What's in a name?

We've had a lot of people ask where we got the middle name Trelauny. Pretty much every time anyone asks what her name is then we have to explain where it came from. My sister was the best because she knew right away that it had to be something Mitch came up with and in fact it was. Trelauny is actually Jamaican name and since that is where Mitch served his mission we thought it would be fun to use. I have no idea what it means but it definitely fits her. She has that relaxin, easy-going personality. Well, at least as long as she isn't cold and her belly is full. If one of those needs is not met then we can get a little vocal about things. Here is what I mean about chillin.


How can you not love this little girl, okay maybe I am just a little bias because I am her mom but after 9 months of wondering what she was going to look like and have dreams, actually more like nightmares, of some alien space child this is not so bad!

We just really wish that she would do this a little more at night!


Later that night after taking the pictures of Addisyn, in walks her father like this.



He had just got home from a work dinner luau party and I think he took the dressing up to heart! What can I say, like father like daughter.

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.

Special Delivery (brought to you by the letter C)

Well folks we want to you all to say hello to the newest member of our clan, Addisyn Trelauny Workman. She weighs in at 6 lbs. 14 oz. and has her fathers brains to accompany her mothers good looks. Let the record show she was born on the 12th of September 2008 at 5:15 pm. Here's how it all broke down. Thursday night at around 9:15 Melanie had a little "water damage." After consulting with the hospital we decided that we would monitor her through the night. other than contractions every 15 minutes not much was happening. So at 8:30 in the morning we called the clinic and they had us go in for a quick check up. The first test showed no signs of amniotic fluis leakage. However, the doc wanted to double check it with an ultrasound. Good thing he did cause we noticed right away that there was hardly any fluid at all. So the next thing we know is we are admitting her to labor and delivery. That all got started about 9:30 a.m. At around 4:00 p.m. the doc came in to check on her and despite having worked so hard all day with contractions she wasn't dialating. at this point because the baby was already overdue coupled with the fact that there was no dialation we had to proceed with a C-Section. Melanie was fabulous!!! I was able to be in there and watch the surgery so I can now say I love her guts! A few minutes later there she was bright-eyed and bushy-tailed. The sad part is that it has now been almost 15 hours since delivery and mom has still not seen nor held the little angel. In fact she has only seen as much as you have with these pics. The reason for this is that because of the stress of the labor the baby inhaled some fluids into her lungs and she has been in the nursery getting treatment. Nothing too scary, but definitely needed to be taken care of. I truly am the luckiest guy in the world. I've got 2 great girls. What else matters?

Yet another appointment

I sadly made it to yet another doctors appointment this morning. Thank goodness this time I actually came away not feeling so depressed. Maybe that is because the doctor scrapped my membranes which I'm not really sure what that means but it really was not that comfortable so I think it is suppose to help get things going a little faster. He also said that I was at a 2 which really is not that exciting seeing as I am already 4 days past my due date but still it was progress from last weeks 0. Also I was scheduled for an induction on Monday morning with a 70% chance that I will go before that. Really it wouldn't suprise me one bit if I made it till monday morning just because every week I've told myself that I wouldn't make it to another doctors appointment and so far, I have made it to every single one. This time there is no other doctors visit (until after the baby comes) just the trip to the hospital so that is great news!

A touch of personality

We have decided that our baby already takes after me and is very stubborn. So those of you who may have been wondering, yes, we are still waiting for our little baby to come into the world. I just hope that when she finally decides to grace us with her presence that she does it quickly. So here I am in all my beauty at the end of Sunday(when I was suppose to be in a hospital) at 40 weeks pregnant. As you can see the only clothes that are really comfortable anymore are Mitch's t-shirts so that is what I wear everyday. Thank goodness he is normally a little bigger than me (at the present moment I wouldn't say that) but I do try to wear his older shirts so that I don't stretch out the middle too much!

Another funny story, well I thought it was funny. Mitch and I were out shopping a few days ago and we were sort of in a hurry so he was driving around trying to find a parking spot and all that were left were quite a ways away. This normally is not a problem and we just park and walk because I enjoy it and know it is good for me. In fact one day I was giving Mitch a hard time about always finding the closest parking spot that he drove to the very farthest corner and parked and we walked. Anyways so he's driving around trying to find a spot and the very last one on the row by the handicap spots was a little red sign that said, "expectant mother parking". We've seen these signs before but since I like to walk we've never parked there but on this day we thought it was too crazy to pass up. Then I laughed because sometimes it is hard to tell if some woman are pregnant or just a little overweight but I turned to Mitch and told him that in our case it was only slightly obvious.

Eastern Idaho State Fair

Saturday, Mitch had to work down at the fair so I decided to tag along since I had absolutely nothing else to do and I had never been to this fair before. It was a really hot day and we had to park really far away which meant a lot of walking which normally I love because I get all my steps in for the day but it is just getting to be more challenging to do such simple things as walking so I just took lots of sitting breaks while Mitch was working. Sadly, we didn't go on any rides :( but we did get some free fair food because Mitch had a press pass and I tried for my first time ever a Tiger Ear which is a giant scone with cinnamon and sugar and honey butter, very delicious. We also saw lots of farm animals.
I took a picture of this goat because it looked just as uncomfortable as I was.




By the end of the day, I was completely exhausted and as you can see so were my feet. They were so filthy because of all the dirt and sweat and since it had been a hot day they were so swollen. It will be a great day when it actually looks like I have ankles again.

Date Night

So friday, I met Mitch down in Idaho Falls after he got off work so that we could do an actual date night. We thought that this will probably be one of the last times it will be just the two of so we took advantage. Normally our weekends consist of playing games friday night with Mitch's parents and then helping either Mitch's brother or cousin with remodels on their homes. This weekend his parents were out of town so went to this little restraunt downtown called the snake bite. I realize this is a strange name for a restraunt and not normally something we would pick but I read about it online and I really just wanted to do something different so we went and tried it out and sadly, there were no snakes slithering around the restraunt. But wow, I was really impressed. It was a little pricey for a burger and fries but very very delicious. I downed the whole thing, didn't leave one thing on my plate and it was no small plate. Then we went and walked around the river and took some pictures with our new camera. I really wanted to feed the ducks but we sort of forgot to bring anything to feed them with so obviously that didn't happen but I do love my new camera because you can zoom in forever.
The ducks in this picture were clear across the river and yet look how great of a picture I still got!



The beautiful scenery.




Yes, I even got Mitch to pose for a quick pic.

And I really didn't want to put this on but now everyone can see just how big I am getting. You know the girls you sometimes see around town and you think oh my goodness they are going to pop at any minute. Well that is now me. As we were walking back to the car we passed a building with the mirror glass all around the outside and I just was completely amazed at my stomach. I even did one of those double takes so I am sure that other people are thinking and doing the same thing as me which is fine because in just a few days (fingers crossed) we will be having this baby!