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Friday, June 27, 2008

3 WEEKS!!!




Ok...so people that read this are probably going to get sick of how much I say I am in disbelief...but I cant help it. Everytime I see Anna I am in disbelief. She is just so amazing.
This week she really started responding to William and I when we talk to her. She loves to be talked to and shows it by smiling. Sometimes I think she is already trying to talk back and is imitating what we do with our mouth. I have noticed that alot of times when I make the o shape with my mouth (when saying a word)...she will make the o shape with her mouth. So...Im going to be the proud Momma and say she is trying to imitate me. She has also started to make more noises when you talk to her. Most of the time she just grunts but it is so adorable.
She loves to "practice standing", this is one of her fav games to play. She will straighten her legs out and lock them. If you stand her up she will stay standing...of course you have to hold her for balance and she will often bend over at the waist but she seems to have such strong little legs and likes to use them.
Another game she likes to play is hiding her pacifer. She will take it out and somehow it ends up underneath her. Once she has it under her she will make a noise (usually it sounds like the start of a cry but she doesnt cry)... So I will go get her pacifer out from under her and put it back in her mouth...5 minutes later samething...
last week she broke out with "newborn rash"...it made me so sad because it looks painful. throughout the week it got worse so I took her to the doctor on Monday. they gave her a little bit of medicine. Now it comes and goes but seems to be getting better.
she is such a good baby. William and I are so lucky!

Thursday, June 19, 2008

Our Angel








Everyday I look at my little Anna and cant believe she is mine and Williams baby. I dont think I will ever wake up and not be in disbelief. She is just so amazing, so beautiful, so perfect...its hard to believe that we were blessed with such a wonderful little baby.. I still cant believe Im a Mommy...I mean I know its real but it still seems surreal.


Its been two weeks and three days since we were blessed with the arrival of Anna...and she continues to be a blessing. We have had a wonderful two weeks. Anna got to spend a lot of quality time with her Nana (my Mommy) and we were very sad to see her go. She was such a big help throughout the end of the pregnancy and when we first brought Anna home...and even more importantly it was just great to see her and Anna together. I am so glad that she came out to visit. I always wanted her to be there when I had my babies. I am really happy that she was a part of the birth experience and Anna's first two weeks home, it makes my heart smile to know that she was able to share in such a wonderous experience with William and I.


Everyday William comes home and sees Anna he says she looks so different. I love the look on his face when he sees her. I love seeing him hold her and talk to her. Its so amazing to see the love in his eyes. He is such a good Daddy. Anna is so lucky to have a father like him and I am so lucky to have a husband like him.


Anna continues to be such a good baby. She loves to nap and eat. She also loves tummy time...when she is laying on someones chest...more than when she is laying on her tummy time mat. Anna and I go for walks every morning (as long as is it isnt raining or we dont have appts). Most of the time Anna will fall asleep while riding in her stroller. She seems to enjoy riding in the car, the only time she gets upset is when you buckle her in or unbuckle her. She also enjoys bathtime. She really seems to enjoy bath time. She is a very calm content baby. The only time she really cries is when she is hungry or if she thinks she is alone and wants to be held (even then she hardly cries). She really makes things easy...(makes me wonder if she is saving up for something :+) ).


I love watching her sleep. She is so adorable and makes the cutest faces and the sweetest sounds (I wonder what she is dreaming about). I also love taking naps with her...its so sweet when she falls asleep on your chest...all snuggled up...I love it. She is starting to smile even more...I have gotten her to smile a few times when I kiss her (oh how that melts my heart).


Thursday, June 12, 2008

My little Angel

It has been one week and two days since my little Angel came into this world and it has been an amazing week. A week I hope I never forget.

It all started Jun 1...Sunday evening. We went into the hospital to be induced as Anna was a little over a week overdue.

Everything started off great. They hooked me up to all the monitors and I was even having contractions at that point (every 5-10 min). They gave me something to help me dialate because I was only 2-3. That helped the contractions get even stronger (this is when I gave in and got the epidural) and eventually I was a solid 3-4cm. Around that time they decided to break my water. Then the contractions slowed down. The doctor came in and talked about giving me pitocin but we didnt ever make it to that point as Anna's heartbeat starte to act up. At first it was it was going up and down. The doctors came in and talked about how they wanted to monitor it for 30 minutes and then we would talk about our options. Depending on what her heartrate was doing we would either get a c-section to be safe or go with pitocin to speed up labor. The docters walked out and what seemed like not 5 minutes later they were back in our room saying we were going to have to have a c-section that it wasnt an option. So...we were rushed down to the OR..at 0608 they started the surgery and at 0612 our precious, perfect little angel came into this world. Hearing her sweet little cry was the most beautiful sound I ever heard. I was so scared as they were rolling me into the OR and as they were conducting the surgery. The only thing that calmed me down was seeing me husband and the look in his eyes but even then I was still scared. Hearing her cry and then seeing her...I have never felt such relief in my life, I have never went from being so scared, so nervous to so happy and so thankful. She was simply amazing, simply beautiful, simply a miracle. I remember holding her and just in disbelief that something so perfect was a part of me, that God had blessed me with such this little miracle. That everything was ok, that she was here, that she was a part of me and my husband and that she was perfect.


We have been home now for a week and two days. Anna is such a sweet and peaceful baby. She doesnt hardly ever cry. The most she has cried was the first time we gave her a sponge bath and a couple times when she got fustrated feeding. I hate to hear her cry (it breaks my heart, to see her with tears in her eyes) so I am glad that she doesnt do it often. She is such a happy and content little baby. She loves to smile which always makes my day.

Everyday I look at her in disbelief, I cant believe I have been blessed with her.

Everyday I look at her and I thank God for her. She is simply my little Angel.