Haddie's First Fit

Written on 1/30/10

Obviously I haven't been actually blogging like I hoped, but something just happened that I have to record. 

Haddie threw her first fit this morning. I was feeding her and watching TV episodes on the computer.  I started burping her and she could see the compter screen.  When I was done burping I tried to turn her around and she started crying & trying to turn her head to the screen.  It was sad but hilarious.  Keith came in the room and we tried an experiment.  Turned her towards the screen - no crying.  Turned her away from the screen and instant crying.  This is one instant she just gets to cry.  No TV watching just yet.

Haddie is doing well.  She has been in daycare for about 4 weeks now and doing much better.  Haddie is such a happy girl now.  It's a far cry from her first few weeks of life.

Shock & Awe

'I woke this morning at 5:15 to the sound of Haddie beginning to rouse. You say 'no big deal'. I say WOW she slept all night. She last fed at 9:00 pm and didn't wake again for 8 hours. WOW!!!! And to top it all off, she only had a dribble of spit up. For those of you that don't know, we have had a pretty bad time of her spitting up a lot of her meals. She has still been spitting up the past few weeks, but is gaining weight. Only a dribble. I'm excited, but will hold off on too much until I see if this happens again.'

The above was written Sunday morning.  It is now 2:48 AM Monday morning and I have been up for 2 hours and Haddie is still crying.  Everything has been checked twice - diaper doesn't need to be changed, she just fed and she doesn't need to be burped.  She'll probably be asleep soon which means I will be too.  Yah!

It is amazing to me how being up at 1:00 AM for several hours can be ok.  It's tough, but tollerable.  I never would have guessed.

I will leave you with a few awesome pictures we caught Saturday morning. 

This is the beautiful smile Keith gets every time he sings to her. 

And another one.  Even bigger this time.

Have a great day!

My First Blog

Ok. Bear with me as I start this. I set this up at least 2 years ago to reserve the address for the eventual time I might want to blog about my family. I will certainly not be one of those 'great' bloggers so don't expect too much. Well, we are here. I am now 22 weeks and 5 days pregnant. Yesterday was our 4th ultrasound of the pregnancy (it's been fun seeing baby so much) and finally the time to see if it is a boy or girl. Drum roll please! It's a GIRL!!! WOW!!!! I was completely SHOCKED! I wasn't hoping it was one or the other, but when I have imagined myself as a mother it has always been of boys. Boys I feel comfortable with. Raising a girl SCARES me. There I said it. I'm terrified and yet excited to know the little human being inside me right now is a girl. Last night I was at a girls Bible study for our youth group at church. The adults prayed after the girls left and one of the lady's prayed for Keith and I as we prepare to raise our daughter. That was when it hit me that we are going to be parents. We are going to have a daughter. OH MY!! Now it's time to start decorating the baby's room. I even went to a quilting store today to start getting ideas. Oh and it's time to start buying cute little dresses :) I can just hear my sister now - 'Show restraint Angela'. Ok I will - that's partly what consignment sales are for.