Going to church

Today was one of the first times I was very grateful to have the 1:00 church. Normally I don't enjoy it because I feel like we wait all day to go and then by the time we get home the day is already over. Now that we have a baby it was really nice because I had time to shower and get myself ready and have time to get Addisyn ready and still be a few minutes early for sacrament meeting which keeps Dad happy.
She was just so cute that we of course had to take a million pictures.

I realized the other day as I was looking back at the pictures we've taken that we didn't have any with the three of us and so we finally took our first family photo.








One day my clothes will actually fit me!


This was so cute, she was just sitting with dad when she started pulling her bottom lip down all on her own. I'm not sure why she was doing it but it made for a cute picture.

Splish, Splash

I was takin a bath...

So this is obviously from awhile ago because I'm not that awful of a mom to make my child wait two weeks to get a bath. I just thought these were cute pictures for the grandparents and other Addy fans!



Our first few baths she really didn't enjoy so much because it was cold and that is something that we don't like, but I can't really blame her because who likes being cold. By the end we were in hysterics until we got the warm towel just out of the dryer! Now things are getting better and as long as we just keep putting warm water all over her then she is happy and actually enjoys bath time. I think once she can be put into a real bath (not a sponge one) then she will really be happy!





This is how we comfort ourself.


Our favorite part!


I had to add this picure because one thing is for sure, she has her dad's bum!

Lessons Learned

Isn't she just the cutest!

Pretty strong neck muscles for only being three days old. It only wore her out a little.

Coming home!

So here we are 3 days into our entirely new life. In spite of the doctors telling us we would have to stay for 2-3 days after the c-section things have progressed so well that they sent us home after only a day and a half! Now we are on day two and under our own roof and things couldn't be better, unless Olive Garden was catering dinner.
Now it is time to back up, since our last post, Melanie was able to hold her little girl for the first time on Saturday morning at about 11:00. Both baby and mom bawled and all dad could do was sit there... bald. Saturday night they released Addy from the special nursery now they can't call it the "special" nursery. She gave us a run for our money that first night but night number two went to the parents. We certainly have learned a few tricks of the trade since then. Even though she can't speak, she has a way of letting us know what she needs and once those are met then she is content. What a great teacher she is. All we have to know is the guess and check method. Nursing was tricky at first but then we let Melanie give it a whirl and it has seemed to have worked a lot better. I have certainly been humbled having never changed a dirty diaper prior to Saturday. With Melanie taking care of the nursing and making the "deposits", I get to deal with the "withdrawls". Trust me on that, you can take it to the bank. We have also learned it is easier than we thought to figure out why a baby is fussing. It could be any of the following: poopy pants, wet pants, hungry belly, gassy belly, hot, cold, room to light, room to dark, too much noise, not enough noise, blanket too loose, blanket too tight, something mom ate (broccoli), something mom didn't eat enough of (chocolate), and of course arbitrary crying. So see folks this parenting stuff is not that hard, you just have to go through the list and then keep adding to it. Lucky for us, we have Melanie's mom here to help interpret the baby talk. Also we have a very well mannered baby which helps us as parents figure things out somewhat quickly. Check back with us later to see what else we learned along the way.