Belly Buttons!

We went out running errands today... Meaghan is such a good traveler. A few days ago, she wasn't too hip on sitting in her car seat, but slowly she has gotten used to it. She snoozes when in the car but she still gets really annoyed when she can't do a great big stretch.

I checked her diaper to see if she needed to be changed, and when I was sticking her velcro tabs back down, something looked different. I thought maybe I had covered her little belly button stump by accident so I un-did the tabs again. Then... I saw it.... a real belly button! There was no little stump there! I freaked out, thinking we had torn it off by accident, but I looked and nothing was irritated or bloody, so it must have fallen off on it's own. Later I stripped Meaghan down and found her little stump in the bottom of her footie outfit. It is very dry.... so yep, it was just ready to come off. It's sitting here on the table and we're not sure what to do with it, although we will probably trash it. I can't imagine keeping it, but we keep looking at it!

Meaghan has a ped appt tomorrow morning. I wonder if she has gained back to her birth weight. She was only down 3 ounces at discharge on Monday. I also want to get a letter that she is healthy to travel in case the airline cares. She is going to be at least a week old, so I doubt anyone will bother us. We bought a bunch of fancy chocolates for the staff at the hospital that helped us and we will go up for a quick visit after seeing the doctor. I hope they will enjoy having some special treats and it will give us another opportunity to thank them for being so accomodating to us.