chest GI, which was basically a scan of her internal organs. That was today. Talk about stressful!! We went to Children's Hospital in Mpls. They had her drink barrium (white nasty chaulky looking stuff) and then watched her drink on this scan machine. All checked out well (thank goodness!) but now we're still stuck with a big question mark of what is causing her discomfort. We are going to try a lower dose of Zantac for the next 2 days. If that doesn't work, we'll be heading back to the dr. to try something else. I just feel bad b/c she can't tell us what's wrong and when she's screaming & actual tears are coming out, I just want to cry along with her! But, I'm just relieved that the scan checked out okay so we know that her organs are all working as they should.

I started back to work after labor day, but have since decided to take more time for our family. I'll be working part-time for a while, which I'm SOOO excited about. I have been a mental disaster since returning to work. It's TOUGH! So now I'll have more time with Ella during the week and still get out of the house for a few days of work. I wish I was working closer to home, but at this point, at least I'm not commuting downtown 5 days a week.

I think that sums up the major developments with us since my last entry. We were in Worthington over the weekend to celebrate Turkey Day with the family! It was fun (although we were struggling to figure out what was wrong with Ella the entire time). We missed the Turkey Race down mainstreet (Ella was in the midst of a freakout), but no worries - Paycheck won! We didn't run the 10K (maybe next year?!?!) but we did walk the Family 5K. I'll have to get pictures to post later this week.
:)