Rehab babies

A rehab babies picture....in the order of our delivery dates!! Enjoy! And another picture of Addison at the halloween party!!!

Happy Halloween!!

Today is Addison's first Halloween!!!

This week was filled with lots of fun family time! Opa and Jojo arrived on Wednesday, and we spent the last 5 days being spoiled!! We had many walks outside, a few meals outside enjoying the beautiful weather, a night snuggling with Jojo and Opa while mommy and daddy went out with friends, and a fun Halloween party at mommy's work on Friday! At the Halloween party, Addison dressed in an adorable little pumpking outfit and got to meet the other 4 "rehab babies" born in September! She was by far the smallet baby in attendance...and slept most of the party due to nursing before and that relaxing car ride! Near the end, Addison woke up and played with babies Wesley (Kelly's), Ellie (Karl's), Molly (Courtney's) and Myra (Ali's)...so much fun! We took another rehab picture in the order we delivered (check out the earlier blog from the summer for the initial due date photo).

Addison gave Opa and Jojo their first smiles during this visit! She also got to sing fun songs like "Baby in the Mirror" and "Queen of the Mountain"-made up favorites!! Addison slept her longest stretches yet the last few days.....consistently 5-6 hour stretches during the night. Mommy got 6 hours straight of sleep last night....definitely the most since mid-pregnancy....and wow do I ever feel great today!

Last night we weighed Addison, and we are up to 9 1/2 pounds....we are now fitting in to the last of our newborn outfits and starting on our 3 month clothes...what a big girl!! :-) We are surprised by how alert she has become and by the increased number of smiles! She sits for storytime and enjoys her playtime even more each day.

On Friday morning mommy found out that she has to have surgery this Tuesday (her 30th birthday...ugh!) for her inguinal hernia developed during pregnancy! This has definitely caused some anxiety in the house and a little stress in preparations for around the clock care for Addison and mommy (during her recovery!)....but we are sure that we'll get through it and back to normal in no time! Our wonderful friend Courtney has volunteered to watch Addison on Tuesday during the surgery so that daddy can be with mommy in the hospital. We will write again post-op to let everyone know that we are doing great!!!

Enjoy the pics from the last few days of our precious peanut! :-)

7 weeks old today.....and 9 pounds!!!

Our sweet girl is 7 weeks old today..... We were sharing stories of her birth recently with some friends who had just told us they are expecting.....and wow, I can't believe it has been almost 2 months since that special day......

We enjoyed the rest of Nana's visit and were sad to say goodbye to her on Saturday morning. Addison loved her cuddles! Noah and I love our visit with her as well.... We appreciated the help and the time to run together and get out a couple times!

Noah and I got to enjoy our first date night last Thursday to 112 Eatery (thanks to my brother Nick and sister in law Jen for their generosity!) We had delicious food and were out guilt-free since Nana was with Addison! It was wonderful!

We also had some fun adventures ........downtown for shopping, out to lunch at Barrio and Big Bowl, out to dinner at Brasa with friends, to the Roseville mall with Nana, and walking the river with our new friends Stacy and baby William. We had an exciting visit from our friend Krista who brought us some delicious banana chocolate bread...yum! What a great week!

This week was also full of firsts for our little one......we have seen a few first smiles (off and on during the week).....after nursing a couple times I get some wide open mouth smiles, and Noah gets them during playtime. It is so rewarding to see her eyes light up with a wide grin!

Addison also grabbed a rattle for the first time this week. We were playing on the playmat and I was trying to entertain her with the rattle dangling above her. When the rattle touched her hand, she reached out and grabbed it! She seemed so surprised and continued to entertain herself with the toy for a couple minutes.....so adorable! I ofcourse ran for the camera and captured a few pics!

Addison is up to 9 lbs!! We weighed her on Wednesday of last week right before bathtime and we couldn't believe our eyes! She is up almost 4 lbs from her birth weight! Those chubby cheeks and thighs are irresistible! :-) We are officially out of most of our newborn clothes and in to our 0-3 month outfits! We have even tried on a few 3 month onesies, which aren't so big anymore.....can't believe it!

She is still eating like a champ...more frequently during the day (about every 2 1/2 to 3 hours), but with longer stretches at night. She is now sleeping 4-5 hour stretches at night.....amazing! We are still putting her down in her newborn napper chair, as the spitting up is still bothering her and this seems to help.

We are greatly looking forward to the week ahead......a visit from Anne, our future Nanny this afternoon.....!!! a visit from Jojo and Opa later this week! and a fun work Halloween party on Friday!! We hear from Jojo that there may be some aorable little halloween outfits in the near future!!! :-) More photos to come....................

Enjoy the pictures from this week!!!

more recent pics!! 6 weeks

I thought I'd add even more pics since it has been a while!!! :-)

6 weeks old!!! :-)

Wow, finally got the computer back and up running again to download some pics from the last couple weeks!!!

Enjoy pics from Nana and Papa's visit and other recent adventures including a trip to the Minnesota Arboretum, playtime in our crib with our soother, and kisses from Wally!

We are holding our head up unassisted now and rolling back to side each direction. We are also turning to noise and spending much longer intervals awake during the days! :-)

Today is my last OB appointment....looking forward to getting the final clearance!!!

A Beautiful Fall week and family time!

It has been a busy week!! Beautiful Fall weather and lots of time enjoying the outdoors and family!
We attended Noah's work party out at a farm in Scandia on Saturday and Addison got to meet many of Noah's coworkers......there were tons of young kids and it was fun to look forward to all of the stages that are soon to come! Addison traveled around the party in the Baby Bjorn (the first time with her feet out vs. being swaddled...and loved it!)
On Sunday Noah's parents arrived and we enjoyed a wonderful 5 days with Nana and Papa loving and visiting with Addison! We went out to lunch, out to dinner, on several walks, on a day outing for errands, etc. Lots of family time and fun to visit and catch up with them! Nana is staying another week to have even more time snuggling with our baby girl! She is usually first in line to offer to change diapers, burp her or hold her for a nap! It has been nice to be able to have the help watching Addison while I go on runs (yeah!!...up to 30 minutes now...enjoyed a wonderful jog with my friend Jen on Tuesday!), shower and get some things done around the house!
As far as development, Addison has continued to gain even more head control and often will sit very erect on one's lap after a feed looking around and taking in the world! She loves her belly and prefers sleeping in this position on one of us as opposed to lying on her back in the crib....something to work on, but for now we are enjoying her warmth and cuddles! She has discovered her waterfall soother hanging on the side of her crib and enjoys lying on her side and rolling around a bit watching this in the morning after her early AM feed! Nights are about the same with a couple feeds overnight and sleeping 2-4 hours at a time depending on how well she fed! She is still spitting up quite a bit and sometimes this makes her a little fussy (maybe it burns like reflux?)...so we are doing our best to keep her upright for a bit after a feed. We are hearing more vocalizations from her each day with grunts, coos and squeaks....I will definitely miss these one day! So cute!
We have plans to meet up with some other mommies and babies in our condo building soon to have a little play session....looking forward to this and hoping to establish a play group for the future!
I have taken tons of pictures over the last week and can't wait to post them...but unfortunately my computer is in the shop......so I'm doing this from a coffee shop! I will be posting in the next couple days a few of her shots from the last week! Can't believe how fast the time is flying by!

October 6th...Addison is officially one month old!

Enjoy the new pic from tummy time this morning! and of Addison's first pair of shoes from yesterday. Such a sweetheart!!!

Wow, October 6th....exactly one month since Addison's arrival on September 6!

We went to the lactation consultant yesterday and got some new tips for breastfeeding...although she said that everything looks really great! Addison is doing better with it each day! She weighs 7 pounds 9 ounces.......which is up two pounds in her first month from her birth weight!

We took Addison out for sushi last night....it was delicious! I have been craving sushi since I was newly pregnant....mission finally complete! Addison decided to throw a little tantrum when we arrived at dinner, but once removed from the stroller she seemed to calm a bit so that daddy and I could enjoy our time out! Thank you baby girl!

My work schedule is officially approved.....will be working Thursday/Fridays and every other weekend.....so excited!!! :-)

More updates to come......................

4 weeks old!!! :-)

I can't believe it has been a week since I've been on here.....maternity leave is going by way too quickly and my little pumpkin is growing like a weed! :-)

It has been a fun week.....a visit with Katrina and Emily last week, Addison's photo shoot on Sunday with our friends Erik and Kim (so much fun coming up with creative pics!), tons of time outside in the beautiful weather, a relaxing night of football with our friends Courtney and Chris last night, and a long walk with Anne today on the river and with Noah today around Lake of the Isles!

Addison had her first bottle on Saturday and did great!!! We are trying to keep bottles to a minimum for now, but it is such a relief to know that she will take one!!! I have been having a few little issues with the breastfeeding lately.....which resulted in a few long nights, but I am still sticking with it and things are improving with a little help from some friends and the lactation consultant. The last two nights I have both gotten more sleep......6-7 hours cumulative....amazing!

Addison is getting so big! Her cheeks are filling out and she is loving her play mat even more each day! She has got to be well over 7 lbs now...I can't wait to have her weighed at the lactation appointment tomorrow! Her little newborn outfits are fitting her much better now and she is out of most of her premie clothes! We love her more and more each day as we continue to bond and understand each other better and better!

Enjoy our most recent pics......the pumpkin hat is the "October hat" from Opa!

We are looking forward to a visit from Noah's parents starting this Sunday!!! :-)