I'm so ready for this vicious cold "cycle" to end! It seems that just as the girls are starting to feel better they get stuffy/snotty/congested all over again. I bought some children's Claritin for Maddie today to see if maybe she's affected by allergies. But, in true mommy brain fashion, I forgot to give it to her tonight. I think I'll move it upstairs to her bathroom so I can remember to give it to her before we brush her teeth at bedtime. I'll probably still forget it, but we'll see :)
Now I promise to make the rest of this blog post more positive...
Sadie has gotten so much more enjoyable by the day! As I typed that it sounded kind of mean, like she wasn't enjoyable until now...but you parents know what I mean. She's been so responsive to my voice and Maddie's voice. She smiles and smiles and smiles when I talk to her. You know how the Grinch has that smile that just keeps growing and growing? Well, Sadie's smile grows and grows too! She smiles so big that her whole face smiles, then she even tilts her head back as if she's trying to smile even bigger. It's so sweet to see. There's nothing in the world like a smiling baby! Yesterday she started trying to play with toys. I had her on her activity mat and she swung at one of the toys. I'm not sure if the initial swing was intentional but after she did it she kept swinging at the toy. It was really sweet to see! Now I'm trying to give her more time on her activity mat to encourage her to play.
Some new things Sadie has experienced in the last week: riding facing out in the Sleepy Wrap, sitting in the Bumbo, playing with Sofie the Giraffe and "helping" mommy in the kitchen. She also went 8 hours between feedings last night!!
Maddie continues to crack me up and frustrate me every day :) She's a toddler, it's her job to push my buttons. I keep telling myself that! She's continuing to get into things way more than I like. Last week she managed to dump about 3 ounces of baby oil all over herself and my rocking chair...Mommy was a VERY grumpy mommy that morning. Anyway...I said this was going to be a positive post :)
Maddie and I have danced to "Single Ladies" three times in the past two weeks. Last night she was in the bathtub singing "Ima shave my legs, Ima shave my legs" to the tune of "all the single ladies, all the single ladies". I took a video with my iPhone but since she's in the tub I'm not going to share it...sorry. I will hold on to it for when she's older to show her what a goof ball she was! Today Maddie was singing "Mary had a Little Lamb" and at the end she started saying, "Go Mary, Go Mary. Go Mary, Go Mary". I really shouldn't be surprised by anything anymore!
Well, my eyes are closing as I type this so I'm going to go to bed for now. I'll try to keep up with the blog a little more...I'm finally starting to feel like I'm getting into a good routine so I'm going to try to post on the blog at least once a week.
Friday, November 12, 2010
Friday, November 5, 2010
Sadie's 2 Month Check-up
Sadie did great at her check-up today. She weighs 12 lbs 8 oz and is 22 1/2 inches long. She's just above the 50th percentile for height and at the 90th for weight! That's our little chubba wubba :) However, I looked at Maddie's baby book when we got home and at her 2 month appt she weighed 13 lbs 9 oz and was 23 1/2 inches long. Looks like I just have big babies (and good, whole milk!)
Sadie also received her first round of vaccines today. Two in her left leg and one in her right. She's kind of tender now and has been pretty cranky all afternoon. Hopefully she'll sleep well. Poor baby just can't get one day of feeling 100%!
I'll leave you with a picture of Sadie with her band aids...
Sadie also received her first round of vaccines today. Two in her left leg and one in her right. She's kind of tender now and has been pretty cranky all afternoon. Hopefully she'll sleep well. Poor baby just can't get one day of feeling 100%!
I'll leave you with a picture of Sadie with her band aids...
Wednesday, November 3, 2010
A Little More
I didn't want to make that last post too long, so I thought I'd start a new one :) It's time for an update on Maddie and me.
Maddie is now 2 years and 5 months old. In just one month she'll be half way to 3 years old! WHAT?!?! How is that possible? Anyway, let me focus on the present. Maddie continues to grow and blossom. She's turning into such an incredible little girl. She's so polite and uses her manners most of the time. She's considerate and always asks me how I'm feeling or if I like something or if I'm happy. She's just so sweet.
On the other hand, she's also starting to get a little sneaky. She knows mommy's occupied with Sadie so she takes that opportunity to get into things she's not supposed to be getting into. She's been climbing up into our bathroom sink lately and helping herself to our toothbrushes, the Q-tips, my eyeliner. Basically anything on the counter is fair game. And I should take a picture of my mirror...it's never had so many hand/finger prints and smears on it! The other day she came out of the bathroom with the cap off of her toddler toothpaste and was squeezing in to her mouth and eating it! There's no limit to what she'll get in to. What a handful.
Maddie has started opening doors now. One day when I went outside to take out the trash she LOCKED ME OUT OF THE HOUSE. Thank God she can follow directions so I was able to talk her through unlocking it. Now anytime I go out the door I make sure to take the key with me :) She has unlocked and opened the front door when she was playing her cousins were coming to visit. I'm glad I was nearby so she didn't wander too far.
Maddie's really into the Christmas spirit already. She didn't care much about Halloween but has already started asking me about Christmas. One night I was up feeding Sadie and as I walked by Maddie's room I opened her door to turn off her ceiling fan and she said to me, "Mommy, you just 'heared' Santa?". I guess she thought the noise I was making was Santa coming. Then one day she randomly said to me, "Mommy, please tell Santa I want some more kitchen stuff". She has told Sadie that they're going to Santa's house. I don't know why she got into such a Christmas mood! This Christmas should be really fun :)
I can't even think of all the cute stuff she's been doing...it's getting too late and I'm too tired!
A quick update on me and the household. I'm still managing to survive as a mom of two! Most days I feel in control (of everything except Maddie) but I'm definitely tired every day. My biggest personal struggle right now is letting go of control. I KNOW I can't be in control of everything all the time but it's so hard for me. I'm a planner. I like to know what I'm doing, when I'm doing it, who I'm doing it with and where I'll be. I like to be early for things. I shoot to be 10 minutes early at a minimum to appointments and HATE to be late. I like to have my meals planned out and have dinner on the table no later than 5:30. These days I'm lucky to be on time to anything, even with serious planning. I can pack the diaper bag the night before, pack Maddie's lunch, have the coffee pot prepared, etc. but somehow there's still some kind of melt down (by either Maddie or me) in the morning that causes a delay. I'm still making my menu for the week and doing my grocery shopping according to the menu. The problem is that I sometimes don't get to my grocery shopping at the beginning of the week so then I don't have all of the ingredients I need for the first few days so I end up feeding Maddie whatever I have around the house. She's had a lot of mac and cheese lately. The other meal problem I have is that when I plan to cook dinner it never fails that Sadie is having a "bad" day and wants to be held all afternoon. Then I don't get around to cooking and I have the ingredients on hand that I had planned to use...BLAH. So far I've had very few days where I felt like I couldn't handle things. I've also had days where I turn into the kind of mom I don't want to be. I've lost my patience a lot with Maddie and I've yelled at her out of anger. It kills me when I can't control my emotions with her. I'm trying to teach her how to control her emotions but here I am losing control over mine. I'm not setting a good example. I try to wake up each morning and start fresh. I'm trying to put yesterdays stress behind me and deal with what the new day is going to throw at me. Yesterday Maddie and I made sugar cookies. It wasn't planned, but I felt like I hadn't been giving her enough attention with Sadie being so sick and needing me all the time so I took advantage of a little spare time and we made cookies. It was the first time she used cookie cutters and she had a blast! Then she had even more fun decorating them (although she says, "I decorationed these cookies") and eating the icing.
Here are a couple pictures of the cookie festivities:
Maddie is now 2 years and 5 months old. In just one month she'll be half way to 3 years old! WHAT?!?! How is that possible? Anyway, let me focus on the present. Maddie continues to grow and blossom. She's turning into such an incredible little girl. She's so polite and uses her manners most of the time. She's considerate and always asks me how I'm feeling or if I like something or if I'm happy. She's just so sweet.
On the other hand, she's also starting to get a little sneaky. She knows mommy's occupied with Sadie so she takes that opportunity to get into things she's not supposed to be getting into. She's been climbing up into our bathroom sink lately and helping herself to our toothbrushes, the Q-tips, my eyeliner. Basically anything on the counter is fair game. And I should take a picture of my mirror...it's never had so many hand/finger prints and smears on it! The other day she came out of the bathroom with the cap off of her toddler toothpaste and was squeezing in to her mouth and eating it! There's no limit to what she'll get in to. What a handful.
Maddie has started opening doors now. One day when I went outside to take out the trash she LOCKED ME OUT OF THE HOUSE. Thank God she can follow directions so I was able to talk her through unlocking it. Now anytime I go out the door I make sure to take the key with me :) She has unlocked and opened the front door when she was playing her cousins were coming to visit. I'm glad I was nearby so she didn't wander too far.
Maddie's really into the Christmas spirit already. She didn't care much about Halloween but has already started asking me about Christmas. One night I was up feeding Sadie and as I walked by Maddie's room I opened her door to turn off her ceiling fan and she said to me, "Mommy, you just 'heared' Santa?". I guess she thought the noise I was making was Santa coming. Then one day she randomly said to me, "Mommy, please tell Santa I want some more kitchen stuff". She has told Sadie that they're going to Santa's house. I don't know why she got into such a Christmas mood! This Christmas should be really fun :)
I can't even think of all the cute stuff she's been doing...it's getting too late and I'm too tired!
A quick update on me and the household. I'm still managing to survive as a mom of two! Most days I feel in control (of everything except Maddie) but I'm definitely tired every day. My biggest personal struggle right now is letting go of control. I KNOW I can't be in control of everything all the time but it's so hard for me. I'm a planner. I like to know what I'm doing, when I'm doing it, who I'm doing it with and where I'll be. I like to be early for things. I shoot to be 10 minutes early at a minimum to appointments and HATE to be late. I like to have my meals planned out and have dinner on the table no later than 5:30. These days I'm lucky to be on time to anything, even with serious planning. I can pack the diaper bag the night before, pack Maddie's lunch, have the coffee pot prepared, etc. but somehow there's still some kind of melt down (by either Maddie or me) in the morning that causes a delay. I'm still making my menu for the week and doing my grocery shopping according to the menu. The problem is that I sometimes don't get to my grocery shopping at the beginning of the week so then I don't have all of the ingredients I need for the first few days so I end up feeding Maddie whatever I have around the house. She's had a lot of mac and cheese lately. The other meal problem I have is that when I plan to cook dinner it never fails that Sadie is having a "bad" day and wants to be held all afternoon. Then I don't get around to cooking and I have the ingredients on hand that I had planned to use...BLAH. So far I've had very few days where I felt like I couldn't handle things. I've also had days where I turn into the kind of mom I don't want to be. I've lost my patience a lot with Maddie and I've yelled at her out of anger. It kills me when I can't control my emotions with her. I'm trying to teach her how to control her emotions but here I am losing control over mine. I'm not setting a good example. I try to wake up each morning and start fresh. I'm trying to put yesterdays stress behind me and deal with what the new day is going to throw at me. Yesterday Maddie and I made sugar cookies. It wasn't planned, but I felt like I hadn't been giving her enough attention with Sadie being so sick and needing me all the time so I took advantage of a little spare time and we made cookies. It was the first time she used cookie cutters and she had a blast! Then she had even more fun decorating them (although she says, "I decorationed these cookies") and eating the icing.
Here are a couple pictures of the cookie festivities:
Another Month Down
Sadie hit the 2 months old yesterday. It's absolutely amazing how fast time is going, and just how much she has grown and changed in a short 8 weeks. She has become so social in the past 2 weeks. She likes to smile a lot (showing off her cute little dimple) and coo now. It's sweet to see her react to seeing or hearing Maddie! She already looks up to her big sister :) Sadie likes to lay on her activity mat now and look at the lights. I've even caught her looking at the tv a few times. She's like a typical baby and LOVES to look at ceiling fans. Other than that, there's not much else going on. I mean, she's only 8 1/2 weeks old!
In other Sadie news...she's been sick for over half of her life now. The poor baby just can't catch a break. I had her to see the pediatrician on October 7th for a bad diaper rash that just wouldn't go away. It turned out that she was allergic to Pampers with Dry Max. I changed the diaper brand (to much cheaper diapers!), started using a $40 prescription diaper cream (which didn't work) and her diaper rash eventually started to get better. On October 18th I took her back to the pediatrician. This time it was for congestion. She had been congested for over 2 weeks and I didn't know how long I should go without having her checked. I was letting her sleep in her carseat so she'd be elevated and using the vaporizer so she'd have some warm moist air to breathe. I was also suctioning her nose and using saline drops. The doctor checked her oxygen level (it was perfect) and checked her for ear infections (her ears were perfect). She told me I'm doing everything I'm supposed to be doing so just let it run it's course. While I was there, I had her check out her diaper rash, which had gotten worse, I think from her sitting in her carseat all the time, never getting a break from sitting...the diaper rash had become yeasty so I ended up with a prescription for that. She started to feel better and was getting less congested when her big sister brought home another nasty bug from MDO. Sadie ended up with more chest congestion (it was more nasal the first time) and was coughing a lot but not producing anything. I took her back to the pediatrican this past Monday (November 1st) to have her checked AGAIN. They checked her ears first and it turns out that she now has double ear infections. They checked her oxygen level and it was still perfect. The doctor didn't like the sounds coming from her lungs so she decided to give her a breathing treatment in the office and see how she responded to that. After the breathing treatment, there was a lot more rattling/wheezing after the treatment but the doctor said that's a good thing. Her airway was opened up more from the treatment so she should be able to get some of that gunk out of her lungs now. The diaper rash is still there and could possibly get worse now that she's on an antibiotic. My poor baby!!!
Sadie is well on her way to recovery and will be rechecked this Friday to see how she's progressing. In the meantime she's getting her antibiotic twice a day and a breathing treatment 4-6 times a day. She's responding well to the breathing treatments and even fell asleep during it last night. She's such a precious little angel!
Here is a picture of her getting her breathing treatment:
In other Sadie news...she's been sick for over half of her life now. The poor baby just can't catch a break. I had her to see the pediatrician on October 7th for a bad diaper rash that just wouldn't go away. It turned out that she was allergic to Pampers with Dry Max. I changed the diaper brand (to much cheaper diapers!), started using a $40 prescription diaper cream (which didn't work) and her diaper rash eventually started to get better. On October 18th I took her back to the pediatrician. This time it was for congestion. She had been congested for over 2 weeks and I didn't know how long I should go without having her checked. I was letting her sleep in her carseat so she'd be elevated and using the vaporizer so she'd have some warm moist air to breathe. I was also suctioning her nose and using saline drops. The doctor checked her oxygen level (it was perfect) and checked her for ear infections (her ears were perfect). She told me I'm doing everything I'm supposed to be doing so just let it run it's course. While I was there, I had her check out her diaper rash, which had gotten worse, I think from her sitting in her carseat all the time, never getting a break from sitting...the diaper rash had become yeasty so I ended up with a prescription for that. She started to feel better and was getting less congested when her big sister brought home another nasty bug from MDO. Sadie ended up with more chest congestion (it was more nasal the first time) and was coughing a lot but not producing anything. I took her back to the pediatrican this past Monday (November 1st) to have her checked AGAIN. They checked her ears first and it turns out that she now has double ear infections. They checked her oxygen level and it was still perfect. The doctor didn't like the sounds coming from her lungs so she decided to give her a breathing treatment in the office and see how she responded to that. After the breathing treatment, there was a lot more rattling/wheezing after the treatment but the doctor said that's a good thing. Her airway was opened up more from the treatment so she should be able to get some of that gunk out of her lungs now. The diaper rash is still there and could possibly get worse now that she's on an antibiotic. My poor baby!!!
Sadie is well on her way to recovery and will be rechecked this Friday to see how she's progressing. In the meantime she's getting her antibiotic twice a day and a breathing treatment 4-6 times a day. She's responding well to the breathing treatments and even fell asleep during it last night. She's such a precious little angel!
Here is a picture of her getting her breathing treatment:
She looks a little freaked out, but she was ok, I promise :)
Tuesday, October 12, 2010
Still Trying...
I feel like I've been a mom of two kids for forever but it's taking me forever to get into a routine. And then I remind myself it's only been 6 weeks! I feel like I should be in a good routine by now. Some days I feel like I have it together, other days I feel like a train wreck. Sadie is definitely my #1 priority, just because she HAS to be fed and changed and held when she needs it. She doesn't understand needs from wants yet so when she cries, she needs something. Maddie is my #2 priority. I make sure to put Sadie in her pack 'n play and read books with Maddie, or sit outside with her while she plays, or play with her in her playroom. I do a lot more games with her in the car (our most recent favorite is saying rhyming words). I make sure Maddie knows she's still loved and that I WANT to pay attention to her. I also make it a point to "remind" Sadie to be patient. If she's crying and needing to eat but I'm getting Maddie something to eat or drink, I'll say, "Sadie, I understand that you're hungry but I need you to try to be patient. Right now I'm helping Maddie. Maddie tries to be patient when you need attention so I want you to try to do the same." Of course this is all for Maddie's benefit at this point...she just beams knowing that it's her turn to have my attention :) My #3 priority is me...most of the time. I have been staying up later than I should to work on my #4 priority-housework. I try to do one load of laundry every day just to keep on top of it so it doesn't pile up on me. Sometimes the laundry gets washed and dried, then it sits in the dryer until I need to use the dryer for the load the next day. Then I fold it and put it in a basket. Yep, that's about as far as it gets. I currently have no empty baskets. But that's on my to do list for tomorrow! The house is pretty much a disaster right now and I'd be pretty embarrassed if anyone came in my front door. The dishes are done (well, not tonight's yet) and there's no food laying around :) I have to be happy with that at this point. Maddie's playroom hasn't been cleaned in several days. I get her to clean up one thing at a time. Yesterday she cleaned up her ABC books and her kitchen stuff at different times. (if she wants to play outside I tell her one thing she needs to get cleaned up before she can go out...it's working pretty well!)
The girls are both clean, fed and happy so I feel like I'm being successful at being a mom of two for now. Oh, and Murphy? HA! This poor dog is so neglected it's not even funny. She used to get fed around 7am, now she's lucky to be let out of her crate to go outside and be fed by 9am. I've let her water bowl go dry a few times and she hasn't had any exercise other than going crazy jumping at the back fence to get at the dogs behind us. And our house plants? Let's just go ahead and consider them dead. :) Ok, not yet...there's still hope. It's just that when I get a spare 2 minutes that it would take to water the plants, I'd rather sit down on the couch and rest! Oh well, life would be more simple without the plants anyway (and the dog, but she was more of an investment than the plants were!)
I know I said I'd post pictures, so here's one for you. I already loaded the pictures onto a website to order prints and I don't want to go through loading them all on here too...it just takes too long. Sorry for my impatience, but the dishes are calling and a hot bath and a cold glass of wine are calling me!
The girls are both clean, fed and happy so I feel like I'm being successful at being a mom of two for now. Oh, and Murphy? HA! This poor dog is so neglected it's not even funny. She used to get fed around 7am, now she's lucky to be let out of her crate to go outside and be fed by 9am. I've let her water bowl go dry a few times and she hasn't had any exercise other than going crazy jumping at the back fence to get at the dogs behind us. And our house plants? Let's just go ahead and consider them dead. :) Ok, not yet...there's still hope. It's just that when I get a spare 2 minutes that it would take to water the plants, I'd rather sit down on the couch and rest! Oh well, life would be more simple without the plants anyway (and the dog, but she was more of an investment than the plants were!)
I know I said I'd post pictures, so here's one for you. I already loaded the pictures onto a website to order prints and I don't want to go through loading them all on here too...it just takes too long. Sorry for my impatience, but the dishes are calling and a hot bath and a cold glass of wine are calling me!
Saturday, October 2, 2010
A Month Later
Can you believe Sadie is a month old already? It's amazing how I feel like she was just born, but at the same time like she's been a part of my life forever. I can't imagine my life without my two girls.
Over the past month Sadie has changed and grown so much. When we left the hospital, she weighed 7lbs 10oz, at two weeks she weighed 8lbs 9oz. I don't know how much she weighs now, but she's probably pushing 10 lbs already. She's growing longer too. Her feet are growing (socks finally stay on!), her cheeks are growing, her second chin is coming in nicely :) Obviously she's a good eater...she's also a very good sleeper. She eats every 3 hours like clockwork. There have been a couple of nights that she woke up to eat every 2 to 2 1/2 hours during growth spurts and a couple of nights that she went 4 or 4 1/2 hours without eating. But mostly she's up every 3. It's tiring, but I know the day will come when she sleeps longer. I'm looking forward to that day! During the day Sadie has a couple of awake periods. Usually in the morning after her first daylight feeding she'll stay awake for an hour or so. Then in the afternoon or early evening she has another awake/alert period for another hour. She makes really good eye contact with me and settles right down when our eyes lock and I start talking to her. She doesn't move and scrooch, she just watches me. I love it! I've been trying to get her to smile but haven't been successful with consistent smiles. I got one good one on Thursday and my mom got one on Friday but we aren't sure if they were "true" smiles or not since it was only one smile per day. One day soon she'll start smiling and won't stop :) Oh...and this baby girl has DIMPLES!! The one on the right cheek is a little deeper than the one on the left cheek. She's going to be so beautiful with her big, dimply smile.
In a few days Maddie will be 2 years and 4 months old. I'm amazed at how much she continues to grow and change. She obviously looks a lot bigger now that I have an infant in the house, but she is seriously getting big. She's getting to the point where some of her 2T clothes are getting to small (mostly too short...both shirts and pants), but her 3T clothes are still too big. I can put 3T shirts on her but the pants are really long. Maddie's imagination continues to grow just as much! She does so much role playing. She plays by herself most of the day, taking Snuggly to school or taking care of her puppies. She's really good at pretending things, like she pretends she's holding a leash and walking an invisible puppy. She bends down to pet the invisible puppy, feeds it, pets it, hugs it. Today she was walking a black puppy named "Fluffy". :) I took her to a park and was pushing her on the swing and she kept asking the puppy if he was watching. She's just so cute!
Maddie loves school now. She looks forward to going every day, she tells me she loves her teacher and that she has so much fun at school. She can't wait to go back every time we leave! It's amazing how much she's learning at school too. She's learning some letters and numbers (B, D, M, F, 1, 2) and is also learning some days of the week. She's been coming home with more crafts and papers and enjoys showing them all off. I love seeing all these pictures she's coloring. I'm just so proud of her!
Well, it's getting late and Sadie will be up in about an hour and a half so I better get some sleep. I'll try to post some pictures tomorrow...no promises, though :)
Over the past month Sadie has changed and grown so much. When we left the hospital, she weighed 7lbs 10oz, at two weeks she weighed 8lbs 9oz. I don't know how much she weighs now, but she's probably pushing 10 lbs already. She's growing longer too. Her feet are growing (socks finally stay on!), her cheeks are growing, her second chin is coming in nicely :) Obviously she's a good eater...she's also a very good sleeper. She eats every 3 hours like clockwork. There have been a couple of nights that she woke up to eat every 2 to 2 1/2 hours during growth spurts and a couple of nights that she went 4 or 4 1/2 hours without eating. But mostly she's up every 3. It's tiring, but I know the day will come when she sleeps longer. I'm looking forward to that day! During the day Sadie has a couple of awake periods. Usually in the morning after her first daylight feeding she'll stay awake for an hour or so. Then in the afternoon or early evening she has another awake/alert period for another hour. She makes really good eye contact with me and settles right down when our eyes lock and I start talking to her. She doesn't move and scrooch, she just watches me. I love it! I've been trying to get her to smile but haven't been successful with consistent smiles. I got one good one on Thursday and my mom got one on Friday but we aren't sure if they were "true" smiles or not since it was only one smile per day. One day soon she'll start smiling and won't stop :) Oh...and this baby girl has DIMPLES!! The one on the right cheek is a little deeper than the one on the left cheek. She's going to be so beautiful with her big, dimply smile.
In a few days Maddie will be 2 years and 4 months old. I'm amazed at how much she continues to grow and change. She obviously looks a lot bigger now that I have an infant in the house, but she is seriously getting big. She's getting to the point where some of her 2T clothes are getting to small (mostly too short...both shirts and pants), but her 3T clothes are still too big. I can put 3T shirts on her but the pants are really long. Maddie's imagination continues to grow just as much! She does so much role playing. She plays by herself most of the day, taking Snuggly to school or taking care of her puppies. She's really good at pretending things, like she pretends she's holding a leash and walking an invisible puppy. She bends down to pet the invisible puppy, feeds it, pets it, hugs it. Today she was walking a black puppy named "Fluffy". :) I took her to a park and was pushing her on the swing and she kept asking the puppy if he was watching. She's just so cute!
Maddie loves school now. She looks forward to going every day, she tells me she loves her teacher and that she has so much fun at school. She can't wait to go back every time we leave! It's amazing how much she's learning at school too. She's learning some letters and numbers (B, D, M, F, 1, 2) and is also learning some days of the week. She's been coming home with more crafts and papers and enjoys showing them all off. I love seeing all these pictures she's coloring. I'm just so proud of her!
Well, it's getting late and Sadie will be up in about an hour and a half so I better get some sleep. I'll try to post some pictures tomorrow...no promises, though :)
Wednesday, September 8, 2010
Maddie's a Big Sister!
I remember taking my pregnancy test WAY back at the beginning of January. When it was positive, I started doing the math to calculate my due date. September 9th seemed ages away! I didn't think it would ever get here, I guess that's the down side to anticipating pregnancy...I didn't wait until I missed a period to take the test since I thought I was pregnant. That made for a long 9 months. Well, those 9 months went by so fast, it's hard to believe the year is almost over.
We went in last Thursday for a scheduled c-section and I was scared to death. The alarm went off at 4am and the tears started coming. I cried off an on for the next hour, sobbed some and sometimes I was quiet but the tears continued to roll. It was a very emotional morning. I was afraid of the surgery, the risks involved and more than that I was afraid of facing the recovery. On top of all that I was worried about Maddie. Thursday was the first time she ever woke up and didn't have Mommy or Daddy there to get her up. She had Grandma. I was worried for them, hoping there wouldn't be any issues (there weren't!!).
We made it to the hospital by 5:30am, started answering questions, started the iv and the iv drugs :) I walked into the operating room (how weird was that!!) at 7:30, they started my epidural and whatever other drugs I required. I got nauseous and quickly learned why I wasn't able to eat anything since midnight. I'm certain I would've thrown up all over myself if I had anything in my stomach. They had to give me two rounds of anti-nausea medication before Eric even came into the room. Eric came in at 7:50 and Sadie Mae came into the world promptly at 8:00 am. The surgery was pretty rough, I felt a lot of tugging and pulling, felt like the doctor was sitting on me at one point and felt certain they were going to break a few ribs! None of that happened :) We were so happy to have a healthy, chubby baby girl to join our family! She weighed in at 8lbs 6 oz and measured at 19 inches. A perfectly healthy, chubby cheeked, dark haired little bundle of joy.
I'll end the blog for now and leave you with some pictures of our precious girl. She looks a lot like Maddie did as a newborn, but with more hair. The hair that she has is really dark too. I wonder if she'll be a brunette, or if this will all fall out and blond hair will come in. Time will tell :)
We went in last Thursday for a scheduled c-section and I was scared to death. The alarm went off at 4am and the tears started coming. I cried off an on for the next hour, sobbed some and sometimes I was quiet but the tears continued to roll. It was a very emotional morning. I was afraid of the surgery, the risks involved and more than that I was afraid of facing the recovery. On top of all that I was worried about Maddie. Thursday was the first time she ever woke up and didn't have Mommy or Daddy there to get her up. She had Grandma. I was worried for them, hoping there wouldn't be any issues (there weren't!!).
We made it to the hospital by 5:30am, started answering questions, started the iv and the iv drugs :) I walked into the operating room (how weird was that!!) at 7:30, they started my epidural and whatever other drugs I required. I got nauseous and quickly learned why I wasn't able to eat anything since midnight. I'm certain I would've thrown up all over myself if I had anything in my stomach. They had to give me two rounds of anti-nausea medication before Eric even came into the room. Eric came in at 7:50 and Sadie Mae came into the world promptly at 8:00 am. The surgery was pretty rough, I felt a lot of tugging and pulling, felt like the doctor was sitting on me at one point and felt certain they were going to break a few ribs! None of that happened :) We were so happy to have a healthy, chubby baby girl to join our family! She weighed in at 8lbs 6 oz and measured at 19 inches. A perfectly healthy, chubby cheeked, dark haired little bundle of joy.
I'll end the blog for now and leave you with some pictures of our precious girl. She looks a lot like Maddie did as a newborn, but with more hair. The hair that she has is really dark too. I wonder if she'll be a brunette, or if this will all fall out and blond hair will come in. Time will tell :)
The day before the c-section
One of Sadie's first pictures. She looks so much like Maddie!
Maddie meeting her sister for the first time. She was so anxious to hold her :)
Sweet sister kisses
Maddie looking at me and being super proud of her baby sister.
Maddie brought Sadie her very own snuggly. She wants Sadie to suck her thumb too...
Snoozing on Mommy, waiting to be discharged from the hospital.
We're ready to go home!!
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