Little Barry

Everyone keeps telling me that Addie looks like Barry, but I keep denying it. I guess I have to face the facts. Poor baby!

Barry 2 months old

Addie 6 weeks old

Barry 2 months

Addie 2 months

6 Hours in Crib!

Monday Addie turned 2 months old. She is now 13lbs and 23 1/2 inches long, which are both in the 90th percentile.

Monday night we decided to go for a walk. After making a few stops along the way we ended up getting a ride back home at 10:00pm. Addie fell asleep on the ride home and slept in her crib until 4:00am! Okay so technically she was sleeping in her car seat which we placed in her crib, but she still slept for 6 hours straight.

Addie's favorite thing now is to watch the ceiling fan. For some reason she thinks it is the funniest thing and will lay there and laugh at it. I love her cute little laugh!

Laughing at the fan.

Addie has decided she rather be on her back than her belly, so every time I try to do tummy time with her she rolls onto her back. Once I put her on her tummy it usually takes less than a minute before she has rolled to her back.

She loves sitting up in Daddy's new recliner

Baptism

This past Sunday Adelynn was Baptized at the Earlville Presbyterian church. She slept most of the service and woke up right before it was time for us to go up front. She whimpered a few times when Paster Del was holding her, but overall she was a very good little girl. I was just glad that she waited until we got back to our seat before she ripped one. I can't believe the noises that come out of such a little girl. Barry was hoping she would do it in the Pastors microphone, but she was polite enough to hold it in until we got back to our seat.

Brent, Cathy, and Kayla were in town this weekend, so we got our first pictures of the 3 girls together.

Addie wearing the dress I wore when I was Baptized

All the girls playing together

On Mother's Day I gave into Barry and bought a paddle boat for my Grandparents pond. I have wanted one for serveral years now and every once in a while would look on Craigslist and ebay for one. I never really found a nice one for a good price, so we ended up buying it new from Farm and Fleet. Barry and I went on the first ride on Mother's Day. Not only is it fun, man is it a work out. My legs were tired after one trip around the pond. On Sunday Brent and Barry took Kayla for a ride. I am not sure if she enjoyed her ride or not. She had a very concerned look on her face for most of the ride. If I was on a boat with Brent and Barry I would be a little concerned too.

6 week pictures

I am a little late on my 6 week post, but I was sick so I got a little behind on everything. Here are some new pictures from last week.

Addie & Cayle Bomstad

Kennedy is sooooo funny!

Awwwwww.....A juicy kiss from Kennedy

Look how I can hold my head up

5 Weeks 10lbs. 14oz

Addie had her one month appointment on Tuesday, which technically was one day shy of 5 weeks. She weighed in at 10lbs. 14oz and 22 1/2 inches long, which means since birth she has gained 2lbs. 1 oz and has grown 2 1/2 inches.

She is starting to interact more with her toys and is smiling more and more everyday. Since it has rained non stop lately Barry has been home more than usual. It has been nice to have him home, but unfortunately once it starts to dry up he will be spending most of his time in the fields.

Barry will be working his first double shift since Addie was born, so I am sure we will be visiting the fire Station a few times in the next couple of days. What will we do with no Daddy for 48 hours?

Sleeping update: We have finally managed to get Addie to sleep in her crib. Sometimes I have to get up every couple of hours, but since I had slept on the couch for a month, 2 hours in bed is wonderful.

We went on our first shopping trip last weekend! Okay so I don't know if you can call it a shopping trip, but we got some cool things at the Earlville Town Wide garage sales. I got some cute new outfits for Addie and some still had the tags on them.

4 Weeks Old

It is hard to believe it has been 4 weeks since Addie was born. It has been a very busy and exciting 4 weeks.

This past weekend Addie and I took our first road trip (without daddy). We went with my mom to see Uncle Brent, Aunt Cathy, and Cousin Kayla in Kentucky. Addie did so well on our 6+ hour drive. Usually it would take us 6, but now more like 7. She only cried when she was hungry, so we would stop, feed her, change her, and be back on the road. I hope she always travels this well. We arrived at my brothers house Friday night and returned home Tuesday afternoon. Saturday was beautiful, so we went for a walk at the local park. Since it rained the rest of the time we were there we just hung out in the house visiting and playing with the girls. We had so much fun!

Ready to Go to Grandma & Grandpa's on Easter

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Taking a nap during Easter Dinner
She'll sleep on the floor, but not her crib?
What is with that?

19 Days old and already holding her own bottle.

Uncle Brent giving Addie a Mohawk

Uncle Brent taking Addie for her 1st Pony ride

1st Ride on the Swings.

Addie and Cousin Kayla playing together

4 Weeks Old

2 Days Old

First day without Daddy

Tuesday we went to the Pediatrician for Adelynn's 2 week check up. She was almost back to her birth weight. She weighed in at 8lbs. 12oz. They are no longer concerned about the Jaudice, so for once she didn't have to have blood drawn.

Yesterday was Barry first day back to work, which meant that I actually had to change diapers. Not that I mind changing diapers, but that has been Daddy's job for the last 2 weeks. It also meant that I could have whatever I wanted on the TV. Thank god, I was getting sick of watching nothing but sports. Our first 24 hours without Daddy went just fine. My mom had the day off, so she came to help out. It was so nice outside we decided to take Adelynn for her first walk. Once the stroller started moving she went right to sleep and didn't wake up until we got back home. It felt so good to be out in the fresh air!

We had one successful night in the crib, but that is it. Oh well, we will keep trying.

1st Bottle

Everyone says that Adelynn looks much bigger in pictures, so I think this picture helps show her true size.





This picture is for Grandpa Pat. He built the closet in the nursery, so half of it is for Adelynn and half of it is for me.

Nursery Pictures

I have been meaning to post these pictures for awhile, but apparently I got a little side tracked.

Week 1

We have been at home for a week and what a week it has been. Even though Adelynn was released from the hospital because her Bili Rubin count had gone done she still had to have her blood checked daily to make sure the levels stayed down. On Tuesday we went to the pediatrician for a check up and her levels had gone back up, so she had to be put back under the lights. Luckily this time it was a little wrap around light that we could use at home. We had to keep it on her as much as possible, so that is what we did. We didn't take it off of her for 48 hours until her levels came down enough to get rid of it. The light was attached to a 5 foot hose, so her life for 2 days took place in a small area in the living room.

Once we got to take the light off it was playtime.

I discovered that it is a bad idea to put a hat on Addie before her hair is completely dry. When the hat came off her hair stood straight up and it would not go down.





Barry is amazed at how much a little baby can poop. I definitely under estimated how many diapers and wipes we need. Barry has changed probably 95% of the diapers, since I was very sore for several days after delivery. The first couple of days home it would usually take him about 2 or 3 diapers per changing. He would be changing a wet diaper and then when he got the clean one under her she would poop. Now she atleast waits about 5 or 10 minutes after a diaper change to go again.

Other than Adelynn being a poop factory she is a very good baby. She doesn't cry much and when she does it usually is pretty obvious what the problem is. Barry swears that one day she is going to get a hold of his nipple. Apparently he had his shirt of the other night and she came really close to latching on. During the day she will sleep about anywhere, but when we try to put her in her crib at night she may sleep for a little bit but not for long. She usually lays in there and kicks and eventually cries because she has had enough. If I hold her she will sleep for 4 hours, eat, and then sleep for another 4 hours. We will keep trying the crib every night and hopefully she will get used to it sometime soon.

Here is a short video of Adelynn on her play mat.