Addison's Birth

Isaiah and I were super lucky to be able to be at the hospital when Addison was born. It was such an amazing experience to be able to listen outside the delivery room and hear our little girl being born. Addison's birth family was so amazing to let us be apart of her birth. We have been so blessed to be apart of their lives. Addison's birth has been a blessing to so many people. We will never cease to be amazed at Heavenly Father's plan and the intricate way he blesses and guides all of our lives.

Such a cute face and tons of hair!

Addison is a very alert and attentive baby. I think she's checking me out and wondering if I'll be a super fun mom (the answer is yes :)

She is a WAAAAAY smiley baby. We were fortunate this smile was captured on film. I've not been successful in capturing one myself. Even at 2 days old she was smiling away!

I love to burp Addison and snuggle my face in all her soft hair. It is so silky and often tickles our noses on accident.

2 days old. I'm amazed how much she has changed in the last 2 weeks. She is growing so fast!

Such little feet.

She is priceless.

A few observations

Milk mustaches are for weaklings that can't grow a milk beard.

Addison's stunt double has been indentified...

You didn't fill out your paperwork Wazowski.

:)

Parenthood thus far

I can't believe Miss Addison is already a week old. It is so much fun to have a baby in our home. So far Isaiah and I have adapted well to the lack of sleep a newborn brings. We can't complain too much though. She is such a happy and content baby who rarely cries and smiles all the time!

Here are a few of my favorite pics so far.

Addison can sleep anywhere and through anything! Isaiah was trying to burp her and she was zonked!

Proud Dad moment #1. Dressing your little girl.

I was at class on Thursday night and Addison spit up on herself. Isaiah wasn't sure how her clothes were organized so he checked the hanger and it said 0-3 months. He thought it looked a little big...LOL, it was a 3-6 month outfit and it was huge!

This picture also features the adorable Mary Jane socks my sister Nicole sent Addison all the way from Texas. They are super cute :)

Addison is a very alert baby. She has the biggest brightest eyes I've ever seen on a newborn. Her favorite time to be wide awake is around 2AM...lovely :) She really is daddy's princess. Isaiah loves being a dad and has been really good about getting up with her at night and taking his turn on changing diapers.

The other night Isaiah was up with her and I could hear him laughing. She makes the cutest faces and they make the late night feedings all worth the sleep deprivation.

A couple of snuggle buddies.

Being a mom is everything I hoped it would be. It's cool to hear her cry and know exactly what she needs. It's weird how you really can tell the difference between their different cries. I'm so amazed at the love you can feel for someone so small. Life is awesome!

She's Here! Addison Rose

Addison Rose was born April 17th at 6:34AM. She weighed 8 lbs 5 oz and 20 in long.

I'll give a better account of everything that happened later. I only have a few minutes so I wanted to introduce you to our sweet baby birl.

Our first family picture:

Just before we left the hospital. Can you believe all that hair!

She has the most beautiful blue eyes that we've ever seen.

Isaiah and I are so grateful for adoption. It has been such a blessing in our life. We're grateful to Addison's birth family as well. They are the most amazing remarkable people. They have become an extended family to us and we have truly been blessed to have them in our life.

We also want to thank everyone for their prayers on our behalf and for helping us to promote our adoption. Children are blessing no matter how they come into your family. Isaiah and I are looking forward to the days and years to come with this sweet baby girl.

PS: Can you believe we're finally parents!!

Babies are not evicted after their due dates :(

Well, it's April 16th and our baby girl is going to be at least 1 day late. Isaiah was very disappointed to realize that babies are not issued late notices and evicted from the womb once they go past their due date :) We are all on pins and needles to get the call that she is on her way to make her glorious appearance into the world.

These aren't as exciting as the pictures we'd like to be posting of us holding and loving our little girl - but this is what we have been doing the last few weeks to stay busy...

A trip to our local barber.

Daybreak is just around the corner from us and Isaiah was happy to find a manly barbershop. Infact the shop is called Guy's Barbershop. It is so cool. The barber named Guy, is classic.

Here are a few pics...


He even has an old school barber's chair. It's really cool to look at.

My favorite part is when he puts hot lather on the back of Isaiah's neck then uses an old school blade to finish up the hair cut. He also pulls out this big massaging thing and massages Isaiah's shoulders. Isaiah comes out looking like a million bucks. He highly recommends sending your husbands there :)

This is a fun picture of Isaiah installing the pendant lights in our kitchen. Our ceilings are so tall that Isaiah had to put the ladder on top of the counter. If I was really smart I'd also have a picture of the finished product below this picture but you'll just have to use your imagination. Trust me for now - they look lovely.

This is some fabric that my mom, aunt and grandma used to make baby girl a blanket. I love the bright colors and bold pattern. No fruffy pastel pink for our little lady.

I'm proud to announce that my mom graduated from LDS Business College yesterday. I'm soooo proud of her. Great Job Mom!

Today we went to the zoo with Isaiah's brother and their kids. We had soooo much fun. Here is Makayla and me sitting on the sneezing elephant. The loud sneezing sound did make Makayla a little nervous :) She was so cute and insisted on holding my finger everywhere she went. It made my day that she was loving me so much.

I've never been to the zoo in the spring to see all the baby animals. I loved the elephants. The baby was so cute. The mom would get a mouthful of hay then the baby would stick its little trunk in her mouth the grab himself a bite. It was adorable.

I'm not gonna lie. I was pretty excited that Makayla wanted to ride the train. The boys stayed back and Leslie and I took Makayla. It's the best $1.50 I've spent all day.

I think Isaiah and I have taken a picture right here almost everytime we've been to the zoo. It occurred to me when we took this that it might be our last picture as the childless wonders. Isaiah and I have had so much fun hanging out with each other over the last 6 years of our marriage. We both are so excited to welcome our new addition...whenever she decides to get here!

Practice Makes Perfect: Thank You Kermit

One question I've had asked countless times over the last few weeks is: Are you ready? I'm not really sure how to answer that. Are you ever really ready for your first baby? We have piles of onesies, diapers, bottles, and various gadgets. I figure we have way more than what the pioneers had and their kids survived so we'll probably be ok.

To put everyone's concerns to rest I figured I should practice some general baby skills. I'd like to thank Kermit the Frog for his cooperation.

Task 1. Dressing an infant: Accomplished. He looks lovely in pink (although I imagine he'd prefer a blue onesie).

Task 2: Strapping an infant into a carseat: Accomplished.


Task 3: Putting infant in crib for a nap. errr not accomplished: (it was harder than it looks. Kermit's eye's never close)

Task 4: Soothing a crying infant: Double Accomplished. Kermit's batteries died so he no longer sings Carribean Amphibean. The binky helped too.

Task 5: Multitasking. Accomplished!

Well I suppose this means we are ready. We can't wait for our bundle of joy to arrive. The only thing I need to do now to feel "ready" is to teach Isaiah how to change a diaper. I imagine Kermit will do for that task too.

Baby Wise?

So I've been told that Baby Wise is a good book to read. Does anyone have a copy we could borrow? I promise I'll take great care of it and return it to you with a plate of cookies :)

If you do send me an email at isaiahandrosie@gmail.com

Thanks!!