Birthday weekend

I had a great weekend ringing in my 24th birthday at the lake house. Thank you to everyone who sent me birthday wishes, I am very blessed to have so many great family and friends! I picked up my friend Jenny after she got off from work, and we drove up with our friend Kali after grabbing a bite to eat in Portland. My parents had set out a cake and balloons for when we arrived, which was really sweet :) We got there pretty late, around 10:30, so I immediately put Payton to bed (in the pack and play I set up all by myself, thank you very much!) and we stayed up chatting and drinking wine for a couple hours. We went to bed way too late, but a mother never rests... Payton and I were up at 5:00 am for some breakfast!

The weather on Saturday started out pretty grey and foggy, but it was ok because we just wanted to laze around anyway. We sat out on the porch in the morning, chatting, drinking coffee, reading magazines... and then somehow it turned into the afternoon! My parents came out to see Payton and take us out in the boat. Payton was so cute, she kept touching my dad's mustache, she was fascinated with it! It was nice to have my parents there to hang out with Payton for a little bit, so I could be with my friends for a while without having to worry about her.

Checking out that facial hair!

Kali, me, and Jenny in the boat. We met in the ultrasound program 5 years ago and have been good friends ever since!

I tried sweet potatoes this weekend and LOVED them!

Yep, mom still makes me do tummy time :)

That night, my dad pre-made us a fire (all we had to do was light it; thanks dad!) and so we hung out by the fire for a while. Kali had to leave Saturday night to go home, so after she left Jenny and I stayed out a little while longer, but we were exhausted... a whole day of doing nothing really wore us out! :)

Kali, Jenny (and her pup Daisy!) hanging out by the fire

I was messing around with the settings on my camera (which I rarely do; I'm a point and shoot kind of girl!), and took this picture of the house. For some reason I think it looks SO cool!

The sun rising Sunday morning... so pretty

Jenny and I took our time cleaning up the house, and left the lake a little after 11:00am. We hit up a Starbucks and then hit the road. It was a great weekend!

Mother and daughter :)



Back to the real world... Payton had her one month follow up with her dermatologist this morning. It was a very positive appointment! He continues to be really pleased with her progress, and her blood pressure looks great. She weighed 17 pounds 12 ounces, so her dose was adjusted up to account for her weight gain. He also said that instead of giving her the medicine three times a day, that we can give it to her only twice a day, which will be nice. She will stay at this dose for the next two months, and then at her next appointment we will talk about starting to lower her dose. Very exciting!

Although the doctor appointment itself was all good news, before the appointment was quite dramatic... some guy in the waiting room tried to pick a fight with Kyle! He was this guy who was trying to register his daughter for an appointment (OHSU does all of their registering over the phone), and he was angry that they were asking him for his social security number. After repeatedly yelling at them that he doesn't give his social security number over the phone, he eventually hung up on them and angrily stormed out of the office, dropping the F-word on his way out. Kyle asked him to please watch his language, but he ignored him. Well, he came back into the office (still angry) and when they still couldn't help him, he started to cuss them out, and Kyle asked him again to please watch his language. He freaked out on Kyle, yelling and swearing at him, and as he walked outside he yelled at him to put down his daughter so he could fight him. Can you believe that?? Kyle got up, told him "sir, I'm just asking you to be appropriate" and shut the office door behind him! I'm so glad he kept his calm, but that guy really scared me. I was proud of Kyle for saying something though, it is unbelievably inappropriate to be yelling those things, much less in a pediatrician's office with a bunch of kids and babies in the waiting room. I'm glad Payton has such a good daddy to look up to :)

We're taking Payton to get pictures done on Friday... she will officially be six months old. Amazing! I'm also going shopping this weekend with my mom-in law Sue and future sister-in-law Lindsey... she's taking us shopping for our birthdays (Lindsey's is next Sunday, she's turning 21!) so I'm excited to shop! Usually my shopping consists of buying clothes for Payton, not myself, so I'm really looking forward to it :)

Hope everyone has a great week, and I'll post Payton's pictures as soon as I can!