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!!!

The Labor and Delivery November 25th and 26th!!

Jeremy has been posting the pictures!!! I am going to try to post some words now so that everyone will know the story of Addie's entrance into the world. I will try to post some stories and information as time allows.

After our second visit to the hospital on Saturday night and we were sent home, things seemed to start happening. Saturday night while I was sleeping I had some cramping that was strong enough to wake me up. On Sunday morning, I really didn't want to get up so we laid around all morning. We played with the dogs and laid in bed watching Home Alone and Mona Lisa Smile.

As the day progressed, my back pain was increasing and I was having some contractions. Then we realized that we had no dog food. So we headed out to buy dog food and we went to Harp's. I guess Jeremy was in Harp's and I was talking to dad on the phone when I first noticed the most uncomfortable of pains. When we got home, I thought that Addie was on a nerve again. So, I decided to make chili and walk around the house.

Jeremy ate his chili and I started having lots of back pain followed by full contractions in my stomach. However, I was unsure if the shooting back pain/labor counted in with the contractions. For three hours, I laid around and then would jump up with pain and walk around the house. Finally at 8:30 I was like lets go to the hospital.

When we got there they checked me and I was dilated to a 5. So I said give me my epidural. After the paperwork and some more pain, I received my epidural and was dilated to 6.5. The nurses felt that it was highly likely that she would come before midnight. We were the only labor and delivery occurring that night, so we had lots of great care!!

Around midnight, they decided to give me some Pytocin to encourage the contractions to last longer so that when I began pushing it wouldn't be as hard on me. Addie tolerated this for like 15 minutes and her heart rate started dropping so we stopped that.

Around two, the nurses discovered that Addie's head was turned sideways. So they tried to move her. That did not work. The next plan was to move me, to move her. This meant that mom, Becky and Jeremy had to help me shift from side to side every five minutes. So we started out on my right. When I rocked to my left Addie's heart rate dropped again. This was obviously not going well!! Dr. Hinton came in and checked us and said, "She is stuck, so we can either push for 3 hours and then result in C-section or just start go ahead with the c-section now." I really did not want a c-section but I really did want a baby!!!

So Jeremy and I agreed that c-section was what was going to happen. The tears began. I was crying and Jeremy was trying to keep me calm but we were a little stressed out and obviously Addie was too!

The c-section was surprisingly easy. It was exactly what the video had said and we all did very well. However, I was still pretty upset about it. I had an hour of recovery and Jeremy had an hour of being with Addie. He took her to the nursery to get everything done that way I could have her when I was recovered. This is the story of Addie's Grand Entry into the World!

We have had her a whole week now!! It is very hard to believe. If you have called and I haven't called you back please do not be upset. I have no idea where the whole week has gone to!!