Joe Has Gone Wireless

It happened! Joe lost his cord stump! It kind of shocked me a little because I have never known Joseph without his little black balloon end.



In the past week, Joe has visited CVS, the post office, Joe Daddy's office, and the movies. He is always very well behaved, but a little stunned to see all that there is to see. It's a big world, Joey!


Also, I went to see the boys I used to nanny yesterday for the first time in about 6 months. They were dying to see Joseph -- the younger one could barely sleep the night before! Those boys are so big now. I changed the younger one's diapers and now he's six! Anyway, they put together a big bag of their old toys to give to Joe and I could not have been more impressed with their generosity. I raised them well. :) They will always mean so much to me and Joseph has a better mom because of the practice I got with these two guys. Joe also has a TON of AMAZING toys now!


I would be remiss if I didn't say HAPPY BIRTHDAY, JOE DADDY!!! You're a wonderful husband and father and I couldn't ask for anyone better to be by my side through all the adventures of life. Joseph is the luckiest kid in the whole world because you're his daddy.

Taking a Deep Breath

We have now gone more than 50 days and our little guy's umbilical cord stump has yet to detach. We still have about 10 days before our next scheduled pediatrician appointment, so I decided to google information about this and learned of a couple of "1 in a million" scenarios that are serious about why Joe's cord could still be attached and got myself all paranoid.

We called our pediatrician and are waiting for a return phone call. I'm sure he'll just tell us to keep waiting. He has never made it seem like this is a big deal at all, so I'm guessing that it's just some strange thing that means nothing.

Unfortunately, as I was writing this post, Joey let out the most ear-piercing, hair-curling, life-altering scream. He has never done this in his entire 7 week life. It turned out to be painful gas. Nevertheless, between scaring myself with google searches and seeing him in pain for the very first time, I couldn't help bursting into tears. It's been a difficult evening, but after about 20 big farts, Joseph has drifted peacefully off to sleep. I'm sure there will be many more difficult evenings throughout the course of mommyhood -- I guess I'm glad I made it through my first.

I don't want to end this post on a 'downer', so here's a sweet new video of Joe. In the past week, he has learned to smile socially (not just because of pooping or something like that). He smiles quite frequently now and it just makes him all the more lovable.