week 10

week 10 was a great one, I've got two good pieces of news to share...
First, Alyssa had her ultrasound today around her skin tag to rule out a tethered cord. If she had a tethered cord it would mean her spinal cord was attached to her butt when it should be free floating. It would have required surgery to fix. Sometimes a skin tag at the base of the spine can indicate a tethered cord. But the pediatric radiologist said everything looks fine! The outcome was great but the visit, not so much. It took 45 minutes of me holding Alyssa down on her belly while she screamed to get all the images they needed. I felt horrible but I knew I would feel so much better once it was over and we got the good news I was hoping for. She wore herself out and is sleeping now. Which brings me to my second piece of news to share...Alyssa slept from 11pm-7am last night! A whole 8 hours of interrupted sleep (well besides those few times I checked on her to make sure she was okay). Now I am not expecting this to happen every night or even tonight but it sure was nice to have 1 full nights sleep in the past 10 weeks. Dave has given her a bottle once or twice in the middle of the night but I still end up getting up with them because she cries at first with the bottle and plus I pump when Dave gives her a bottle. He has been giving her a bottle every few days and she has definitely gotten the hang of it a little more. She sucked down her whole 4 ounce bottle last night and then we thought we'd offer her more just in case she was still hungry. She ate a little over 1 ounce more! Over 5 ounces, little piggy!
Oh and I guess I have a third piece of good news. On Tuesday Dave and I bought our second house! Its a 3 bedroom (plus a small office) 2 1/2 bath, 2 story home in Jacksonville, NC! We bought paint Tuesday night and are going to start working on it this weekend. Its going to be a little difficult since one of us is going to have to tend to Alyssa but we'll figure it out.
Alyssa is growing like a weed. She has already outgrown a lot of her 0-3 month clothes and she won't be 3 months for another 3 weeks still! Her pants are turning into capri pants and her sleeves are up to her elbows! The ultrasound tech looked at her today and said '2 months? she looks healthy'. Always good to hear even though 'healthy' meant chubby, which is okay too. I've been trying to hold off going into her 3-6 month drawer so we can get some use out of her bigger 0-3 month clothes. But the other day I had to put a 3-6 month sweater on her becuase her other ones just didn't fit. Sometimes I can't believe its already been 10 weeks, other times I can't believe its only been 10 weeks because she just fits so well into our lives. I didn't take quite as many pictures this last week because I've been trying to take video since shes cooing and all so much now. Maybe Dave and I will invest in a nice video camera where we can upload videos on here too...