I got to spend the day with my Hailey again, as well as her boys and one of her daycare kids. They all made the trek out to our place, which I really appreciated. I’ve spent a decent amount of time away from home lately and while its all been great and I’ve enjoyed being busy, its nice for Dekker to have his usual place to nap and things like that. They all arrived around 10am and even brought me my tea from Tim Hortons! We visited while the kids played for about 45 minutes, until it was time for the one little girl to go down for a nap. As per usual, it was so nice to just lay low with Hailey and get in a solid chat. Eventually everyone needed to eat so we hunkered back upstairs for some lunch.
It feels weird to talk about these dates because I swear, it sounds like I refuse to entertain guests. All we ever do is visit! But we’re really great friends! We like to catch up and talk about our lives. Its nice to have input and support. I think my guests would stop coming if they were super bored. Am I right? I think so.
Besides spending time with my girlfriend, Dekker had a great time with the other kids. He was a little bit shy, and liked to stick pretty close to me, but he squealed with delight and pointed at the other kids like crazy. He was fully entertained in a really happy way, which made me happy. Hailey even pointed out how his behaviour around the other kids had improved like crazy since he got his glasses, which made me feel good. Dekker has his follow-up appointment for his eyes next week and I’ve been starting to get anxious about it. If I’m honest, I really do feel like we’re on the right track with his glasses, but if all of a sudden his eyes aren’t improving like I think they are, we go into scarier places for reasons of why his eyes crossed so fast. But I’m really trying not to go there, and having others point out things like his behavioural changes makes me feel good, and a bit more confident.
The kids all did great, and I was genuinely sad to see them go mid-afternoon. However, our house was hot and I was a bit sore, so I spent the rest of the afternoon laying in bed, listening to music and planning my day tomorrow. I won’t see much of Brady but he’s taking off for the morning to go play a round of golf, and I’m going to leave in the afternoon and head to Saskatoon on my own for a quick shop, which I’m really looking forward to. So I was organizing where I need to go and what I’m looking for. Yes, I’ve completely lost my mind and I need to list like that!
I also did some research on my last ultrasound that I had done a week or two ago. My doctor printed off a copy for me, which I had never thought to ask for before. There were a few things on it that I didn’t understand, being that I’m not an ultrasound technician. So I looked some stuff up online and learned the lengths of all sort of parts of my baby instead of the usual response of “she’s measuring normal.” I know there is give and take on these scans, so I don’t claim that the numbers are perfect, but the one that blew me away what her head circumference. 31cm. Dekker’s head was 39cm, which is pretty humongous, but I bet babies are often born with the head circ of 31cm! All her lengths made sense, and her weight is a perfectly petite but healthy birthweight! I love knowing those stats on her. Makes it seem so much more real!
Such a great day, and big anticipation for tomorrow!