Iron Bowl 2009

Roll Tide. It was Little Girl's first Iron Bowl. She enjoyed it at the grandparents and slept in grandma's arms the entire game. She was not worried about Alabama winning, but her daddy sure was.

BTW Alabama won 26-21.

ROLL TIDE!!!!

Happy Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving 2009

Cute Picture of the Day

This was Baby Girl's cute hair-do after her first at-home bath. Isn't she such a little Gerber baby?

Milestone 1 of Many

Little Girl had her umbilical stump fall off tonight. You can see the protrusion on her bellybutton. That is the result of her umbilical hernia.

2 weeks

Today, Little Girl is two weeks old and had her first doctor's appointment.

We all got up at 5am (one of her normal early morning eating times) to get ready for the 9am rendez-vous. It was her first car ride since she came from the hospital. She slept through most of it and seemed to like the motion and noise of the car. Despite having a hard time finding the doctor's office, we were among the first of the "well," appointments. At this office there is a waiting room divided into "sick," and "well, " reception areas.

We were called back, and little girl was weighed, and she's up to 9ibs 13oz. At this visit the infant is suppose to be at her original birth weight. For her weight she's in the 75th to 90th percentile. For her length she's in the 50th to 75th percentile. Both measurements are well within the normal and healthy category. Next, a nurse came in and got some blood from her heel for the PKU B test. The first test, PKU A, was done in the hospital. The nurse was so surprised because Little Girl sleep through the heel stick and while the nurse was squeezing her heel getting the blood!! She was so good she got her first sucker.

The doctor looked her over, and Little Girl has an umbilical hernia. It sounds worse than it really is. The doctor said the hole is pretty small and probably will not require surgery, that it will close up on its own. The doctor is monitoring the healing. The only repercussion is she may have an outie belly button, but that's not so bad.

The only other problem is that she may be having a hard time with gas. This would explain why she gets upset all of a sudden then after a few minutes she falls asleep almost instantly. She gave us some tips to ease the gas problem and will monitor the situation.

Afterward, we actually went through the drive through at Backyard Burger and ate our lunch quickly in the car. We then went to Walgreens to have Little Girl's passport pictures made. She was so good and slept through the whole exciting ordeal while the folks at Walgreens called to find out all the infant passport photo requirements and figured out a way to take her picture on the photo center counter covered in a backdrop of white t-shirts. Next, we went over to the grandparents for awhile before heading home. We were pretty exhausted and went to bed at 6:30pm.

I will have to say that it looks like our baby will be an easy traveling baby with all the running around we did on our first day out iin the world in two weeks.

Stroller Ride

First stroller outing across the backyard.

Almost 2 Weeks Old

I can't believe it's been almost 2 weeks since the birth of our little girl! We have been very busy learning to be parents, trying to catch up on our sleep, and visiting with friends from near and far who have come to meet our daughter. :)

We stayed in the hospital with Little Girl until Friday, mainly for my(R) sake. During Little Girl's birth I lost a liter of blood, and so my blood pressure had to be monitored, and I needed just general recovery from the c-section.

Many people have asked about Little Girl's weight being less than what the doctors predicted. It turns out that the reason she was weighing in at such a large size on the sonogram is because her cord was wrapped around her neck twice. This threw off their measurements and their weight predictions. Of course, she is still a big baby that would have required a c-section because of the cord wrapped around her neck twice, so I am glad that we made the decision to go ahead and have a scheduled c-section.

So far Little Girl has proven to be a very good baby. She only seems to cry when there is something wrong. Unfortunately, she has had tummy problems the last couple of days, so she has been crying more than normal. She can sleep through anything, and she took to breastfeeding immediately.

Monday is her first appointment with the pediatrician. She was at the birth, and B got to be there with her while she preformed all the tests on Little Girl. She seems really nice, and she even took lots of pictures of Daddy and Little Girl right after the birth!

Here are some firsts that Little Girl has already accomplished since she has been home.
1) First bath at home
2) Cut her fingernails for the first time
3) During Tummy Time, she rolled over from her tummy to her back.
4) First tears
5) She can hold her head up all by herself now, even though she can't always control it.
6) Watched her first Alabama game against MSU
7) Has sucked her fingers for the first time outside of Mommy's tummy. :)

So far I can safely say that parenthood is very tiring (because of the sleepless nights), but I love being a mommy!

















Watching her first Alabama football game with Daddy

















Daddy's Little Girl sporting her French baby legwarmers!

It's a GIRL!!!

We've been very occupied the last three days and this is the first time we've had to put pictures of little one weighing in at 9lbs 6oz (4263g) and 21 inches (53.34 cm) long. Mom and daughter are both doing well but resting and recovering. Thank you all for your thoughts and prayers.

A Dad's Vocabulary Lesson

It's the peace before the storm. It's the night before our daughter's birthday.
We're about to call it a day and try to get some rest before 4AM tomorrow. We're keeping an eye on Hurricane Ida in the Gulf heading this way. It's not predicted to be a strong hurricane, but we're trying to keep ourselves updated on where it's headed.

I (B) am thinking of all the vocabulary words I've learned over the past nine months. There's a whole list, and even some we had to learn in a foreign language.

There are the words from all the blood tests, the ingredients in pre-natal vitamins, vocabulary of various tests, and how to read sonograms (with the doctors' help of course).

Then there are all the Latin/Greek based words:

• Bilirubin or C₃₃H₃₆N₄O₆


• Colostrum
• Dystocia
• Hematopoietic Stem Cells (HSC)
• Lochia
• Macrosomia (not related to insomnia)
• Meconium
• Vernix

Then there are the future new vocabulary words:

• Patience
• Love
• Sacrifice
• Encouragement
• Comfort
• Entertainer
• Discipline
• Teacher
• and the most important....

DADDY!

Week 39: Mini Watermelon

This week Little Girl should be the size of a mini watermelon. She's the size of maybe a little larger mini watermelon.

We went to our last doctor's appointment and discussed the details of Little One's birthday on Monday. We'll have to be at the hospital at 5:30 AM, and the surgery will take place at 8:30 AM. Little Girl will be here sometime after that. We will all be in the hospital for 3 to 4 days if all goes well. Please pray for all three of us.

As soon as we are back home, we will post some pix, and let you know how it went.

Our Last Week As "Two"