No Longer Needed…..

Little Addie no longer  placed in her bed to squirm around a bit and fall asleep.  The Dr said that self soothing would be one of the next signs of development but I wasn’t expecting it to happen so suddenly, no gradual change, just cold turkey. 

Is it weird that this made me just a little sad.  Of course I am happy that we no longer need to walk or rock her for hours at night to fall asleep and we can start to get a little more sleep at night ourselves. 

This is a good change, I just wasn’t expecting it so suddenly.

First Trip to Childress

This weekend we made Addie’s first trip to Childress.  We were a little anxious for the 4 and a half hour car ride as our little Love Bug is NOT a fan of her car seat.  (We are super excited to get the new and different car seat this week since we have to replace it after a small car accident a week ago) 

Addie was such a trooper, she did an AWESOME job in the car.  She only woke up to eat once on the way there and we ALMOST made it all the way home without her waking up, with just 15 minutes to spare she was awake and starving :)

It was a great trip.  We got to meet cousin Libby who is 4 and a half months old, she is such a doll.  She is super cute with a full head of hair.  

We also got to meet cousin Abbie, who is 6 months old, she is just as cute as she can be.

Yes…my 7 week old baby is pretty much the same size as the 6 month old…..RIDICULOUS :)

We had lots of family time, which included a lot of stories and lots of eating.  I think it is so ironic that all the 3 Seal boys will have baby girls this year.  Dan and Nikki are expecting a little girl on October 13th (dave’s birthday)

As always it was a whirlwind of a weekend but it was a great time to see everyone and finally introduce Addie to her Grandpa Seal.

YEAH for Sleep

 

Before little Addie came into our lives I told myself that the period of sleepless nights would be such a small percentage of our lifetime and that we would survive….holy geez is that hard to remember when you pace your house trying to get your little one down in the middle of the night.  Honestly, it hasn’t been bad at all,  I do feel blessed with her sleep schedule.  For the past few weeks she has only been getting up 2-3 times at night, she will eat and immediately go back down to sleep which is awesome. 

This last night this little one shocked us last night.  We were out at an event for Dave’s work, an outdoor event…just as the worst storm ever blew through we headed for cover and of course she slept right through the craziness.  After waiting out the storm in the bar with everyone else we decided to hit the road to get home in time for her next feeding (8:30).  We transferred her into the dreaded car seat that she HATES.  I made the drive home thinking I would find a restless little one but nope, still out like a light.  Of course I don’t wake her.  She shocked us both to sleep in her car seat until midnight…are you kidding.  I think I am in for a long night but thankfully, I change her, feed her and 10 minutes later she is out again…..YEAH for sleep.  Little Addie slept until 10 in the morning with only 2 short instances of awake time to be fed….YEAH for sleep.   It is nights like last night that make it feel as though we will soon not feel like zombies :)

3 weeks

It has already been 3 weeks with little bit and I am pretty sure she has doubled in size ALREADY.  Yesterday on our walk I layed her down in her bassinet in her stroller and she already looks too big for it....is that possible?!?!?!  She is as long as she can be.  I shouldn't be surprised really, this little bit has an appetite like no other.  She could eat all day if I let her.  

In Addie's short 3 weeks we have already learned that she is - 

• extremely warm natured....which means she loves to be a naked baby, well, she is in a diaper at least but that is usually it :)
• LOVES, LOVES, LOVES to eat, seriously an appetite that could put a buffet out of business
• Loves tummy time, loves to sleep on her tummy, lay on her tummy, she isn't a fan of laying on her back
• Sleep...yes she sleeps but we have yet to find any type of schedule or consistency of when she sleeps.....Mommy needs to be patient with this.  Some nights are awesome, some nights are not so great.

Overall it has been an awesome 3 weeks with a few ups and downs....way more ups than downs....maybe just a little anxious to be able to say, "remember when we were only sleeping a couple hours at night" :) 

Mommy & Addie...Day 1

We survived.....yep, today was the first day for Addie and Mommy to be completely on their own without the help from Daddy or Granny.  

Addie did so good, she stuck to her usual......sleep, eat, sleep, eat, eat, sleep some more.  We even ventured out of the house for a walk around the block.  Overall  it was a great day without any breakdowns.  

We will see how tomorrow goes, we are taking it one day at a time :) 

Happy Anniversary

Adeline Elizabeth Seal

It's been 1 week...yep, little bit has been with us for 1 whole week.   

Rewind to a week ago, we entered the hospital on Tuesday night at 5:00.  1 hour later the medicine starts and the contractions are present, woohooo....this shouldn't take long.  Well, next morning...no changes, start the second medicine.  Okay, seriously, by lunch we should have this show on the road, right?!?!  Lunch time comes around and the doc comes by, no changes...really, none?  Addie's heartbeat had been dropping during the contractions since the night before so I had been stuck in the bed with very limited movement.  By this time my hips and back were starting to hurt from laying in the oh so comfortable hospital bed for so long.  By 4:00, we were all getting anxious so the doc came back and broke my water....FINALLY there were going to be some changes, at least that was the plan.  The contractions picked up a notch and staying still in bed was getting a little more difficult as I just wanted to at least stand up.  By 7:00, I couldn't take it anymore and asked for the epidural after 25 hours of contractions laying in that bed.  Close to midnight it was time to start pushing, well at least they thought that it was.  It took over 2 hours with a short break in there somewhere but after 32 hours of labor little Adeline Elizabeth made her grand appearance.    I had no sense of time (luckily) once we started pushing so when they announced her time of birth I was shocked. 

We have been home and have plenty of help and visitors.  Everything has been going great.  Addie is an awesome sleeper and eater.   She is such a joy and we have loved every minute of it....so far :)

 The ONLY complaint for the first week is the flesh eating rash that has taken over my body.  Apparently it was a reaction to the tape I had on my back and arm during the delivery, if you could see it you would of thought I slept in a bed of poison ivy.  I think, hope, pray this is almost over.