gratitude

but there has to be some good, right?

-we were able to make an appt with dr. connie ho for monday and the lab results confirmed that it was not shingles
-i was able to be out and about, and be more mobile, more so than any of my other pregnancies
-i surprised myself that noel and i went to the sweaty betty grand opening event on april 25th (even though i had to go back later in the day to correct and overage on my receipt (but i bought something else too))
-mom cooked like crazy - and everyone enjoyed the fruits of my mom's hard labor in the kitchen
-the fish soup and the organ meat was kept to a minimal amount
-austin did not have to go back to the hospital - and was eating like a champ (he really only fusses when he's hungry). not sure if i was enabling him by squeezing my boobs, because my nursing sessions are super long. and it's really taken about 4 weeks for my nipples to become immune to the burning, searing pain associated with nursing, and i feel like only after 6 weeks has he been able to have shorter more efficient nursing sessions.
-i'm trying to pump a few times a week, but was able to wean him off formula after a few days before his 2 week appt. austin doubled his weight % to almost 20% for his 1 month check up, weighing in at 8 lbs 11oz.
-been able to have some key outings (besides the sweaty betty sale): noel's bday dinner, tutu's bday dinner, sunday mother's day brunch with belin (mom had already left), noel's surprise birthday dinner, uncle hiroji's bday lunch...lots of dining events.
-on a more subtle note, was able to go to dylan's piano recital on may 6th, have been able to walk dylan home from school at least once a week, and have been able to attend some soccer and tennis lessons which has been great.
-i'm also giving myself a lot of props for being able to volunteer on monday for dylan's class to stuff envelopes and help out at the lab, and also attended his field trip to cal academy in the city, before my appt with dr k

i miss having some dedicated time with evan. i've been able to bao-bao sheui-jiao twice...which is hard to do with austin in the docatot and our nursing schedule. will need to work on that.