3 Week Pictures

Madelyn at 3 Weeks. Maybe next week I can get a picture with her eyes open. She was very sleepy that day, probably because she was up all day the day before.

Sully wanted in on the photo shoot.

2 Weeks Old!

Maddie was 2 weeks old on Thursday! We took her for her 2 week checkup in the morning and she weighed 7 pounds 8 ounces!! She gained nearly a pound in 5 days! Go Maddie!

To give you an idea of how small this chair is I included a picture of the 12 inch ruler. The chair is less than 2 feet tall.

Taking pictures makes me sleepy!

Happy St Patrick's Day and A Few Firsts!

Happy St. Patrick's Day from Maddie (a day late)

My First Sponge Bath

My First Walk

My first time to be weighed at the Post Office

There has been some concern from the Doctor about Maddie's weight gain (or lack there of) and we have been back an forth to the doctor for a weight check. Their scale appears to not give consistent results, I know we are talking ounces here, but we wanted a second opinion on her weight. What better place than the post office scale! She was not harmed and did not touch anything :-) We weighed her first with her clothes on and then we took all of her clothes off and weighed them on the scale separately. She weight about 7 pounds as of Monday! She is almost up to her birth weight. She has her 2 week appointment tomorrow, I hope she is back up to 7 lbs 3 oz or close.

1 Week Photo Shoot

I cannot believe that Maddie has been with us for a week now! The week has gone by so fast. She really likes to sleep a lot, I have to wake her up (multiple times) in the middle of the night just to eat! She is a very content baby.

Pictures Of Madelyn

Madelyn Lily arrived on March 5, 2009 at 3:48 pm, weighed 7lbs 3 oz and 20 inches

We were admitted at 8 pm on Wednesday, March 4th. When we arrived at Labor and Delivery we were told to wait on a bench in the hallway for our room to be cleaned. I am glad that I was not actually in labor. It was a little strange sitting in the hall with all of our stuff waiting to get into the room. We got our room and the nurse started hooking me up to all of the machines, started an IV, etc. From this point we just waited. Needless to say I did not get much sleep that night between the IV machine making noise on one side and being plugged into the monitors on the other. Every time I turned over trying to get comfortable the monitors would lose the baby's heartbeat and the nurse would come in to re-arrange the belts around me that held the monitors. Then, the blood pressure cuff would take a reading every hour.
The morning rolled around and the doctor came in and broke my water it was at this point that things started getting exciting and more real. I started having stronger contractions and requested the epidural. The epidural was in place (and working) about 45 minutes later. Not being able to feel your legs when someone is moving them for you is the weirdest feeling in the world!!
At lunch time my doctor came in and said that I was dilated to a 9 and that we would begin pushing soon. Talk about things becoming even more real. Long story short we pushed for about an hour and then we welcomed Maddie into the world!

Adam, Madelyn and I minutes after her birth

We were discharged on Saturday, March 7th. Madelyn is in her coming home outfit and in the carseat ready to go. She was wearing a onesie that said 'Future Aggie Class of 2031.' She loves to have her hands up by her head. Sometime she will have one arm in the air and one arm down.

Once we got home and settled we took pictures of her in her chair. This is a pose she likes to do a lot. Also, when we swaddle her she will wiggle her way out until she can get her hands free.

This is a picture from yesterday, she is really alert when she is not sleeping!

It's Time!!

Tonight we are off the to hospital! I went to the doctor this afternoon and my doctor wants to start inducing me overnight. We are going to check in tonight and they are going to start a very slow drip of Pitocin to get started. We should be meeting our little Madelyn by tomorrow afternoon!! Wish us luck!
We will be posting an update and pictures as soon as we can.