2 more pounds and a New Year approaching!

Addie's one month birthday was today! She is our sweet little doll and I love her so much! She's such a good baby and is quiet usually unless she needs something. She and I are getting adjusted to each other and I can sure change a diaper in a flash now! She held her head up forever today staring at Ben Cavanaugh, our friend, trying to figure out who he was. She is good at tracing with her eyes now and smiles all the time with an occasional laugh. Her eyes still haven't changed color much other than that they are now a lighter blue and have a brown spot on the inner right eye that has been there for a few weeks now, so maybe we will have a blue eyed (with a speck of brown) girl! Everything I've read says most babies eyes change by 4 weeks, so we'll see! Her hair has a definite red tint to it, so it looks like Gramps/Mommie have some resemblance to her, because other than that, she is a Haynie baby through and through! She is Daddie's little clone and seeing the two of them together doing the same thing is uncanny!

Addie now weighs about 8.5-9 pounds so she has gained a little over 2 pounds since birth, and now I only have a little less than 2 pounds to lose before I'm at my pre-pregnancy weight. Funny though, no one told me my body wouldn't look near the same afterwards even if I weighed the same!!! Hopefully within a few more weeks I'll have lost the 2 additional pounds and will have some resemblance of my pre-baby body!

Christmas has come and gone, and I have got some Christmas pictures but my camera battery was dead when I went to download the pictures so they will have to be in another post. This picture is Addie in her Christmas PJ's and were sooo cute on her. They are the snug fitting kind and are so sweet! I love when Addie throws her hand across her face like this because it looks like she's going "oh my, what a hard life I have!" I'll post about Christmas once I get my pictures on here.

The days following Christmas however have been MISERABLE!! I awoke with Addie at about 2 AM the morning after Christmas feeling sick at my stomach and sure enough by 8 AM I had a full fledged stomach virus. Well I figured it would only be for about 24 hours like all the others I've had over my life but NO... this one stuck around for 4 full days and even today I have been a little woozy but not nearly like the last few days. I was hoping Addie wouldn't get it but no such luck and by that afternoon she was throwing up too. It is so sad when your little baby is sick and I couldn't comfort her very well because I kept having to run to the bathroom. We didn't puke Thursday or Friday but then yesterday she and I both got the pukes again, so you can imagine my horror thinking we were getting it again. But hopefully (pray for us!) we are on the road to health!

Tomorrow is New Years Eve and we will be spending it with family and friends up on Monte Sano in the cabins. My parents rent a cabin each year during this time and we eat, play games, and talk while we await the New Year! I must say this past year has been a doozy! Thank heaven for medical insurance! I just added up what we accrued in medical costs this year between having Addie, Jarom's eye surgery (which hopefully was the last because he looks great!), and doctor visits, and we had a whopping $28K! I can't imagine having to come out of pocket for all of that! But the year was a great one, which I knew it would be since it is my lucky year! My mom always told me that the year that I turned the age of the date of my birthday (in my case 22 since my bday is June 22) it would be a great year and sure enough, I got pregnant, finished college, had our sweet little Addison, just to name the major events! We took several trips, I went to New Orleans with the American Marketing Association, we went to the beach with my family, to Tulsa to visit the Haynie's, and Jarom of course had his several trips to Atlanta and Birmingham for work. I had many firsts this year: 1st baby, 1st hospital stay (to have Addie), 1st airplane ride, 1st investment property purchase, 1st time to stay alone at home overnight (I know, I know... but I went straight from my parent's house to living with Jarom so I have never had a night alone!), and I'm sure there were others but its late and I'm tired!

Happy New Year to All!

Christmas Already?

I can't believe Christmas is upon us already! It seems like it was just yesterday that I was in the hospital with Addie and now tomorrow is Christmas Eve and I have not wrapped a SINGLE GIFT!!!! EEK! I just have not been in a Christmas mood and so my house has not been decorated, gifts have not been wrapped, goodies have not been baked... groceries have not been bought for that matter! There is not a single gift under our tree nor any ornaments on our tree, just lights! I finally got Addie a stocking at Target yesterday... well Mom got Addie a stocking while I sat in the car and nursed. It has been a huge help having Mom near, she comes over and helps me all the time, even if it is just to hold Addie so I can get some stuff done, i.e. shower and put on makeup! Christmas gifts just might have to be in gift bags this year and goodies will have to be store bought because I have let it go to long!

Addie is growing so fast! She is filling out and has the cutest little chubby cheeks and double chin! She LOVES to nurse and that is basically all we do all day... She nurses on one side for about 8 minutes then has to take about a 10 minute break then nurses on the other side for about 5 minutes then wants another 10 minute break and then she wants to nurse again for another 5 minutes or so... Any suggestions on how to get this to just 1 break in between? She takes her time eating and likes to fall asleep while nursing even if I have her stripped down naked!

Nights have gotten a little better with her sleeping about 2 1/2 hours at a time and then being up for an hour and 1/2 to nurse and change diaper and such in between. Last night I must have been exhausted because I remember getting her out of the bassinet and vaguely remember changing her diaper and her latching on but that is the end of it! I woke up at about 5:50 AM with her laying on my chest and milk dried all over her cheeks and a dirty diaper in the floor so I guess she only got up once between 11:50 and 5:50!

I am getting used to being at home now with her and we actually made it out of the house a few times this week. We got most of the Christmas shopping done yesterday with Mom and Katie and went to work and to our insurance agent's office on Thursday. Tuesday Jarom and I left Addie with Mom for the first time. I had an 8:00 AM (Ugg..) meeting at work (to resign) and then he and I had dentist appointments, went to Target, and then went and got the flu mist per our pediatricians orders. Addie was good for Mom, I just pumped a bottle for her and she was fine! I'll have to return to work from March-end of April for 20 hours a week, but then can be at home with Addie full time, yay!

Oh, I graduated from UAH last Sunday at the VBC. It was in the arena and they had us sitting on the ice from the hockey games. It was so cold!!! It is good to be done with college for the time being, I might go back and get my masters, we'll see.

Well we are about to head off to go see Grandma and Gramps and hopefully get some family pictures made of Jarom, me and Addie so I can go get them printed tomorrow to finish up the gifts!

Being A Mom is HARD!!!

Look how little!

Be prepared for a marathon post!



Ok, so I thought that having a baby at home would be easier than working full time... Boy was I wrong! Never did I think that I wouldn't have my teeth brushed before 4pm or that I'd be finally getting around to doing my hair at 5pm... Or did you know that the 10:00 news is replayed at 2 am? Wow, being a mom is difficult! Today Addie has been VERY needy and I haven't been able to put her down for more than 30 minutes without her wailing. So needless to say I haven't had time to blog/clean my house/do laundry/cook/etc since she's arrived.

Thursday November 29th I starting having bad back cramps and was contracting every 15-20 minutes and so after about 3 hours of that I decided to call the doctor and Natalie said for me to come on in. I didn't really want to because I was busy at work so she said if it got worse to call her back. Well a few minutes later she called me and said Dr. Nix wanted to see me anyways, so I left work and headed to the doctor. He checked me and I was 60% effaced and still only about 1 cm so he said I could either go home and let the contractions get closer together or I could go to the hospital and let them monitor me. I didn't want to waste my time at the hospital if nothing was going to happen so I pouted and we were going to leave when Natalie said she'd go talk to Dr. Nix. A few minutes later we hear him get on the phone with the hospital telling them I was headed over and to start the pitocin. YAY! So Natalie tells us to go straight over to the hospital and so of course I didn't have my bags, and I hadn't eaten lunch or dinner yet and it was about 5 pm. We got to the hospital and they started an IV after sticking me in my left arm 3 times until the vein finally blew and then went for my right arm. I turned green the nurse said and I think this was probably one of the worse parts of my hospital stay! They started the drugs and I had no change all night long.

Finally Dr. Nix broke my water around 7 AM and I went to 3-4 cm and 70% effaced. This process was very painful and Dr. Nix said it was mild compared to delivering so I went ahead and got my epidural shortly after and then was just there for the ride. The nurse checked me around 2 pm and I was still 3ish cm and the same effaced and she got me to a good 4 cm while she checked me and then she wedged me on my side to help things along. Well within about 5 minutes I was having cramps on my right side of my body so they gave me more medicine and it wasn't helping and about 10 minutes after that I started feeling pressure so I told her and she checked me again and I was 10 cm and 100% effaced in just 20 minutes! She had me do a practice push and Addie was crowning so she called Dr. Nix and then we just had to wait for the 30 minutes or so it took him to get there. She had me do little pushes while we waited so by the time Dr. Nix got there I only had to push through 2 contractions and there Addie was at 3:15 pm! I was so lucky and had a wonderful nurse that helped to deliver Addie. Her name is Marie and she really took care of me and spent so much time helping me. I am so happy I had her to help us out! Addie weighed in at 6 lbs 2 oz and was 19 inches long. She scored a 9.9 on the Apgar test thing which is apparently excellent.

Dr. Nix and Addie

Dad, Addie, & Me

My Wonderful Nurse Marie, Addie, & Me
Addie only let out 2 squawks and then they put her on my chest and I just cried and cried until I felt something warm running down my side and realized Addie was peeing all over me! This has held constant with Addie and she poops everytime I put her in the bathtub and then again when I wrap the towel around her after the bath and then she always manages to pee or poop on me when I fail to change her without a changing pad under her.

Case in point... see the wet spot on the couch by Addie? She pooped and peed before we could get a diaper on her after her bath and it soaked through the towel and blanket!
She is a sweet little girl who has been really good for the most part, only crying when she needs something but today has been needier than usual.

Big Yawn!

We came home from the hospital Sunday December 2nd with Addie weighing 5 lbs 13 oz and a 9 jaundice. Addie had her first doctor appointment the Tuesday after we got home from the hospital, December 4th and she weighed 5 lbs 10 oz and was a 14 on jaundice, so we had to go back on Thursday and she weighed 5 lbs 15 oz and her jaundice had gone down to 12. She had another appointment this past Thursday, December 13th and she weighs a whopping 6 lbs 10 oz and has grown an inch, to 20 inches long now! I can't believe she gained a pound and grew an inch in just a little over a week! We now won't go back to the doctor until she is 2 months old, so wish us luck!

She is not on any kind of schedule yet and some nights are horrible while others are ok. Last night was good with her sleeping 4 hours straight and then sleeping another 2. I am exhausted and Jarom is too, little Addie is the only one getting good sleep! My mom has been an enormous help to us, coming over and cleaning, holding Addie so I can shower and go to the bathroom, cooking, doing laundry, and helping with the dogs. Dad and Scott came over and cleaned out our gutters and got the leaves out of our yard which was a huge help to Jarom and then between family and church we haven't had to cook for ourselves for the better part of the past 2 weeks, which has been a blessing! Jarom bathed the dogs and groomed them really well Wednesday and we finally let them near Addie for the first time. They were just really curious and Misho cries whenever Addie does.

We were worried they would be jealous and maybe try to hurt Addie but they just wag their tails and try to get close to her. They are having to adjust to not being the babies anymore and now spend most of their time outdoors to their dismay.

Her little toes are like those tiny sour grapes

I now realize what they mean by a mother's love for her child. I love Addie more than I imagined possible. She has brought a new joy to our lives and despite our sleep deprived state we are so happy.

Look at her eyelashes! They are so long!

Her favorite way to sleep is in our bed on her side

Addie loves to sleep on her side and no matter how many times we place her on her back she always rolls herself over onto her side. Well yesterday we put her in the bed and I'm in the process of getting ready for bed and she proceeds to roll herself on her side and then rolled again over onto her belly. She got mad because then her arm was stuck underneath her belly, but I thought babies weren't supposed to be able to roll over until 5 months or so? She also has held her head up by herself since she was born and picks her head up when she's laying down and looks around or lifts her head up off Jarom's chest when he's laying down with her and looks around the room. She is strong!

Well this is the end of my marathon post, I hope some of you made it to the end. Its the first time in a while she's slept and I haven't been too exhausted to get on and post!

Our Little Angel

Addison Elizabeth Haynie
November 30, 2007 3:15 pm
6 lbs 2 oz, 19 inches

I know I have pictures of other people with Addie but they must be on our other camera, so for now, these are the only pictures I have. Isn't she beautiful?

Uncle X and Addie

Gramps and Addie

I love this picture of Daddy's hands and Addie

Addie being a little fussie... no more pictures please!

Look at those tiny fingers!