Time is Flying!

Wow! I can't believe Addison will be 6 weeks old this Sunday! My little girl is growing so fast! It's so fun to watch her develop and learn new things but at the same time I hate to see her grow! We are having so much fun with her and she is definately keeping us both busy. She is sleeping great through the night which is the best thing a mom could ask for. The other night she went to bed at 11 pm and I finally had to wake her up at 6 am cause I knew she would be starving! I couldn't believe it! The funny thing is, that night I was pondering back on the day when I used to sleep all through the night and secretly wishing for just one night of uninterrupted sleep ... well I got my wish! What an angel I have! Here are some pictures we had taken of Addie when she was three weeks . . .

New Arrival!

Well our little bundle of joy finally came! Addison Ann was born Sunday February 28, 2010. She weighed 7 lbs 4 oz and was 21 inches long. I finally started having contractions on Saturday about midnight and by 1:30 am we were in the hospital waiting for the oh so heavenly epidural. Then we waited until what seemed like forever when they finally had me start pushing at 8:30 am. Three hours later and totally exhausted still no baby. They'd been watching her heartrate closely during the entire labor because it kept dropping and they couldn't figure out why. At this point the baby was also exhausted and the labor was putting too much stress on her. They brought the doctor in and he decided to try using the vacuum thing to get her out or said we would have to do an emergency C-section. Luckily after about 3 contractions she popped right out. They rushed her over to the respirtory therapist and got her cleaned out and said everything looked good. Aside from a lot of worrying about her heartrate, it was such an awesome experience. We had awesome nurses and doctors and the whole hospital stay was great. We've now been parents for a whole week and I can't believe how fast the time is flying. The days are so busy and we are totally loving watching all her funny faces and little smiles. She's been a great baby so far and we are so blessed to have her in our lives! Justin has been the most amazing dad and helpful husband. He changed almost every diaper in the hospital and still jumps at the chance to do it at home. He gets up with me during the night and takes her for a few hours during the day so I can nap. I couldn't do it without him. And it's the absolute best thing to watch him hold his little girl. There's nothing better in the world!

Update

Well, I was hoping to have some baby pictures to post by now but no such luck. The doctor says everything is looking good and ready to go, it's just the waiting game now. He stripped me on Tuesday hoping it would help but all it did was give me some killer false labor pains. And it's made everyday seem longer and longer. I don't think it was quite worth it! But at least there is an end in sight. My induction date is March 1 but I really hope I don't make it until then. In fact I'm really hoping to get out of work on Monday! We'll see!

33 Weeks

Here's another lovely picture. This is 33 weeks. The nursery is still a work in progress but at least she has a bed to sleep in!

Baby Gender Take Two

Well, we had another ultrasound this week and got a final confirmation that it is a girl! We are both way excited! My belly had finally arrived and I swear it grows everyday. It just popped up one day and seems to just keep getting bigger and bigger. I am now enjoying the world of super cute maternity clothes and nothing fitting quite right. Talk about a good way to make yourself feel unattractive! Other than that I'm feeling good and just waiting! This picture is at 26 weeks (well technically 25 wks 6 days but whose counting).

Ultrasound!

So we actually had our ultrasound a few weeks ago, but we've been crazy with some work we're doing on our house so I'm just now getting around to posting. And besides that we ran into a little speed bump. So we're sitting there in the doctors office, everything looking good with the baby (phwew!) and it comes time to do the gender identification. So the doctor looks and looks some more and finally after a few minutes of jiggling my belly trying to get the thing to move, he says "Well, the legs are crossed so I can't tell what the gender is. But don't worry we'll do another ultrasound when you come next month and see if we can tell then." WHAT?! I wanted to say you're joking right? Can't I do some jumping jacks or something to get it to move? You are going to make us wait a whole MONTH to come back!! And that was the end of it. He said if he were to guess he would say girl but he wouldn't say for sure. We both walked out of the office like, did that really just happen? They can see this dark spot in the brain or that area where the kidney is but they can't tell if it has parts or not? Anyways, unable to stand the suspense I called up my friend who is going through the radiology program and asked her if she wanted to practice on me. Her vote also went to girl and she seemed pretty confident but Justin is still a little leary on that diagnosis. So hopefully after one more ultrasound next week we will be able to tell for sure. Third times a charm. Anyways, here's some pictures of our cute, modest probably a girl! We got good pictures from both ultrasounds but the one from my doctor you have to scan in and my scanner's having issues.




This a picture of the face. That one eye kept showing up out of no where like a scary movie or something!

Exciting News!

Well I guess it's finally time to break the news . . . We are having a baby! Exciting and very scary at the same time! I am 17 weeks and feeling good now. I was a little sick at the beginning and very out of energy but I really didn't have it too bad so I am thankful for that. We had our third doctors appointment yesterday and got to hear the heartbeat again which was comforting. For some reason I always get nervous that something is going to be wrong so it is such a relief when the appt is over. I guess that's why it's taken me so long to post this. Please don't tell me I'm going to be an overprotective, nerve-racked mom! We get to have another ultrasound next month to find out what it is. I'm so excited to see the baby again since our first ultrasound looks like a little bug laying on it's back. And we are both dying to know what it is. Justin is confident it is a boy because he says he needs a little "huntin' buddy". I really don't have an incling either way and don't really have a preference although I would love to doll a little girl up. Pregnancy has been an interesting journey so far and I'm just glad I'm over the first part of it. The first part seemed to take an eternity and it just seemed that you feel crappy and your body is doing all these weird things for no reason. I'm enjoying it more now and it feels like things are progressing at a little faster pace. Although I'm really ready to be out of the in between stage where people aren't sure if you're pregnant or if you've just been eating too many twinkies. I've been feeling "it" move for the past few days which is a cool but weird feeling. It's still weird to think that there is something alive and moving inside me! Anyways stay tuned for pictures of baby Whatcott next month!