Daddy's Girl

Night 2 and beyond

So.... Addison had other ideas about sleep in night two and three. Turns out hunger can make babies pretty cranky. Who knew? Kellye was feeding her, but, apparently she wasn't getting enough milk. This little problem made for an absolutely miserable couple of days.

Saturday night we started supplementing with formula. Formula made a HUGE difference. With a full belly, Addison IS sleeping... and so are we(a little).

Night One

What can I say about night one at home? I can begin with... it did not go as planned. From 1am to about 4am no one slept. Addison was wide awake. Our fault she slept about twelve hours yesterday. Needless to say that won't happen again. Or maybe it will.

At this point, there is no doubt, who runs the house.

Here's a snapshot of Addi charging up for tonight...

Coming Home

At long last... PICTURES

Addison's Arrival

Finally... After 15 hours of labor and an emergency c-section. Addison is here. If there is a gold star for INDUCTION Kellye should get it. Official size and weight - 6lbs 14oz and 21 inches long. I have pictures if I can just find a way to upload them.

Induction

Over the last 18 hours, I've had time to collect a few nuggets of knowledge pertaining to this one word.

1. By definition, I would believe induction to be the beginning of the labor process. In fact, it is not. Induction... In hospital lingo means, we'll check you in at 6pm. Wait till midnight and then begin administering drugs to begin labor. By sometime tomorrow... we should have a baby.

2. The end is never coming. The monitors are fake. This is all a cruel joke.

3. To enhance the torture all of the thermostat were purposefully set at 60 degrees.

4. "Blankets?" I'm sorry, you want a what?

5. In the absence of all rationality, in the midst of chaos, and with absolute no understanding of what's happening. A baby will come.... It just may NOT be today

AND YES MEEMAW I'll call you when something happens!!!! I promise.

Monday the 23rd

That's right its Monday and no Addison. Kellye is handling it pretty well. I'm like a kid at christmas who can't open presents because Uncle Frank hasn't shown up.

We have an appointment with our Doctor today at 2:30pm. If he doesn't tell Kellye he is going to induce today... I fear for his safety.

In all seriousness... IT'S TIME. I have survived this last weekend by working in the yard and burning furniture when I'm inside to stay warm. On the flip side, apparently the subartic temperatures keep Kellye's head from spinning around. I did make the mistake of taking the subartic temp on the thermostat to subartic + one degree. Until the baby is born... I won't make that mistake again.

Pictures

music

Godspeed - Dixie Chicks

Addison's Room

Starting Out

So... Kellye is due on July 22nd and I've been thinking about doing this whole bloggin' thing for quite a while. Probably would have sooner, but honestly, I just haven't had the time. Over the next few days I'm gonna try to publish some pictures of the nursery and all of the gifts that Addison has received in the last few weeks.



It's an exciting time... We are anxiously awaiting Addison's arrival. It's funny cause I'm sitting here thinking about all of the places I want to take Addison and the people I want her to meet, and the things I want to teach her ,when normally, I would be crunching numbers, working tickets, and attempting to solve the never ending list of problems that my job sends my way.



Everyone says that having a child changes your life.... for us that will be a welcome change.