Celebration

Sunday was Addi's first holiday, the 4th of July. The 4th has always been an exciting holiday. Its right in the height of summer, you've got fireworks, BBQs. This was also our first 4th of July in Lewiston. We quickly found out the place to be was Adam's Field for the annual Community Spirit Fireworks show. I was assigned to cover the fireworks show for the news, so it worked out perfectly!

All three of us waiting for the fireworks. We had a busy day with church, an amazing BBQ with some friends of ours and then straight to the field.

Addi in her patriotic dress and of course home made bow.


Addi with Grandpa Joe, who came to visit us over the weekend. (Notice she is wearing a different bow. She spit up all over her dress, so we changed her into the spare outfit, and of course mommy had packed a matching home made bow. I mean really, what outfit is complete without a bow?)


Addi in her patriotic shirt from Grammy!


One month old! I love this picture. I picked out that giraffe for her. She doesn't quite know what to think about it all.

"Mommy... can we take a break from pictures?"

-Zach

Growth Spurt

Addi has been eating more often and sleeping more than usual. I think she is growing!! I have mixed feelings about this...so excited for her different stages and her personality to develop but really sad to lose my itty baby. Growth spurts sure are exhausting...for mommy and baby!

She was having a hard time settling down last night so Zach took her back to our room for it to be dark and quiet but he never came back...I was working on some blog designs so it was probably a few hours later I go back there and this is what I found...

Isn't that the cutest picture ever?! I just think its so adorable how she is curled up on her side with her little hand on him...Addi sure loves her Daddy!

2 AND 3 weeks

I kept meaning to post last week about Addi's 2nd week and now here it is 3 weeks and I never made it! So here is what we've been up to the last TWO weeks...

Its true what they say, that newborn babies mostly...

Eat.
(Addi had her first bottle with breastmilk at about 2 weeks old...she did great and has still been nursing great! Now Zach can get up with her and feed her once and while which he has already done and we can take a bottle to church, on trips, etc. Yay!)

Sleep.
(Notice in both these pictures she is sleeping with her mouth wide open...yeah she gets that from her mom who gets it from her mom! Its a family thing.)

Aaaaaand poop! Lets take a closer look at the above picture...

Yup...thats projectile poop people...you've heard of projectile vomit? Well, Miss Addi has introduced us to projectile poop! Yummy looking isn't it?! :) Notice the arrows in the picture, they show where Addi strategically shot the door as well as the floor, all along her changing table and anything else that got in the way! lol I was changing her diaper and before I could get a clean one on she literally shot out poop. It was pretty gross. Sweet Zach cleaned it all up while I fed the little dear. Good thing she is so dang cute! :)

I LOVE this picture, she does this adorable thing when she is waking up where she lifts her chin, arches her back and stretches her arms with her eyebrows lifted. Its the cutest thing you ever saw!

Other than eat, sleep and poop Addi has also...

Had her first real bath since her umbilical cord fell off...it happened about a week after she was born...I was surprised it was so fast! She loves the bath, she doesn't cry or anything but it takes both of us because she is so slippery in that little tub. One of us has to hold her and one wash.

And of course dressing up and looking cute!

She is still so tiny she doesn't fit into much, I didn't have a lot of newborn size outfits because everyone told me they grow out of them so quick...well thats if you have an 8 or 9 lb. baby...a 6 lb. baby stays in them for a while more! :) So I've been making her a few cute little dresses like the one above using her newborn onesies that fit her really well. They are super easy to make, basically just sewing fabric to the top of a onesie...if they weren't easy I wouldn't be able to get them done since my craft time has been extremely cut back, for good reason of course. :)

I did find time to whip together this cute set for a baby shower gift...
(I'm thinking of making some of these things to sell on Etsy or something...do you think people would buy them? I really need some help with the marketing end of it to get people interested...any tips/advice?!)


We (ok, maybe just me) like to do photo shoots...but you can see sometimes she isn't in the mood...


("Not now Mommy!" I'm in trouble if she is already hiding from the camera! :) )
After eating she was much more willing to cooperate.

Above is another outfit I made complete with hair bow and shoes! Isn't she beautiful?! I made this little dress for her first Sunday at church. We took her to all three hours today and I have to say it was a little stressful...she just had a hard time settling down and wanted to eat a lot and I didn't have any milk pumped so no trusty bottle. Needless to say we spent Sacrament Meeting and most of Relief Society in the mothers lounge. *sigh* Oh well...hopefully next week we can have it a little more together and timed better.

And last but certainly not least was TODAY...Fathers Day!! Zach is the BEST father! He is so very cute with Addi, he calls her princess and is always jumping up to take care of her. I just love it. Today we made one of Zach's favorite breakfasts, chocolate chip pancakes, went to church where all the men got PIE afterward (lucky!), and had a yummy steak dinner.

Zach smiling before we dug in...poor guy had to share his Fathers Day dinner with my sewing machine and crafts (life of living in an apartment with no sewing room!).

Happy Fathers Day to the perfect father and husband!
And Happy Fathers Day to both my father and father in law...we love you both!

1 week old!

Little Miss Addi turned one week old yesterday! We took this picture at 1:18 p.m.:

We are just having so much fun with this little peanut! There are not words to express how much we love her and how grateful we are for everyone's prayers and sweet comments this past week. She is so precious and such a gift. This past week has gone by soo fast...I don't want her to get bigger! But I know she will and am excited for everything to come too. Nursing was touch and go there for a few days, but we've both gotten the hang of things and its all good now. I just know this is what I'm meant to be, a mother...I feel like a part of me is more complete as I care for this sweet baby. Anyone that knew me well when I was young knows how I always wanted to hold the babies at church, etc. I've always just loved babies and now I finally have one of my own to take care of! Of course I already have Alexis, but that situation is obviously not the same. Little Addi has brought a new measure of joy and hope to our lives!

Here are some of the latest pictures:

First sponge bath at home

Sunday outfit, of course we didn't go to church but I thought it would be a good time to wear this little dress I fell in love with at the store and HAD to buy her. :) I just love all this pink and dressing up and of course she has to have a headband and flower!

This little girl already has her Daddy wrapped around her little finger! Its such a joy for me to watch. I just love it!

We loved having my mom here for a week...I wish we lived closer to family, thats the hardest part about living here. But we are grateful for the times we do get to see them.

Then Zach's mom and sister came to meet Addi! So much fun!

Chillin' with Grammy...
We were so glad they could make it up to meet the newest addition to the family!

We wish we lived closer to everyone so we could show her off to all of you! Please know how grateful again we are for your continued prayers and thoughts in our behalf.

Pictures!

We've have had lots of requests for more pictures of our sweet Addi...and I am more than happy to oblige! :) I'll have more to come soon...her newborn photo shoot is tomorrow!

Loungin' under the warm lights shortly after birth

Getting measured

Our little peanut weighing in at 6 pounds even!

Addi's first bath and a very happy Daddy helping while Mommy takes the pictures

She didn't cry at all during the bath...she was REALLY mellow her first day of life

Lotion time!

She is really strong and has a great grip and is so alert sometimes!

Daddy learning the diaper ropes

One of our nurses Kim, she helped me the very first time I went in for an NST and was able to be my labor nurse too...she has become a good friend and it was so fun to have her there for Addi's entrance!

Just too darn cute!

Coming home!

Showing Addi her room for the first time

Daddy and his little girl

Photo shoot! :)