week 5 & 6...baby containers!

the one thing i never expected to learn about was how many ways one can contain a baby!
for example:
we have a bassinet to contain in the bedroom, a crib for her nursery, a pack-n-play for the living room, a bouncy chair for the dining room, and a cradle for the study, (so mom or dad can sit on the computer with one leg rocking the cradle....otherwise it is the fine art of typing with one hand which i have gotten really good at!), a stroller for walks (she's not a big fan of the stroller though), a car seat to contain her in the car, and baby bondage otherwise known as her baby backpack which she loves!
oh i forgot a baby bathtub for water containment!

anyways sadie's development at 5/6 weeks....
time does go quickly it is hard to believe how much she has grown in just a few weeks.
she has started saying goo and aaaaa, she loves kicking in her crib and has added a new sound a scream of delight!
she took a swimming bath with mom last night and loved it!
she went shopping at IKEA and picked herself out a little rug for the nursery
aside from that she is wonderful she is sleeping about three hours at night so mom is getting a little more sleep, she can lift her head up real high and keep it up for a LONG time, which stills scares us.....she is super strong
she has started launching herself off of bellies by getting her toe into the belly button and pushing which is great fun for her
she loves napping with mom and dad any chance she can get
our napping days are almost over though
it is time to think about work and school once again (bec is trying to put off the home improvement for a little longer...though we did start to go through the basement, the study, and the garage in attempts to get organized once again)
that is all for now!
sadie goes back to the doc's august 18 and bec goes back the august 2 to find out if she is allowed to go back to work...
if sadie starts walking and doing our taxes in the next week i will let you all know
otherwise we are on parental time which means i have no idea when i will update it again
until than
love!

week 4 learning to type with one hand

sadie at one month in her party dress!
so what has been happening.....
sadie went in for her second doctors visit...she is now
22 1/2 inches long and 10 lbs 13 ounces!
think she is getting enough to eat?
at one month sadie has traveled cleveland
she has been to the zoo with grandma bristol, trader joes, tommy's restaurant, cleveland museum of art, and babies-r-us to buy her soon to be arriving little cousin some cool things!
she had a great visit with grandma bristol who read her the runny babbit by shel silverstein
sadie was very sad to see grandma fly back home to Rhode Island but she sends her little bird calls of love
aside from that aaron and i are changing diapers and feeding her trying to get some sleep
she has started sleeping about three hours every night but that is after a five hour eating frenzy
i think we have a stress eater on our hands! aaron spends every night talking to sadie about how the day went and all the exciting things she has seen.
everyday she changes a little her hair is getting lighter and a little redder, her toes are big and her fingers super long, she still has really dark blue eyes so we are not sure what color they will turn out, she is growing out of all newborn clothes and is moving onto big girl clothes, soon she will be asking for a cell phone and the keys to the car!
remember we try and update the picture weekly so check out http://www.bristolarts.com/sadie/main.php and enjoy watching her grow with us!
she still loves to be swaddled and loves being held ALL the time, she laughs and of course she cries but that is usually when we are giving her a bath, she loves being in the car, and hearing the vacuum cleaner can not wait for her to walk so she can start vacuuming! frankie the cat is still avoiding her and all the electronic things and is still leaving bird parts on the front porch so she has not totally disowned us.
until next week......

week 2 and week 3

all things baby!
so its been some time since last we posted so here's the story.......
sadie has gained a pound as of june 29 and she has grown almost two inches!
she had her first doctors appointment and everything went well she was great until....we tried to leave and she decided it was time to eat and poop
her two favorite things so it took us about an hour to leave the doctors and three to get there
so we have learned moving fast with a new born is impossible
sadie can suck her thumb, left her head up, and actually has started to try to turn over!
she is a very strong and very independent little girl which makes aaron and i a little concerned for the teenage years.
since people have asked hers her birth story......
i will keep most of the graphics out but it was a very long delivery
i went into labor on june 14 at about 5:00 in the morning
the contractions were mild so i decided to sleep in
at about 11:00 the contractions started getting a little stronger so i called aaron at work and told him this was it! finally four days late she has decided to come play with her parents!
so aaron got home around 12:30 the contractions were still coming but not horrible
so we went and got some ice cream and walked around the library
the day progressed with us walking as much as we could up and down our street until the contractions were about 4 minutes apart time to go to the hospital......got to the hospital around 7:00 pm we got ourselves checked in and ready only to be told go home i had not dilated any more than 1 centimeter
UGH!!!
okay so home we go we were told come back when either the water breaks or the contractions are two minutes apart
so we walked some more up and down the street, we watched dodge ball (great movie to distract one from contractions) they kept coming stronger and closer, finally two minutes apart, i could barely walk much less talk at this point, back to the hospital we go its about 2:00 am
yup....we were sent back home i had only dilated one more centimeter the doctors gave us something to help me sleep and told us to go see my doctors at 9:30 that morning
so we get back home around 4:00 am and tried to sleep only to wake up at 8:00 drive to my doctors
still only 2 centimeters dilated
bec and aaron are now getting super tired
the contractions are about 2 minutes apart and very very strong
my doctor said go back to the hospital and this time they will not tell us to go home
so back to the hospital we go......
since things were not happening to fast the doctors started giving me things to speed up the contractions
aaron was a great coach helping me breath and getting me through some really rough contractions
several hours later sadie was still not coming so.....the doctor decided to do a c section
at this point i had been in labor for close to 30 hours only about six of these hours did i actually have the epidural
so a little after midnight on june 16th sadie decided to join us!
33 hours in labor and now we are a very happy family!