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We finished our taxes and got money back.  Yay!  It's going to be used to pay off my $900 crown and my $481 Humira.  But I got a couple fun things too: a bike seat and helmet for Bertie.  And I'm going to buy myself a new pair of running shoes, since it's been a while.

I really need to get back into exercising again.  I've just been getting my steps in everyday.  It's hard to work in exercise around Bertram's schedule.  He doesn't always nap, and when he does, it's not for a set amount of time.  The only thing I could do would be get up early on Tuesday and Thursday, and I'm not likely to do that.

And now Bertie is awake.  That was quick

Too much

My dad had a small heart attack last week.  We went to the hospital for chest pain, and ended up having an angiogram.  He had a stent put in, but one vessel is still blocked.  I went to his follow up with the cardiologist today.  That was when I found out about the heart attack, I thought it was just chest pain.  Here is what else I found out:

• The vessel that is still blocked is called the "widow maker".  
• Because he still has two working vessels they call that "nature's bypass".
• He is still having some minor chest pain.  So he'll be put on an additional pharmaceutical.  Then he'll follow up with the cardiologist in 3 weeks.  If there is still pain, then it'll be time to discuss trying another angiogram.
• It's hard to successfully stent a completely blocked artery.

So it was kind of a scary day.  I have power of attorney should anything catastrophic happen.  He's not even 70 yet.  And the worst part is he's lived a healthy life.  He has always exercised, eaten well and has never been overweight.  Yet here we are: Crohns, that lead to a colectomy, and then heart disease.  You do everything right, and still...

Anyway, he's on an additional heart medicine.  And he's going to try to continue to take Lipitor, but he hasn't done well with statins in the past.  We go back in the beginning of March.

On to something more pleasant

I got my permanent crown yesterday.  Bertie came along, and did pretty well.  My tooth is still sensitive, but it doesn't hurt like the temporary crown did.  That was very expensive, around $700.  But our new insurance will start soon, so hopefully I won't have that kind of issue again.

We started our taxes.  It's looking good, and I haven't done our deductions yet.  We might be able to use itemized deductions this year, due to Bertie's birth, and having to pay for our insurance our of pocket for half the year.

I'm getting excited for Bertie's birthday.  My mom will be here next week, and my sister the week after that!  He's been getting good at crawling.  He's still doing a modified army crawl, but he's fast.  He's starting to pull up, but only in his crib so far.  He has 6 teeth.  He is a good eater, and likes most anything we feed him.

I've been feel a lot better.  I think my depression is lifting.  I'm still tired, a lot.  But I'm not as sad, and unmotivated.  

Aaron's new job is going well.  The first two months is all training.  I really love that he's home by 5:30 every night.

Now Bertie is awake, so I have to stop for now.

All about Bertie (Mostly)

Time is flying by.  Bertie is over 7 lbs now.  I've mostly been letting him lead the feedings.  (We were told, once he was 8lbs, I could let him lead the feedings).  But, I've mostly been letting him do it, I still set the alarm at night. I think he should be pretty close the 8 by now.  He's gaining 1-2 oz per day.  I think on Saturday I'll stop setting the alarm.  Maybe he'll sleep 4-5 hours at a time.  We've been using bottles for expressed milk, and pacifiers on occasion.

Nursing has been going well.  No more pain, and he's getting lots to eat.

Bertram's witching hour is right when I want to go to bed.  He's really fussy starting around 10 or 11, and continues til 2.  He's been doing a little better the past couple nights.  We've been using gripe water and gas drops. He still ends up in bed with me at night, but usually after a feeding, where we both fall asleep.

I've been having a lot of fun with my mom being here.  I'm not sure what I'm going to do when she goes back home.  It's great having her help, I can get things done, and Bertie gets to spend time with Nana.  She been helping me clean and organize.  We've been going "shopping" most days.  Not really to buy things, mostly to get our steps in, and get out of the house.  But we've bought a few things, and she's gotten things for me and baby.

We've been using all cloth diapers.  No issues with those, except that it hasn't been warm enough to line dry.
Now some other stuff.   I finally finished our taxes, and we owe $2500.  Yikes, how did that happen?!   On top of that, there was a mix up with Aaron's student loads and they deducted $1500 from our account.  And my disability payments haven't started yet.  And rent is due!  So we'll have to put off rent for a while, and hopefully make payments for the tax bill.  Aaron's loan stuff will be corrected, but it's going to take 4-6 weeks.  If it comes to it, we can borrow money from my dad.  Everything stacked up at once.