So John hurt his back. Emergency room, muscle relaxers and pain killers sleeping it off in the bedroom and has a doctor’s note for 5 days of missed life kind of hurt his back. I know, fun. Poor guy. He was putting Camper into the car and lifted and twisted in just the wrong way and POP. Back injuries suck because the muscles are involved in every movement you make. On the other hand, Jonathan came to the ER to help with John and the baby (in case they both needed attention at the same time) and proved, once again, that it’s always a good time in the ER with my family. Even Camper was a champ, playing and laughing the whole time we were there.
So, because of the meds they gave him John has been basically comatose since we got home last night. I had quite the night with my Camper as he decided he wanted to eat every hour. He did go down around 1:30am again, which seems to be the time he’ll stay in his crib for a couple hours, regardless of when he last ate. Seems weird, but hey, I go with it. So not too much sleep for me, just been staring at my baby. It seems like the last couple days have been important developmentally- he’s making tons of new noises and seems to be communicating better. Before he would just cry when he wanted attention, but now he’ll look at me and squeeze out little tears and cry, making sure to take breaks to stick out his bottom lip. Sometimes if I walk by and he wants to be picked up he’ll arch his chest up towards me and fuss. It’s amazing- he knows who am I and what he wants me to do.
John got up about 5am and held the baby for a bit while he took some meds and ate something, and Bubs opened his eyes and flashed him a huge smile. It was the cutest thing. He’ll smile these days if he’s full and has a clean diaper and isn’t sleepy and we do enough to entertain him (noises, baby talk, bouncing, that kind of thing)- but this was none of those things. He was just genuinely excited to see his Daddy. It melted my heart.
Ok….I have officially been writing this post for about 17 hours. John is now awake, seeming a bit better though still in pain, and holding the Bubs who is passed out on his chest. I just finished making spinach quiche (in the oven) (I’ll let you know how it turns out) and chopping up a huge onion and some celery for use in different meals in the upcoming week. Maybe I’ll use more veggies now that they’re all ready to just toss in whatever it is I’m attempting to make. There is also the ever-present mountain of laundry and two babies to cuddle ;) So I think I’m done trying to update now.
Oh yes! One more thing! Becca sent us a Miracle Blanket to see if it helps Bubs sleep more at night. Check it out online- I’m excited to put it to use tonight and see how it goes! Thanks Becca!
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My sister in law has little baby that is SO happy during the day but the second the sun goes down it’s like dr. jekyll and mr. hyde. She took the baby to a chiropractor once and it REALLY REALLY helped. It makes sense but it’s not anything anybody would think about much. -Being born probably isn’t exactly being comfortable and they don’t get pain killers… So the chiropractor realigned some stuff and taught my sis-in-law how to give these special massages and they do wonders. Just somethin to think about… ?