Addelynn Marches

Thought this was pretty funny when she started marching to the music. She did this repeatedly earlier this morning, and we caught it tonight on film. Mimi thinks she will have bruises on her heels because she sometimes bangs the metal frame of the bouncer.

Funny Sleeping Poses

Addelynn has been sleeping in some funny positions recently, so we thought we should post some of those online. She napped on her side the other day and had her arms out in the air while napping with Mimi. Hard to believe that Wednesday will be her two month birthday.

Maybe you can see her arm position better in the picture below. How does she do this?

Addelynn has had a few other firsts this week. After her doctor's appointment she was given the okay to be out and about, and she has done just that. Mimi and I took her shopping on Saturday to the mall and she did a fabulous job. She just looked around at the new scenery and slept. However, she was a bear that night, so maybe she shopped a little bit too much for her first time. On Sunday Mark and I took her to church for the first time and got to show her off. I was nervous the entire service that she was just going to scream out because she tends to do that at random times. But she was really good in her daddy's arms. She seemed to enjoy the music quite a bit, but I guess she heard that in the womb. And she has been smiling and cooing like crazy. We'll try to get that filmed and posted to the web sometime soon. If we don't post again before Thanksgiving, have a wonderful Thanksgiving everyone. I know we have so much to be thankful for, especially this year with the birth of a heathly baby girl.

My First Shots

Well, today was the day for Addelynn's two month appointment, which meant her first round of vaccinations! We had a guessing game to determine her weight before we went in. I guess her grandmas know her better than her parents as Grandma Rohrer won last time and Mimi won this time. She weighed in at 10 lbs. 2 oz. (50th percentile) and 21 1/2 in. long (25th percentile). She is definitely a growing girl. Dr. Olson was pleased with everything.

Then came the shots...She had three needles and one oral vaccine. The oral one was first, which was supposed to be the easiest, but I think she disliked it the most. It was cold and apparently tasted like grape kool-aid, two sensations Addelynn had not yet experienced. After the first swallow her face scrunched up and she started to whine. The full out cries came soon after. The nurse did an excellent job with the shots as she had them all lined up and they went in one right after the other. Addelynn was not too fond of them, but wasn't absolutely histerical. After she calmed down, we went for lunch at Culver's since the doctor said we have no more restirctions!! So Culver's is the first restaurant she experienced. She will be enjoying her burger, fries, and ice cream later tonight.

The doctor told us how much tylenol we could give her if needed for her irritability, and I, being a new mom, though that we should just wait it out and see if she became grouchy before giving any. Around 4 pm (the shots were at 11) she started crying differently than I've heard her before. I went to check on her since she was sleeping in her crib and she was crying in her sleep. I knew this was not good. I cuddled her and she kept crying, I fed her and she continued. Then I summoned Mimi to bring the tylenol asap! It took her a while to calm down, but she finally fell asleep on my chest and has been sleeping there ever since. I don't want to move her if I don't have to. Let's hope she is not a bear the rest of the evening and tomorrow.

Below are some pictures of her trip to the doctor and a few of Mimi with her as well. I think Mimi is having a pretty good time here with Addelynn.

Facing the cold

Last week I really needed to get out, and so did the dog. We decided to face the cold, which meant bundling up Addelynn in her snow suit. She looked like a huge blob and barely fit in her car seat. Now I know why they tell you to put blankets over your child when fastened in the car seat instead of wearing a snow suit. But we were just riding in the stroller to the park, so it was okay. She was so toasty warm when we got back inside that I think it would be fine to do again.

She has been much more expressive recently. Mark even said that she is crossing that threshold of being interactive enough that he is really enjoying her. He said before his goal was just to hold her and keep her quiet. On Saturday she smiled at both of us. For a while it's been questionable if she was smiling or not, but on Saturday it was for sure. I thought maybe I could get her to smile for the camera today, but you will see that didn't exactly work out so well. At least you can see some expressions, just not the ones I wanted.



We're excited to travel back to Berne in a week so she can meet more of her family. I must admit that I am nervous about having her in a car seat for 12 hours. I don't know how she'll do with that.

Happy Birthday to Mimi

After several attempts, we finally have a video that Addelynn did not fall asleep or poop during the taping. She was really tired this afternoon. Perhaps her first trip wore her out. She really looked like she was smiling right before I had the camera ready to record, but I missed getting that. So happy birthday Mimi! We love you!

My First Overnight Trip and Mommy Has a Breakdown

Yes, it's true. I did have my second breakdown of her life while up north with my good friend Liz's family. Mark was gone on a business trip and Liz offered that I go up to see her family with her. We (Liz, Lana, Addelynn, Titus, and Maggie (their dog)) went up on Monday. Steve and Will were already up there deer hunting (I guess Will wasn't hunting quite yet). For some unknown reason Addelynn decided to get really crabby when she was eating. She started doing this to me in the early afternoon and I just thought she was burpy or not getting enough to eat. After the third feeding session of her screaming at me, I could not take it anymore. The last time she was so red in the face I thought she might explode. So of course I start crying because I don't know what's wrong or what to do. Liz's family took Addelynn for the next few hours so I could recover, but I just couldn't stop crying. I called Mark and apparently got him all worried because he tried to call me later in the night to see how I was, and I didn't answer because I wasn't by my phone. He then called both Steve and Liz on their cells to check on me. Needless to say, I was still crying off and on the entire night when I would think about it. I think I just was overwhelmed and really, really tired. Titus had also contributed to the frustrations as he had treed the family cat and once it came down, he continued to chase and torment it. He is always naughty when he's up there and I just want him to have one trip when he doesn't destroy something (the last few times it has been Liz's mom's flowers). And I had a latte that morning, which might have contributed to her frustrations with me.

Fortunately she got back in her groove that night and had a normal night's sleep and was fabulous the next day. I have now calmed down about the entire episode and can't believe how upset I got. At the time I was all afraid that I was experiencing post-partum depression or the baby blues and that got me worked up too. I just need to take a chill pill!

So those two days passed very quickly and now Mark comes home tonight!! I was so glad to be out of the house and learning too what it's like to travel with a baby. It also snowed on Tuesday in Minnesota, so we took some pictures out in the snow. We took them quickly so she wouldn't freeze. Other than that we slept, ate, played with the babies, and planted tulip bulbs. Today I need to do laundry and sleep some more. She had a strange night, but I had her out of her routine from the trip home.

Watching My Moblie

I tried to catch her watching her mobile while she was hanging out in her crib. She really enjoys just laying on her back and watching things. Hopefully you can see where her eyes are focusing in the video. You will also notice that she spits up in this video too. I can't seem to get a video without her moving some type of bodily fluid.

Sleeping with Daddy

Both daddy and Addelynn were taking a nap last night after Mark came home from work. I wanted to get out of the house so I convinced the two of them to come with me while running errands. It was not really a positive experience for us as Addelynn decided to scream repeatedly even though her nuk was in place. If one of us would reach back and touch her, then she would stop. It's a good thing Mimi will be riding back with us for Thanksgiving to be that loving touch. I'm sure Mimi won't be able to keep her hands off anyways! Just kidding mom!

I put Addelynn on the scale today and my eyes almost popped out when it read 10 pounds. I figured that could not be right, so I picked her up and figured I would try later. As I picked her up she spit up a large quanitity of milk on my shirt, so that had to be the extra ounces the scale measured. Later tonight I put her on the scale and she was around 9 pounds, 11 ounces. That is still pretty impressive considering she was "only" 9 pounds last Friday. It's so hard to believe that our baby was 6 weeks old yesterday.

Mark leaves tomorrow for a business trip to Arizona, so Addelynn and I are planning on going up north to stay with Steve, Liz, and Will at Liz's parents and grandparents. Steve is going up there to hunt so we are just tagging along so we won't be lonely here. Mark will come home on Wednesday night. I'll have to post how that goes when we return.

My First Blowout

So here I am in my new Ralph Lauren velor outfit. I'm feeling pretty trendy today. This was a gift from daddy's coworkers because mommy only buys me stuff at garage sales. But I do look a little ornery in this picture, don't I? That's because I was planning my first blow out and I planned it during daddy's watch. Mommy was out with some friends. Mommy was part of the plan too because she didn't put the diaper on correctly according to daddy. He said something about pilot error and she was saying something about the cheap diapers. I just thought it was a funny trick to play on dad.

And here is the Ralph Lauren velor outfit after my stunt. I don't know if it will ever be the same!

Here I am having to share my mommy with my brother. He always seems to be wherever she is, which means he inadvertently spends time with me too. I guess I can share. He's starting to look out for me. If I'm screaming for something and mommy is not around, he normally goes to tell her (seriously mom really thinks that's what Titus is doing).

Favorite Photos

Here are some of my favorite photos from the week so far. This week we had a lunch date with Will and Caleb (and their mothers of course - I can't handle three children under the age of 13 months) and went to vote. I am learning there is a little extra work involved when taking a child with. I was reading in one of my baby info books though that now is the easiest time to take children with. I can only imagine what it will be like in a few months.

On a positive note, we've been able to put Addelynn down for the night earlier this week. It's been 11 instead of 12 or later. The only bad news is that this change really occurred with the time change so she really isn't doing anything differently. We're working on it though. The little stinker woke up 2 times last night though instead of one. I hope that does not continue. When I heard her at 2 am I had no idea what was going on. Mark started ssshhhing her in his sleep again and I think I was dreaming that I was already feeding her. Fortunately she was really easy to put back to sleep.