5 Weeks 4 days

Noah, Lucy and I just got back from a walk that I think we all really enjoyed. Noah was asleep but woke up when I took him out of the carrier so now he's just sleepily looking around while sitting on his boppy. Hopefully, he'll fall back asleep soon.

Our family had quite a day yesterday starting with a trip to the ER around 6am because I had awful stomach/back pain. It started around 4am but I kept thinking it would go away and we finally just gave up around 6 and called my mom to come get the baby because I really didn't like the idea of him sitting in a hospital with lots of germs. Turns out, that pain was caused by my gall bladder and I had just passed a stone. I apparently have more gall stones and will be having my gall bladder removed in the next few weeks. I'm glad all this is happening now because I only have insurance until mid-December, but it does sort of stink to have surgery almost as soon as I recovered from my last one...I'm going to need lots of help with the baby.

Noah had his one month appointment today and he has grown again! He's now a whopping 9lbs 4 ounces! He's also an inch longer at 21". These measurements have him in the 50Th percentile for both height and weight. His head circumference is only in the 25Th percentile, but I know Isaiah was like that too, so it may run in our family or something. The doctor wasn't concerned about it.

Noah does have a heart murmur so we're going to a cardiologist December 3rd to have that checked out. Our pediatrician said it's probably a closing hole or valve or something(i forgot the appropriate wording) that prevents blood from entering the lungs before a baby is born. Sometimes it just takes a while for it to open all the way after birth but we're checking it out just in case. Hopefully, it's nothing major.

We're very much looking forward to Thanksgiving and seeing the whole family again (both sides!) We need to find a "first thanksgiving" shirt for Noah too!