TGIF

I am so happy that it's finally Friday and the weekend is here! This week has been exhausting for both of us, and I'm so excited for the chance to rest and spend time with Jeff and Simon.

I felt like I worked an insane amount of hours this week - I worked super late Monday and Wednesday, and today I was on call. Yikes. On top of that, poor Simon was really off Mon/Tues and woke up frequently throughout the night so I didn't get a good night's rest. It really takes a toll on your body. Not only am I physically tired, I find myself not being able to focus at work quite as well as before. I take pride in doing a good job at work so it's hard to feel like I'm not giving 100% to my patients. Anyway, it will get better so I'm just trying to hang in there and take it one day at a time. Jeff has been such a trooper throughout, helping me get my stuff ready for work even though I'm sure he's exhausted as well.

On the other hand, we received some very exciting news this week! Our daycare spot opened up early and we are going to be able to send him to daycare next week. I was telling Jeff that this is totally an answered prayer because I was getting very anxious about my mom taking care of Simon. She is generally pretty good with him, but there were some things that concerned me, mostly being that she would not listen to our directions (ie swaddling for nap, not putting pillows/blankets in his pack n play). I actually got really angry about that last example because it's dangerous. Also, I had instructed her to get the flu shot so Simon could be protected, but she basically brushed me off. I just feel that we can't fully trust her, which makes me sad. So I was praying really hard one night that the situation would improve, and God totally answered that prayer! It's so amazing.

Medically, Simon continues to do well. He had another set of TFTs last week and surprisingly his TSH continues to be low, so his levothyroxine dose got decreased again, even though his doctor has predicted that it would need to be increased. Makes me wonder if he still has some residual thyroid function. I guess we'll see! Luckily, Simon is amazing and Jeff said he barely cried when he got poked. My brave little guy! 

I'm going to crash soon so I'll post some pictures to end this post. Until next time.

Love the expression on his face. Right after his blood draw. 

Love his chubby cheeks. Yes, he's balding :(

Cheering for Cal. We won in overtime!