She is here!! I know this is really late in coming, but it's been hard getting to it! I have to write the blog in the office and it turns out that is harder than I thought! Especially when little Miss Maddie doesn't like to be on her own!
Madelyn Grace was born on January 9, 2010 at 5:12pm. She weighed a whopping 9 lbs 1 oz and was 21 inches long! As soon as she entered the world she was wide eyed and beautiful!
Madelyn Grace was born on January 9, 2010 at 5:12pm. She weighed a whopping 9 lbs 1 oz and was 21 inches long! As soon as she entered the world she was wide eyed and beautiful!
I was so very fortunate to have a pretty easy birth. I use the word easy lightly because I don't think any birth is 'easy', but compared to other stories I hear...I'll take mine! My water broke at 7am on Saturday morning, went to the hospital at 10:30am. I got my epidural at 1pm (after some mighty painful contractions!) and was pushing at 4:10! I only pushed for about an hour and she was here! At the time, I was pretty sure I wouldn't be able to do it...but it's amazing what you can do when you are forced to! Nate and Heather were there with me and wonderful coaches and supporters. They encouraged me and Heather even had to yell at me to buck up and that "I could do it!!". They were so great and I'm so glad they were there. The nurses were amazing and I'm so happy with the care and help we had at the Medical Center.
The last four weeks have been ... interesting. Wonderful, exciting, new...and sometimes frustrating. I think all new parents feel that way though. Madelyn is such a wonderful baby. Sometimes she is fussy in the evening (what baby isn't?!?), but she is so fun and good other than that. Except the sleeping!! I figured that sleeping would be an issue, since that is all that parents warn you about...but I wasn't expecting our trouble to be her sleeping on her own! She sleeps like a champ...but only if we are holding her. We've tried everything (swing, bouncer, swaddle, white noise, car seat, etc) and nothing has worked. We're hoping someday out of the blue she'll just sleep when we put her down!!
Nate is such a wonderful daddy. When he has her, I just stare and smile at them and know (again) that I made such a wonderful decision on marrying him!! He is so good with her and loves her so much. We are looking forward to the coming weeks when she starts gaining some new skills and watching her grow! The family is head over heels in love with her (seeing my dad with her melts my heart!!) and even Meme has gotten to hold her :) I promise to try and update more often!! Maybe when she finally decides to sleep on her own :) Here are a couple pictures, but for more you can go to this website. You have to sign up (just email) but you don't get junk email or anything! Check that periodically for new pics...I tend to do that site first for my family!! And I always update facebook :)
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Her first picture :)
I look awful, but it's our first family photo!!
So beautiful!
A little older....
Already smiling...??
