A Stork Bite
Hello to everyone.
Saturday night, Rebecca began to feel the ominous "tickle in the back of the throat" sensation. So, I told her I would watch Xavier, and she headed to bed, hopefully to sleep off whatever was trying to attach itself to her.
Xavier and I went to bed about 1:00 AM and the two of us were up again at 5:00. Rebecca took the 8:00 AM feeding to let me sleep, and I officially staggered out of bed about 10:30. I love my wife. She informed me she was going to wake me at 11:00 so I didn't sleep the day away. She knows how I hate wasting days like that, and she knew I wanted to finish pulling and connecting a cat-5 cable I started Saturday during the times Xavier was sleeping.
Rebecca, by the way, did not catch anything, for which we thank God!
As the afternoon rolled around (which, of course, is not long after 10:30) we decided to take a family stroll. We found a path along Clear Creek which had a jumping off point in Wheat Ridge, near I-70 and Wadsworth. As we strolled back to the car, Rebecca told me this was our first day as a family since Xavier was delivered. We did not have to be anywhere like the NICU, or a picnic, or store to get supplies. We had commitments to nothing and to no one. We just spent the day together, doing nothing in particular. It was relaxing, and I did get the cable attached (and the ceiling patched!), which meant no obsessing by me so I could relax.
We finished the afternoon by getting lunch/dinner at Dickey's Barbeque. The reason for the BBQ lunch is this: when we stepped outside the house to load Xavier into the car to go for our stroll, hanging in the air like Tantalus' apple was the sweet smell of slow-smoked meat glazed with tangy sauce! I consumed several calories just breathing it in. I told Rebecca, "Change of plan. We're going to drive around the neighborhood then introduce ourselves to the neighbor cooking this." We settled for Dickey's instead. Though tasty, it was no substitute for what seeded our appetite for BBQ.
Xavier has his gastroenterologist appointment tomorrow morning. No food for him after 6:00 AM. We were told 4:00, but the ultrasound lab called and told us 6:00. We can feed him a little Pedialyte, so that should help.
I have forgotten to mention them, but Xavier has two birth marks. Dr. LeBlanc pointed them out to us the day she met Xavier. Both are on his head. One is very light and above and to the rear of his right ear.
The other is the size of a quarter on the lower portion of his occipital bone. We thought the second was a pressure mark because he spends so much time on his back. Dr. LeBlanc called it a Stork Bite because it's in a place where the stork would have lifted Xavier. When his hair thickens, no one will ever know it's there.
Great is our God Who gives us rest, and today led us along green paths beside a slow-running creek. Thank you all for your prayers.