Cute babies, back to work and sick dad

This picture was just too cute to not put up and I don't have a lot of time. This is Addie with her best buddy Maebrie at our Cotton Bowl party. They are too precious!!

I went back to work this Monday and that went surprisingly well. I will write more about that later.

For those of you who I haven't got to visit with lately, Dad (Poppy) isn't doing very well right now. He is currently back at the hospital. Addie and I are going home this weekend to see him. Lots of you have called to check on Addie, my mom and her toe, dad, me and work and Jeremy and I am sorry I just don't have time to visit right now. I am trying to dedicate my evenings to Addie and preparing for our next day, and I have been spending lots of time on the phone with Grammy and Poppy. I am able to correspond best by email at school in my downtime so feel free to email me: andreajyates@hotmail.com

5 weeks old and trying to smile

Addie is now 5 weeks old!!!

We took the picture of you in your bed with your pink and grey striped suit on tonight. You were doing a good job sitting and then you face planted into the bed and fell down!

The other picture of you in your bed, you are wearing one of your gowns from your Great Aunt Pam. At first they were a little big but everything was!! Now you have to sleep in a gown because you won't keep your arms covered up at night and you aren't big on being swaddled. Also in the picture is your piggy bank from Aunt Pam that you got for Christmas.

This last picture is a kinda smile. You have been starting to smile at us for about a week now. Grammy says your first real smiles were at her. They are hard to catch on camera.

Christmas on the 24th

On the 24th, we had Christmas with Pa, Mamaw, Grandmother, Uncle Justin and Aunt April. Uncle Justin opened all your presents and Daddy held you while Mommy took the pictures. We had just returned from the big Yates' Christmas dinner and you were hot and tired in your Christmas dress that Mrs. Vicki bought you. You made it through these pictures and then off came the dress and you were hungry!!! In these pictures you are riding your big stuffed dog from Pa and Mamaw and Uncle Nub is holding up the turtle neck that goes with the outfit from Aunt April.

Christmas on the 23rd

These are the pictures of you on December 23rd. The day that we had Christmas with Grammy, Poppy and Uncle Randy. You wore your Christmas pj's that Mrs. Courtney (mommy's speech therapist mentoree) bought for you and wore the hat that Mamaw bought you. You were adorable. You had a very nice 1st Christmas and received so many wonderful gifts. Thanks to everyone for giving Addie a wonderful Christmas!!

We are behind!!

We have taken a lot of pictures but just haven't had time to get them on the computer in a way that would please me!! I am going to attempt to get some pics up with just a small commentary about what was happening that day! This day was Addie's first bottle from Daddy and a basketball game!!

We have a Pooping Problem

WOOO Pig Sooie!!

Okay, my wonderful baby is now upset every night and every morning when it is time to POOP! You guessed it, Ricky Perrodin, I am going to talk about pooping because I know how much you love it!!

So Addie has been trying to develop a bowel movement routine. We aren't constantly pooping like we were at the beginning. Which is good because she was starting to get a diaper rash. However, she cries at night and in the morning when she is ready to poop. She gets mad and kicks her legs and her head turns red. The only thing that consoles her is nursing but is also probably not helping by pumping in more milk.

I blame myself for part of it. Mainly because I haven't been doing the best job burping Addie. I was told that breastfed babies don't always burp so haven't been trying too hard to burp her. My mistake as a first time parent. So we are working harder on that and I have started giving her the Mylicon drops. I really haven't seen that they helped so far but they can't hurt her either.

We are going to attempt to give her a bottle this weekend for the first time so we will keep you posted on that.

Right now, I am going to go finish watching the basketball game with Jeremy and Addie!

Go Hogs!

Where has the time gone?

Well I feel like I am way behind on this website thing. We have taken so many pictures but haven't had the time to get them on the computer and then work on the blog. I don't know what we have been doing? It doesn't seem like a lot but I guess I am raising a daughter.

The first week home, we had Grammy with us. Over the weekend, we had Matt and Mary Kim, Eric and Tasha, Mike and Karen, Pa and Mamaw, and Grandmother visit us. Then that Monday and Tuesday, Daddy stayed home two extra days and we took Addie to Target and I had to go by the hospital. Wednesday and Thursday, we had Mamaw with us. Last Friday, was the first day with just Addie and mommy at home! We haven't had a lot of alone time and she mostly sleeps. I guess I am not the best company.

When we brought Addie home, she had not cried hardly at all. That Tuesday night though she found her voice. We slept some but she was just wanting to eat every two hours. After that she adjusted quickly. We get up twice a night now to eat and change our diaper. She does not enjoy the pacifier so we are working on that. I really don't want her to take it but I want her to be able to soothe herself and right now she thinks that means nursing.

Our first visit to the pediatrician we found out that Addie had two rashes. Apparently we were had too many clothes on her. She was too hot and had a heat rash. Who knew that a baby could be hot? We thought that were suppose to be all bundled up!! Then the other rash was something that 50% of all babies get and it is now gone.

The nursing is going well. She was pooping constantly but it has slowed down a little bit now. She is about to lose her belly button which is disgusting to me!! When you put her on your chest, she is lifting her head up and turning it from side to side.

So far all is good and we have an excellent baby!!!