My Little Girly Girl

I can barely believe that my little peanut will be eight weeks old tomorrow! Part of me feels like she is still so "new" and part of me can't remember life without her. I am sad that my maternity leave is over on Friday but feel really lucky to get to work from home starting Monday, so I will still get to be home with her.

She is definitley a little girly girl. She loves a warm bath-which is funny because she she used to scream when we put her in the tub, and now she loves it in there and screams when we take her out! She seems to like when I dress her up in her outfits, including all of the bows! She likes it when I brush her hair and when I give her manicures. I am still to chicken to clip her nails so I file them, and call them her "manicures". Also she doesn't cry much, but when she does it's usually a girly little squeal, until she gets really mad and then watch out-it's loud!

Another thing she used to hate and now she loves is her swing-I am so glad she does, it's the only reason Bert and I get to eat dinner together in peace :-) She loves to sit in it-and sleep in it. As a matter of fact, lately she won't nap in her crib-only the swing. We have to work on that! Also about 25% of the time, she is sleeping through the night! Yay! I love those nights since I am still doing the late night feeding and Bert does the early mornings. I can't wait till it's every night, but I'll take what I can get.

We are really looking forward to Halloween this weekend. We are having the Harrison's and Mansfield's over. I can't wait to see the girls and all of the neighborhood kids in their costumes! I'm sure I will have some great pics to post!

Go Yankees!

Our Happy Baby...

Is starting to smile!

Smiley Baby at 5 weeks!

Camryn is now over five weeks old and almost ten pounds! She had her one month visit to the doctor the other day! She is officially nine pounds, ten oz. and 22 inches long, which is on right on track for her age. She had a shot while she was there and it was heartbreaking! Then she was up almost all night crying. It was horrible and her schedule is still messed up! I hope we get it back on track soon because she had actually slept through the night two nights in a row before that!

On a happier note, her Aunt Rebecca came to visit last weekend! We had such a nice time. She just loved Camryn! We mostly just hung out together and took a drive up to Elijay. We didn't actually go pick apples off the trees, but we bought apples and other goodies. I even baked a homemade apple pie! We also spent some time in the pumpkin patch.

Cammie's One Month Birthday, photo taken on Apple Picking Day.

Our Yearly Tradition at the Apple House.

Now this weekend Grandpa Eric is here for a visit! He has spoiled Cammie with clothes and stuffed animals! He is lucky becuase she just started smiling over the last few days and she has given him some big grins! He is very proud to have such a sweet grandbaby, I can tell.

The Easter Bunny Came Early.

I love hoods with ears!

Bert and I are doing good, a little tired because of Camryn's recent sleeping schedule. We got to enjoy a night out on out anniversary, courtesy of Karen and Ralph and we went to Bonefish for dinner. I am so happy to be married to Bert for two years now. He's a keeper. Well I'll keep posting about the progress of "little missy" as I like to call her. I can tell at this point she is starting to show her personality more and more.

3 1/2 weeks old...ALREADY!

Right now I am writing this blog with Camryn sitting in the baby bjorn strapped to me. We were going to go on a walk but now she is sleeping and I don't wan't to wake her up! I am looking down at her and can't believe how much she has grown since she first came home. She has officially moved out of her "newborn" diapers and into size ones. She is still in her newborn clothes, but I doubt for much longer. She is awake more during the day, and is very alert. I'm sure this was just an accident, but today I had her face down doing "tummy time" and she kicked her legs and rolled over onto her back! She definitely has some strong legs!

She has been liking her ocean playmat, she stares at the lights on it. She is starting to like the swing. She used to give me about 30 seconds before she started crying, and now I get a few minutes. She sleeps well at night. On a good night, she'll sleep from about 10:30-6:00 and wake up around 2:00 to eat. I take the 2AM feeding and Bert has been taking care of the 6AM before he gets ready for work.

I have decided to take her out of the house a few times to get her some fresh air and to make sure I don't get cabin fever. We have walked around the neighborhood, went on a drive, went to the park with daddy, and yesterday went to our first restauarant. She did good, but started to get hungry toward the end so Bert and I started eating at super speed to get out of there-even the waitress made a comment about how fast we finished.

She is really a good baby and pretty much only cries when she needs something. Sometimes it's a challenge to crack the code and figure out what it is that she needs!

This weekend Camryn gets to meet her Aunt Rebecca! We are all looking forward to her trip, and we are going to go for a drive up to Elijay to the BJ Reece Apple house, which is one of our favorite Fall festivities!

Camryn on her playmat:

After the bath with her chick slippers on:

Hanging out in the boppy in her twinkle toes PJs:

Two week birthday!

Boy, do I feel out of the loop! I can't believe my little baby is two weeks old today! I can already see some changes in her from when she was first born. She seems a little bigger, and that dark hair is a little longer. She looks more and more like her daddy every day, but I still see a little bit of myself in her. She has been a really good baby. She seems to get fussy about twice a day, and the past three nights she has been pretty good about sleeping. We actually have to wake her up a couple of times per night to feed her! I am hoping pretty soon she'll be sleeping through the night!

My mom and Frank are here now, cooking Bert and I lots of great food and helping with the baby. The actually gave us the night off the other night and Bert and I went out for sushi. It was great! I hadn't had any "real" sushi since December! I also had my first beer in nine months the other night. I was drinking it so slowly since I was afraid I was going to get bombed off of one beer-but I didn't. It was probably the best tasting beer I ever had, and it was only a Miller Lite!

I am feeling good, and proud to say, today is my first day with a non-maternity shirt on, and a wedding band that fits! Normal jeans here I come!

Bert has been a really huge help and I honestly give him a lot of credit. He does the morning feedings so I can get some sleep, and has been a really supportive husband while we both get adjusted to parenthood. I am a little nervous about next week when we don't have any of our parents here, but I know that we will be just fine :-)

Today is our second doctors appointment and I will post about it later on. At her first appointment, she had put on half an ounce since she left the hospital, which they said is great. They also scared the bejezus out of me about the swine flu, so don't expect to see me or the baby out in public for about 18 years.

Hopefully my future posts won't be so few and far between. I'm sure we'll be on some type of routine soon!

This was taken on Camryn's one week birthday.

We like to call her "grandma" in these PJs!

Hanging out in her huge hairband with some close friends!

Daddy got her this one:

Doctor's appointment update: Camryn is doing great! She is now 7 lbs 6 oz, she gained a lot since last week but is only in the 19th percentile of weight for her age. She is my little peanut! She is 21 1/4 inches long which is the 81st percentile. For right now she is long and lean! I am very happy to get such a great report!

She's here!!!

Wow, a lot has happened since my last blog! Wednesday night Bert and I went to the hospital to get induced. I started having contractions around 2AM and was really excited and geared up to have the baby! Early the next afternoon I got my epidural and was glad to be out of pain and figured Camryn was well on her way! A couple of hours later I started feeling bad pains and the doctor eventually discovered that my epidural was placed to high in my back, so I had to get another one! I was feeling good and was being told that the baby was coming soon but she had to "drop" a little more and I was watching my contractions go out of control on the monitor and was so grateful that I couldn't feel them until, I did feel them!! The pain was unbearable and I started acting like one of the crazy ladies in the movies begging anyone who would listen for a c section. The contractions were coming every 30 seconds, and the doctor wanted me to wait over an hour to see if the baby was going to drop. They didn't want to give me another epidural because if I could deliver, I wouldn't be able to push with a fresh epidural. Eventually they decided that my pelvis was too small and there was no way the baby could come out without a c section, so after 19 hours of labor, I DID end up getting ANOTHER epidural (not to mention between these three epidurals they were also adding meds to the ones I already had gotten) and was carted off to surgery. After about 15 minutes on the operating table I got to hear my sweet babies cries and it made it all worth it. I'll tell you what though, I can say right now, after that labor and delivery Camryn will be an only child-maybe after a couple of years I will have blocked it out of my mind and have another one. Maybe....

Camryn Makenna was born on 9/3/09 at 9:18 PM. She weighs 6 lbs, 15 oz (not as big as everyone thought!) and is 21 inches long. She has a full head of dark brown hair with dark colored slate eyes. Bert and I are just eating her up,and while we are totally exhausted, we are so happy with our little family. So far Miller has been good, he seems only slightly interested in the baby. Bert has been a big help, and I am so grateful for that. He must have been up and down the stairs a million times, since it's hard for me with the c section. His mom "Grandma Jennine" is here helping us out with the baby, cleaning, and cooking up a storm! My mom and stepdad, Frank are coming in Sunday to help us out too. I am looking forward to Cammie meeting them and for my mom's cooking! Matzo ball soup heals everything!

Here a few pics of Camryn. I'll post more soon!

It's The Final Countdown!!

I went for my weekly doctor's appointment yesterday and got some really exciting news! Camryn is going to be delivered tomorrow! I am actually being admitted to the hospital this evening, and will be induced tomorrow morning! From what I can tell I am getting induced because A) Camryn is full term-big and healthy and B) At the new Northside Forsyth Hospital for the time being, my doctor's office is on a rotation with a number of other practices, and they said they prefer to deliver their own babies. We are SO excited and ready to meet the baby!

Today Bert is working and I just have to make sure everything is packed and ready to go! I think we are heading over there at about 6:30 tonight. It's pretty great that this is scheduled because it gives me time to mentally prepare for my hospital stay. On the other hand, now I have all day to mentally prepare for my hospital stay. Fortunately I haven't spent the night in a hospital since I was born in one! I'm sure everything will be just fine, and I know people deliver babies every single day, so I am going to do my best to relax and go with the flow!

We are also very lucky that we have grandparents coming to stay with us for the first two weeks who I'm sure will be a huge help and that Bert's new job that he has only been at for three days is kind enough to give him all of next week off to help out and bond with his baby girl!

Well I'll keep posting as I get a chance, there may be lots of "waiting time" at the hospital, or if things are really busy, my next post may be full of baby pictures!!