Yippee!!!

We have a cordless baby!!!!! No more medicine, no more central line, no more home health care!! Joshua had his central line removed this morning and we couldn't be more happy. He went through surgery like a pro and recovered beautifully. We get to take his bandage off in 48 hours and then (drum roll, please)........we get to give him a bath!!!!! It may not seem like much, but for us it's huge. We haven't been able to get him wet up until now. At first, his umbillical cord hadn't fallen off and then he had the central line put in. So now, we have a beautiful cord free baby with a real belly button who can have a real bath!!! I can't wait to see how he reacts to being completely in the water. He wasn't the biggest fan of the washcloth baths he had been getting. Hopefully he'll like being warm in the water better.

Now for some other big news...Joshua is ROLLING OVER! On Sunday, we were working on some tummy time in his crib when all of a sudden...he was on his back. Ben screamed and then laughed this maniacal laugh and we just stared at each other (apparently Joshua scared his daddy!). So we put Josh back on his tummy and he rolled over again. After the third time, we decided it wasn't a fluke. Our son is rolling over! Oh my goodness. I looked it up online and this particular milestone doesn't usually occur until between 2-4 months old. I spoke with Josh's nurse yesterday and she said that is really more like 4 months old because babies aren't as strong as they used to be because they are put on their backs most of the time. She was quite impressed with him. I'm so proud!! My son is so advanced! Take that doctors who said he might miss milestones! He's meeting and even doing them early! :)