Mommy Brain

Call it Mommy Brain or Momnesia, whatever it is, I've got it! I started forgetting small stuff after Adelae was born. Just little things, like where I left my keys or my cell phone. (One time I left my cell phone in my robe pocket and actually reported it missing to the company before I finally found it.) Then I got pregnant again. I started to forget people's names, birthdays, etc. I would say things like, "Ya know who I'm talking about, the guy with the beard and the hat" or something similar. Thankfully, Ben's pretty good at interpreting sentences like that. He may not remember their names, but he knows who I'm talking about. Lately, I feel my memory slipping even more. Now I seem to have trouble recalling, well, anything! I'll often leave one room, walk in to another only to look around and forget what I was doing. Example: I was doing dishes the other day, remembered that I needed something in the living room, stopped doing the dishes, went to the living room, and.....sat down and watched TV! Not only did I forget what I went into the living room for, I totally forgot that I was in the middle of doing the dishes! I have gotten dressed, only to realize that I haven't taken a shower! Last night I was making dinner and I asked Ben to hold Brinna. I said "Can you hold her, I have to get the...you know...the stuff...um....the food out of the...um...the big white thing that gets hot and cooks the food...um...the OVEN! Yeah! I have to get the food out of the oven!" He thought I was being sarcastic and silly, when I wasn't! I couldn't remember what the darn thing was called! I'm hoping my memory gets better soon, otherwise I'm going to have to start carrying a notepad and pen to write things down. Anyone wanna bet that I'll forget where I put the notepad and pen?

Everyone gets a check-up!

I'm a little late in posting all of this fabulous information. You'll have to forgive me! I feel like all I've done this past month is run to doctor appointments, nurse Brinna, yell at Adelae and talk on the phone. (It's nice to have a sister to chat with :) )

Here are the latest from all of our various doctor/WIC appointments.

Adelae is 37" and 27 lba. The lady at the WIC office said "She's just so darn tall!" I keep trying to convince them that she gets her height from me, but nobody seems to believe me!

Brinna is 19 3/4" and 6lbs 6ozs. It seems she's going to take after her older sister and remain in the 10th percentile for weight and 25 percentile for height. The doctor definitely is not concerned, since Brinna is doing a fabulous job gaining weight and has grown and inch since birth! We have an appointment on September 21 to repeat Brinna's newborn hearing screen. I'm positive that Brinna can hear, I think she just had really small ear canals and they couldn't get an accurate reading at the hospital. Her appointment on the 21st is with a pediatric audiologist. We're working with the same folks that removed Adelae's adnoids last year, so I'm confident that they'll do a fantastic job.

I'm doing fantastic! I got the all clear from the doctor today. I've lost 15 of the 30 lbs that I gained! Only 35 more to go until I'm at the weight I was before I had Adelae. Honestly, I'm doubting I'll ever see that weight again! I like Oreos too much!

Ben is the only one that hasn't been to the doctor lately! So, I have no idea what his weight is, but he's still 6ft 2in :) He's still working hard, too hard in my opinion! We miss him cause he's gone so much.

Over all we're doing great! Things are slowly setting in to a loose routine around here. Of course, now that I've said that, everything will change!