Life of the Webb Family

Big News!

2010-05-26T20:53:00.002-05:00

Well, if you don't know by now...

We are having another baby!!

The due date as of now is January 22nd, 2011. My first ultrasound is June 22nd but I don't forsee the date changing much. This was unexpected but we are very excited and happy! =) My first OB appointment was Monday and I love the new clinic we are going to. The nurse practioner we saw was so helpful and nice. And I have prescriptions for Zofran and Phenerghan tucked away for when I need them. I'm almost 6 weeks and I feel okay so far, but I didn't *really* start to feel sick with Madelyn until I was about 8 weeks. I am very....um..impatient...and snippy now-a-days, however.

Madelyn doesn't really understand yet, but I think she will be a great big sister. She says "baby" if you ask her what is in my tummy, and she lifts up my shirt to see, but I'm sure she doesn't understand. She has been so silly lately. She is SUCH a talker. OH and I think we will be potty-training soon. She is much more aware of dirty diapers and she knows that pee pee goes in the potty. I have put her on the potty a few times and she likes to sit there but she hasn't actually done anything yet. I would love for her to be potty trained before this new baby comes so I have a good 9 months to go, lol.

Easter 2010

2010-04-22T21:52:00.002-05:00

Well we spent Easter in North Carolina with the Lutz's and my little godbaby, Oliver!! It was so fun but I will have to make another post about that. Anyway, we did Easter a day early for Madelyn.

The goods from the Easter bunny: She got crayons, two books, a new toothbrush and her "choo-choo" toothpaste, some M&Ms (her fave), and some new bath toys.

And here are her goooooooorgeous pics that were done by Amanda! I LOVE them!! She is also going to do her 18 month pics next week- so excited about that!!

There are more but these are some of my faves.

Sooo in Madelyn news, she is FINALLY WALKING as her primary means of transportation! And there is no stopping her now! She just went for her 18 month checkup and she weighed 24 pounds and was 31 inches tall. She had to get three shots, my poor baby, and she had to get her finger pricked. She didn't even cry for the finger but for the shots she screamed, but recovered quickly. Also...she is meeting all of her milestones, in fact, she has already met most of the two year milestones! I am so proud of my little girl! She is a little chatterbox, and she is just starting to say simple sentences. My favorite is when you walk into a room and she says hi to you by name. Like, "hi, dada!" or she will tell the water byebye when we get out the tub "bye bye wa-wa" its so cute! Her latest words are "Say-so" (Peso, our dog), "fwa-wa" (flower), "ah-cweam" (ice cream). She says the neighbor's dog's name "tay-tway" (Trey) and she told her BFF Carsyn HI the other day "hi sar-syn!" She is so smart.

Well there is so much to write about. I am going to organize all her milestones in another post, probably with her 18 month pics. I can't believe she is halfway to TWO!!!!

WALKING!

2010-03-26T20:32:00.002-05:00

Just shy of 18 months and Madelyn has FINALLY started WALKING!! Unfortunately it seems like this was temporary as she has not walked for the past two days and has gone back to crawling. It is so frustrating because I know she can do it, she just doesn't want to!

In other news...Mitch and I have finally treated ourselves to an AMAZING new bed!! Its embarrassing to say how old our mattress was. We got the king size that I wanted. I heart having friends who own a furniture store! haha!

OK really this bed...its a beautiful thing. Now I'm ready to fix up our bedroom all pretty. I have plans...plans that involve paint. And new furniture. And power tools.

And WE'RE BACK!

2010-03-19T16:26:00.004-05:00

Oh where have we gone?? Well...nowhere. I have just been incredibly busy and pushed this thing off on the back burner. So lets play the "what the heck have the Webb's been up to??" game!

1. I finally got my booty back in school! I started taking some online classes but after I realized that I hated the major I picked...I decided to go back to Southeastern for my one true love...BACTERIA! haha, I am majoring in microbiology and I heart it. I love being back in school. It has made my life a billion times busier and more stressful but that's okay. I only go on tuesdays and thursdays so its not too bad as far as having to commute to Hammond. And I kind of like the alone time on the drive as well. =)

2. It snowed about ohh....a billion times. We only went out to play in it once because Madelyn was sick. She loves the snow... and she loves to be outside in general. She throws a huge fit when it is time to go inside. Luckily now the weather is beautiful so we have been spending more time out!

3. Madelyn is STILL. NOT. WALKING. But, that's okay. I know she is perfectly capable of it but she is stubborn as a mule and she simply does not want to walk. We took her to be evaluated by a physical therapist and they said she is meeting all her milestones except this one. She just "skipped" it because there are milestones after walking that she has already met. Later that night...or maybe the next day she took about 4 steps on her own. She takes steps every now and then but only when she knows there is something she can catch herself on. She can also stand unassisted but will get mad if you try to make her do it. She has to do it herself. She just recently has discovered that she can go from sitting to standing without any help, but she doesn't do it often. I give up...she will walk when she decides she wants to. SOON would be nice since she's over 20lbs and that's not very fun to carry all over but....I am trying to be patient.

4. THE SAINTS WON THE SUPERBOWL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

5. Our air conditioner finally died. It was installed in 1976 when our house was built, so it was way past its time. 34 years!! Older than me! So this started a big snowball rolling. Ok, so we were considering moving to the Hammond area. We just had to make sure we would be able to do it financially and that included finishing our renovations on the house and seeing what it would appraise for. I know it will appraise for more than we bought it for (it was a foreclosure...and we have put a lot of work into it). OK so we figured...we had to take out a loan for the new A/C...might as well just take out what we need to finish the renovations! So right now we are in the process of refinancing. Most of the projects we have to do aren't a big deal, there is some painting, and changing out light fixtures, etc. The biggest things are getting the ceramic tile put down in the bathrooms and kitchen, tiling the countertops and backsplash in the kitchen, and the worst thing...........digging out the backyard. AHHH. Luckily our backyard is tiny so it shouldn't be TOO bad...but the ground comes up above the foundation which means when it rains alot, water gets into our bedroom. Sooo we have to find someone to dig the ground down below the foundation then we will probably have to re-sod. Bleh....not fun stuff.

6. Madelyn is a bookworm baby. She LOVES her books and has most of them memorized. There is one she loves called "Counting Kisses" about a baby getting kisses before she goes to bed...she knows the whole book. Kisses on the toes, and the knees, and chin, etc etc she knows which one is on each page. She amazes me every day with the stuff she knows. Its so amazing when you don't even think she is listening but she is picking up on EVERYTHING around her. She's also a chatterbox....she points out everything she knows the word for and sometimes she just babbles on and on and on. Its so cute.

7. I gave up soft drinks and fast food for Lent. I don't even miss it. And bonus: I've lost 11 pounds!! I have also been trying really hard to work out, even if its like 15 minutes a day. I'm proud of myself! Its a huge motivation to see changes on the scale!

8. I turned 24 on Feb 6th, mine and Mitch's one year wedding anniversary was on Feb 20th, and Maddy is now 17 months old. I think that's all the important dates...

9. I have been working on my fear of flying. I am deathly afraid of airplanes and airports and everything that goes along with it. Well, over Spring Break I am going to get my chance to be a big brave girl because......

10. I'M A NANNY!!!!!!!!

Little Oliver was born on March 15th. How precious is he?! So Maddy, Mitch, and I are flying up to NC over Spring Break to spend time with him and his new parents. I am SO excited and so happy for my BFF! And I'm happy to have a little vacay. =)

So there you go. It has taken me all day to write this, literally. I have had to stop and come back at least 6 times. I promise to update more often and if I don't, feel free to send me a friendly reminder. =) Tomorrow is EASTER PICTURES so look for those soon!!

Milestones

2010-01-01T10:43:00.002-06:00

Madelyn is now almost 15 months. And let me just say...she is seriously the smartest baby ever. She understands EVERYthing. She is talking more and more, too. Here are some of her favorite things to say:

-"Go Wok!" (walk). She wants you to walk around with her all day long. She still isn't walking on her own yet.

-"OUT!" When she wants out of her high chair or she wants to go outside.

-"GO GO GO!" She says this alot in the car.

-"Meow Meow" everytime she sees a cat (or a small dog...lol)

-"Go, Dog!" when the dogs annoy her.

-She calls everything by name, especially B words. Ball, Baby (beebee), Block (bok), Toes (doooooh-s), Ears, Eyes (eee-s), Shoes (chooos), Cheese (sheeees), fish (sshhh), juice (doosh).

-"Baf!" When you ask her if she is ready for her bath, she crawls to the bathroom, and then she sits in front the door and says baf baf baf!

She can also identify ears, toes, eyes, nose, teefies, and hair.

She can tell what sounds some animals make. She will usually do bird (tee tee tee), cow (mooow), dog (wooh wooh). For duck she makes a growling sound, and I have no idea where she learned that.

I know I am missing a ton of things but those were the main things I wanted to highlight on. She is quickly going from my little squishy baby to a big girl toddler, and while it is fascinating and amazing to watch her grow, I do miss my little snuggly baby!!

Christmas 09

2009-12-31T19:52:00.002-06:00

OK so after being reminded by about a million people, here is a new post! First I will go through our Christmas activities and then I will make a separate post about all the new things Madelyn is doing lately.

So on Christmas Eve, Mitch had to work, which was a huge bummer. The plan was for Madelyn and I to go to my dad's in Destrehan and then to my mom's in Ponchatoula. Well, we ended up having some pretty nasty weather so I didn't make it to Destrehan. I went a night early to my mom's, though, so we did get to celebrate there. We made a yummy dinner and had a nice, quiet evening. I could tell Maddy wasn't feeling too great, and she ended up running a fever that night before. When she woke up that morning her right eye was all crusty so I figured she was getting pink eye. It was Christmas eve so there wasn't much I could do, I just figured I'd take her in to the doctor after the holidays. Here are some pictures of Madelyn opening her Christmas presents from my mom and sister. Since she wasn't feeling well, I didn't get many pictures.

So after all was done, we headed back home so we could open Santa gifts in the morning- plus Mitch was coming home that morning! On the way home, Maddy fell asleep, but she kept waking up every 10 minutes or so, and she sounded like she was choking. I started to get a little worried and ended up swinging by the ambulance station to let Mitch check her out. He listened to her chest and looked at her and said we needed to go to the ER. So, off we went to the ER and Mitch met us there.

We got there and her poor eyes were SO swollen and crusty, and she was so congested. She had a fever of about 102. She looked so pathetic. So she got a chest x-ray and a flu swab, both which came back fine. The Dr diagnosed her with a sinus infection and bronchitis. Since we have NO 24hr pharmacy, he said he would give her a shot of antibiodics to help her start feeling better before we could get her rx filled. POOR BABY! That has to be one of the most painful shots. She screamed and screamed like I've never seen her scream before and she had a big bruise the next day. So sad! But, it did the trick because the next morning she woke up and looked much better! You won't be able to tell from the pictures but I swear it is an improvement.

She didn't get a whole lot from Santa because she also got her new crib (which I guess I should post a picture of too!) and I knew she was going to get a TON of stuff from our families. She loves her bouncy zebra. She sits on it and watches TV and bounces. Its so cute. Overall she had a good morning although she clearly was still not feeling well. Oh and here are my gifts from my wonderful husband. I LOVE them!!

Later that day, we went to Natchez to celebrate Christmas with the Webbs. When I said I knew she was going to get a ton of stuff....I really wasn't prepared for all the toys, books, and clothes that she got! It took us forever to open all her gifts!

Here is a pic of the whole pile.

Opening gifts at the Webb's is crazy. Its just a huge free for all. Wrapping paper and toys and bows and boxes and kids are everywhere. I love it!

Ok so now on to Christmas #3! The day after Christmas, we went down to Destrehan to visit with my dad since we missed the big family gathering. Madelyn got a Barbie Power Wheels 4 wheeler from my dad. It is the most hilarious sight to see her driving it.

She was totally being a ham.

Eyes are MUCH better as you can see!

Well that was our Christmas. Very laid back except for the ER visit!

Woops, forgot to add these pictures.

Maddy's new crib. Eventually all the furniture in her room will be white.

IPhone doesn't take very good pictures of lights...but here's our tree and our stockings. =)

holiday preparations

2009-11-24T13:49:00.002-06:00

On Sunday I decided it was way past time for me to go through Madelyn's toys. I knew it had to be done soon because her toy corner in the living room also happens to be the Christmas tree corner. It wasn't long before I got overwhelmed (as you can see why)

but I did manage to weed through all the toys. I ended up putting about 3/4 of them aside to give away. Talk about a feeling of accomplishment!! After that, I had to put the remaining toys somewhere....so I decided to put them in her own room. This meant I had to organize all the stuff on her changing table so I could use the shelves to put her toys on.

She sat in her room and played so nicely while I was going through the rest of the house cleaning up. That is, until I heard a WAHHH! And went to see what the problem was.

How does she always seem the find the one spot that I did not think to baby-proof??

Well anyway, I managed to clean pretty much the entire house that day. We are officially ready for decorations!

And the Christmas tree corner is ready! Next blog I will include pictures of the tree- right now Maddy and I are going outside to watch Mitch put up the lights. =)

germs germs germs

2009-11-24T13:23:00.003-06:00

The Webb home has been a house full of germs for the past month or two. It all started when Maddy started running fever the night of her birthday party. We went to the dr. when her fever got up to 102.5. He did a CBC and a flu swab (which was negative) and said that she probably just has a little virus. Well she has been running fever on and off ever since. About a week and a half ago, her fever shot up to 104. We went back to the dr. and she had double ear infections. She got some augmentin for it which caused havoc on her poor tummy- and gave her a terrible yeast infection. No one would call me in any diflucan for her, so I ended up taking her to the ER to get some. It is the ONLY thing that cures her yeast infections. She is so prone to them. I think she finally feels better and is starting to heal. Well in the middle of poor Maddy's sicknesses, I got strep. I haven't had it since I got my tonsils out when I was 17 but I knew the second I started getting a sore throat exactly what it was. I got a shot of penicillin and was much better in a few days. Now, Mitch has a sinus infection. AHHH I hate this part of fall/winter. I hope we have all paid our dues for this flu season and we will stay healthy for the remainder of the year! Sick babies + holidays + travel = no fun for anyone!!

Poor sick baby eating her popsicle

Halloween festivities!

2009-11-24T12:59:00.003-06:00

Wellllll for Halloween I had the bright idea to paint pumpkins instead of carving them! So Halloween eve we invited Carsyn and Amanda to come over and join us- surprisingly, neither Mitch or Amanda had a heart attack when the babies got paint all over the place. But I'm sure it was a close call! The paint was non-toxic...so I just let Maddy go at it. The next evening we went trick or treating around the block in Edgewood. We didn't stay out too long which was fine with us because Mitch lost his mind and bought a billion bags of candy so we were already stocked. So we came back to the house and grilled out with the neighbors. It was a fun night!!

Painting pumpkins- Maddy liked painting herself better.

Carsyn and her pumpkin

Maddy and her finished pumpkin and her costume

laughing at mommy =)

daddy and his ballerina

nummy nummy

most beautiful baby ever!!

Hattiesburg zoo and shopping trip!

2009-11-02T21:33:00.005-06:00

Well this weekend I really wanted to take Maddy to the Audubon Zoo. Unfortunately I ended up with strep throat so that didn't look like it was going to happen. Then realized that VooDoo Fest was this weekend as well and I am not brave enough to bring a one year old to the city during a big event. On Sunday we got up and I felt okay so we decided to go to Hattiesburg and check out their zoo and maybe do a little shopping. Well, the zoo....sucked. It was lovely weather and there were no crowds but, they just don't compare to Audubon. But I LOVE the city! SO much shopping and SO many things to do. We went to Toys R Us to spend Maddy's gift card that she got from Sandy for her birthday, and she got a ball popper toy that she LOVES. Her daddy isn't so crazy about it because the balls go all over the place and you have to chase them down all the time. But Maddy is happy and that is all that matters, haha. Aside from the shopping we did, we got to eat at Olive Garden and it was DELISH! I highly recommend the 4 cheese mezzalunas. YUM! Madelyn was so well behaved throughout the whole trip despite not having a nap all day. However once we were on our way home, she had a meltdown and I had to sit in the back of the truck with her and feed her dinner. And I got to find out how uncomfortable the back of Mitch's new truck is.

Waiting to get on the zoo train- she was singing itsy bitsy spider =)

Ohh mommy a tiger!

Happy girl! She took her boots off but her outfit was super cute before that!

Maddy and Mitch in the prairie dog hole haha

Wow that's a BIG meow!

Riding the carousel- she loved it!

At toys R us- Anyone want to get her the pink Caddy for Christmas? =)

And then we found this one....

And when we took her off she threw her first temper tantrum in a toy store!

Pumpkin Patch!

2009-10-23T20:47:00.005-05:00

Today we went to the pumpkin patch with Amanda, Carsyn, and Nanny Brooke! The weather was perfect and we had a great time!

My punkin sittin with the other punkins =)

She wasn't as amused with the big chicken as I was...oh well.

Driving the tractor

Mommy and Maddy

Sitting on the tire horse swing

Carsyn with her eyes closed and Maddy making a fuss

Carsyn being cute and Maddy with her eyes closed haha

Nanny and Maddy

Madelyn's First Birthday Party!

2009-10-23T19:29:00.006-05:00

On October 10th we celebrated Madelyn's first birthday! She had a BLAST! Thanks to everyone that came out to celebrate! We had a great time despite the fact that the weather was not too nice and we had to cancel the bouncy house. Here are a few pictures. Unfortunately I do not have any pictures of her digging into her birthday cake. Whoever has pictures of that, please send them my way!!

How awesome was her birthday cake! LOVE it!

She had just woken up right before the party started so she was in a great mood. I love this picture of her!

Our family =)

Pretty girl

Opening gifts, she got sooo many clothes and toys!

Blowing out the candle on her cake!

Maddy and her great-great-grandmother.

Madelyn ONE YEAR pics and stats

2009-10-07T21:17:00.004-05:00

Well I know this is completely unbelieveable but...my BABY is ONE! She is still 23 lbs and 30 1/4 inches. She is talking so much. She can now say baby (which she says all the time and its also what she calls EVERYthing), all gone, go, nummynummynummy, and probably some more that I am forgetting. She is so fun at this age. She is learning and absorbing so much. She is still not walking but today she did stand unassisted for a few seconds. I KNOW she can do this but she gets scared when you let her go. I think the only reason she did it today is because she was distracted and didn't realize she was standing by herself.

Tomorrow is her birthday party. We were supossed to have a bouncy house but unfortunately I had to cancel it due to the weather. There is so much to do tomorrow but I am excited!

I will post Maddy's one year pics that I took, as well as her "official" one year pictures from her photoshoot. =)

Maddy practicing walking

2009-09-22T12:05:00.002-05:00

Maddy practicing walking

Up until about a week ago, if you tried to get her to walk, she just sat back down. One night we decided to practice and she was SO excited that she didn't want to stop! She still won't walk with her walker toy thing but she will holding on to hands. Yay!

I have some random pictures that I may post tonight. Right now we are getting ready to go for Maddy's cake smashing photoshoot! I have a feeling she is going to LOVE this.

Eating Healthy day #1!

2009-09-21T21:16:00.003-05:00

I have a new goal of trying to eat healthier. This is the next step in my process of taking better care of myself. I have gotten all my medical issues under control, I am in the process of dental work, and now I will be changing my diet. In addition to this I am also going to be getting my hair and nails done on a regular basis. It makes me feel better so I want to BE better. No more putting myself on the back burner!!!

Before we went grocery shopping this week, I went to eatingwell.com and picked out some recipes that sounded good. A few people have asked for the recipe for the dinner I made tonight, so here ya go! It isn't the exact recipe you'll find on the website, because I omitted some things and changed the cooking method around a little.

Paprika Shrimp and Green Bean Saute

2 cans cut green beans, drained
3 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
1/4 cup minced garlic
2 teaspoons paprika
1 pound raw shrimp, peeled and deveined
1 16-ounce can baby butter beans
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup chopped fresh parsley, divided
Freshly ground pepper, to taste

Heat oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Add garlic and paprika and cook, stirring constantly, until just fragrant but not browned, about 20 seconds. Add shrimp and cook until pink and opaque, about 2 minutes per side. Stir in butter beans and salt; cook, stirring occasionally, until heated through, about 2 minutes. Stir in 1/4 cup parsley. Stir in green beans and cook until heated through. Sprinkle with pepper.

I served it over brown rice and it was delish! Very easy to make, too!

And here is the nutrition info if anyone is interested.
Nutrition
Per serving : 245 Calories; 8 g Fat; 1 g Sat; 6 g Mono; 115 mg Cholesterol; 26 g Carbohydrates; 23 g Protein; 8 g Fiber; 596 mg Sodium; 855 mg Potassium

Stay tuned for pictures from Amber's baby shower and a video of Maddy!

new words

2009-09-14T22:13:00.002-05:00

Maddy can say the following words. By this I mean she has said them, when I have asked her to say them, but she won't always do it.
*No, no (nuh nuh nuh)
* Cat (Cah)
*Dog (Duh)
*Mama (Meme)
*Dada
*Meow
*Bye Bye (bababa)

I can't believe I forgot to include that on the last post! I'm so proud of her! She is so funny, when she goes to do something she's not supossed to and I tell her no no, she will stick her finger out and say nuh nuh nuh! So silly!

She can also identify "light" and "cat" and "dog." Although she thinks the only light is our light in the living room. If we are not at home she looks at you like, "Why are you asking me where the light is? You know its at home!"

Oh my child. She is something else.

Also wanted to add that I changed my layout! I love it! And I made the header thing with our pictures MYSELF! I'm so proud. It looks good on my screen...it probably looks like crap on someone elses. Oh well. =)

11 month pics and stats

2009-09-11T20:16:00.005-05:00

My baby is 11 months old. One more month until her birthday! I can remember when I thought I was going to be pregnant forever, and now my baby is about to turn the big O-N-E! It is just crazy how fast time flies once you have a child. I think I say that every month but it is so true. She is about 23 pounds and 30 1/4 inches. That's only about a half pound and 1/4 inch bigger than last month. I think she has slowed down a little bit because of all the moving around she is doing now.

Our 11 month pictures went about as well as long month's pictures. She hates bows and won't sit still. AH! I did the best I could.

Always trying to pull the bow out of her hair.

Cheesy smile

I love pictures where you can see her teefies!

She was doing wheels on the bus in this picture!

Madelyn has been doing a few new things lately. First, she is now....growling. I don't know WHAT is up with that. She growls out of nowhere just when she is playing, but she also started growling when she is mad! I think she also had her first real temper tantrum the other day. It was so bad I made her go down for nap an hour and half early. She just would not stop whining and crying and growling.

Another thing she has been doing is the wheels on the bus. She kind of waves her arms up and down. She also likes to play patty cake and tap her hands on yours. She can "dance" which basically just consists of her bouncing up and down and shakin her booty, ha. Man I always have so much to say but then when I blog I forget it all!

I wanted to post a picture of her in this cute outfit she had on the other day. You can't really see it too well in this picture but it was precious!

In other news, we have been SO busy lately. We have a ton of birthdays coming up, plus planning for holidays. I am also throwing my BFF a baby shower next weekend. Then Maddy's party will be on Oct. 10th. In addition to that, we are painting our kitchen cabinets! I wish I had a "before" picture on this computer. When we moved into this house, everything was brown brown brown. We had to lighten it up a little! I can't WAIT to get the new countertops, sink, and floors. Its going to look SO much better. Here is a little sneak preview of the cabinets:

I am also painting the trim in the whole house white. So far all I have done is the big window in the living room and the front door. But I am trying not to stress myself out with getting it done in one day. My goal is to have the trim in the living room painted and the kitchen cabinets completely done by Maddy's birthday party. So, I have a little time.

Well I am completely exhausted and ready to go get into bed. Tomorrow always comes way too fast.

Beautiful Day!

2009-08-24T22:27:00.004-05:00

Well today was GORGEOUS outside!!! Yesterday I took Maddy to swing at the park for a little bit because it was so pretty out. She loves to swing and would crack up when I would grab her feet and then let her go. I love to hear her laugh, it is contagious! You can't help but laugh along with her!

Today Maddy slept way late, which was totally okay with me! In fact, she slept so late that her naptime schedule was thrown off, so we were able to attend our first Storytime at the library! Maddy is still a little too young to participate but I think she likes the music and the people. After that we went with some friends and their little girls to the park to eat lunch and play. Its a good thing I had a baby girl because everyone around here has little girls! If I had a boy I don't think he'd have any friends! Maddy is still the baby of the bunch so she can't really "play" but she likes to swing and just be outside. And I like to have time with other ADULTS! I really hope this weather continues because it makes the days go by so much faster when you can actually get out and do things.

Also, I was finally able to attend my first mom's night out in three months! I missed mom's night out so much when I was sick. The past month or so has made me realize how crappy I really felt for the past year. I really didn't do much of anything except go back and forth to doctor's appointments and hospitals. I wanted to get out and socialize and meet new people in this town but I just always felt so blah. Now that I actually feel GOOD again I am so excited to finally be getting out and doing things. On that note, I had my post-surgery appointment with my GI doctor about a week or so ago. He walked in the room and I said, "You're my HERO!" I asked what he thought caused all this and he said "you got pregnant." HAHA I knew it! I don't think Maddy will ever get a sibling because pregnancy is not nice to me.

I also want to say CONGRATULATIONS to my friend Jenn and her fiance Ed! They got engaged! I'm so happy for yall and I can't wait for the wedding!!

So here's what you really came to read about: Maddy news! Well, she is getting her fourth bottom tooth in. This one wasn't so bad thank goodness. She is always go go go and the second she wakes up she is up on her feet. I don't think she is half awake sometimes but she pops up and is ready to go. She is also getting so stubborn. She loves to press all the keys on the keyboard on my laptop, and well...I don't want her to break anything, so I have to tell her no a million times. She is starting to throw mini temper tantrums I think when she gets told no when she wants something. She will cry and if I am holding her she will wriggle around till I put her down. I am starting early with her teaching her that NO means NO. Maybe this will make the toddler years a little easier to deal with? Ha. She has done well so far with using repetition as a means of discipline. If I have my laptop out and she pulls up on the table and starts pushing buttons, I move her away and tell her no, that is for mommy. And I do this about a bazillion times until she is aggravated and starts to cry or she gets distracted by something else. It is so wearing on the nerves but I think she needs to start learning this now. Of course there are plenty of times where I just close the darn thing because I don't have the patience. But, I try. I have to say that 10 months has been one of the more trying months we have had. She is much more opinionated and...well....just plain WHINY now. Some days I just whine along with her. I tell myself she will outgrow it but I know in the back of my mind this is just the beginning. Sigh. Also one of her new fave discoveries is drinking from a straw. I got her a cup with a straw in it and she has been doing pretty well with it. Oh there are so many things I want to say but then I start typing and forget them all. Ah well. It is late and I know yall are ready for pictures so here ya go.

Maddy in her first bubble bath! She loved it! I went nuts telling her not to eat the bubbles every 2 seconds but she had a blast. This actually happened on accident, apparently her shampoo bottle got knocked over and leaked into the tub, so when I turned on the water it was bubblepalooza. I love her faces in these pictures. I can almost hear the giggling when I look at them. =)Delilah was actually using my kid as a stool to get into Maddy's high chair to eat the leftover puffs in the seat. AHHH this dog is going to be the end of me.

This was one day after a bath, her hair was wet and she had a little bitty tiny ponytail!! =)

This was an early morning for us, we went with Amanda to a yard sale at 7am!! YES I was up and dressed that early, can you believe it! It was worth it though because I scored 4 pairs of jammies, a onesie, and an outfit all for THREE BUCKS! Yeah!! Oh and by the way, the clothes she is wearing in this picture are all size 18 months. We love when Ms. Amanda shrinks Carsyn's clothes!! haha!!

This was one morning playing in her exersaucer. I think she looks SO much like Mitch in this one.

Eating her brush. I LOVE those big blue eyes.

She's got the life.

Yesterday morning before we went to play on the swings. I don't know how I got a picture of her with that bow in her hair. It didn't last long.

My most favorite picture of all!! We were just relaxing out in the yard one afternoon and got the urge to play dress up. Amanda took this out in the yard in like 2 minutes. Yes my baby is a supermodel and Amanda is the best photographer ever! So here I go pimping her out! She is doing 1/2 off fall mini sessions and she is already extremely affordable so go check her out!

10 months pics and stats

2009-08-10T17:59:00.005-05:00

I'm so late with this month's blog! Well, Madelyn is now 10 months old! Its so crazy how time flies!! She now weighs 23 lbs and is 30 inches long. She is wearing mostly 12 month clothes.

Ok, it is getting harder and harder each month to take her pictures. This time I couldn't get her to sit still for 5 seconds. So 95% of the pictures I got are of her trying to crawl away, pull up on the side rail of her crib, take her bow out of her hair, or crying for me to pick her up. AHH! How I miss the days where she would sit quietly and play toys.

Now THAT is more like it! haha

10 months has been a really interesting time so far. She is getting so opinionated. She has severe mommy-itis lately also. She always wants "memememe." If I am sitting on the couch trying to do school work, she crawls over and pulls on my leg or pants for me to pick her up. She is getting really good at pulling up on stuff. She is also started "crusing" very very carefully. She still is not crawling with belly off the floor but she can army crawl REALLY fast. She also gets up on her feet and hands and puts her booty up in the air while she is playing, but she doesn't move like that. Something else I wanted to mention: She can now "walk" while holding on to something. She can pull herself on to her winnie the pooh play table and walk it around the room. The other day I was on the phone and looked up and there she was just moving across the room. I was shocked! As much as I try to "practice" with her she always ends up doing things on her own when I'm not helping at all.

We have also been exploring new foods! She is getting so good at feeding herself. She eats baby crackers and cereals, and she gets a cup of "juice" which is really just water with a splash of apple juice once a day. She also loves yogurt melts. Another thing we are working on is gradually phasing out the bottle. I have been trying to do a bottle in the morning and at night only with formula in a sippy cup during the day. Soon I think I'm going to take away the nighttime bottle. She isn't really "attached" to bottles so I think this will go pretty smoothly, and she is doing much better with her sippy cups. Here's a few pictures of her feeding herself some broccoli. Yum! I especially love it when she puts it all in her hair!

The last picture is of Maddy and Pop from when we went visiting in Natchez last friday.

Today Maddy and I went swimming with Amanda and Maddy's bff Carsyn. The kiddie pool is perfect for her to splash in and she had a great time! Afterwards we went to Chilly Willy's which is a new orleans style snowball/snack place. I got a grasshopper snowball which Maddy shared with me and it was SO yummy! The best part is that they are opening a real restaurant with a bar and real food! I am SO excited!! A new place in McComb people!!!!! And they will have new orleans/southern food. Yeah!!

Well I will have to end this here because it is almost time to get Maddy ready for bed. We shall see if I feel like doing homework afterwards or if I just go to bed and catch up on my DVR. Haha...I think we all know what will happen!

Catching Up

2009-08-02T22:56:00.002-05:00

Well this post won't have pictures because I'm at my mom's house. But I had to blog about a few things that have been happening!

First of all, Maddy is the proud new owner of THREE new teeth! She got her two front teeth in as well as one on the side. I am SO glad they have finally made their appearance. Unfortunately this has not seemed to help her schedule at all as I was hoping it would. She has decided that she doesn't need to nap anymore. She will sleep for about 30 minutes to an hour in the morning at about 10. Then she wants to stay awake for the rest of the day! This has made for a very exhausted mommy and late school work! Around 6pm she starts to get fussy and tired but if I let her go to bed then, she is back up at 8pm. Then there were a couple of nights last week when she randomly woke up in the middle of the night. Last night she was awake from 1:30-4am! I had to come spend the weekend at my mom's because Mitch was working this weekend and I needed to get school work done. Thankfully they were a big help and I even got a head start on work for next week!

Also, the Webbs have all been sick. Mitch got it first, then Maddy, then me. I am feeling better but still have a little bit of my cold lingering and I think the same goes for Maddy. She still has a little bit of a runny nose but otherwise is much better. Because of that and because of the weather, I think we both were getting a little cabin fever. Which is probably another reason we spent the weekend in Hammond.

Maddy is crawling like a madwoman these days. I look away for a second and she is GONE. We have had to break down and buy a baby gate because she has discovered the dog food and water bowls. And she can get in there way too fast. Luckily the baby gate has done the trick for that. Now if I can figure out how to stop her from getting in the computer cords or under the dining room table.

She has so much personality lately. My sister tried to put her down for a nap the other day at my house, and she started SCREAMING so she gave up and when she walked back out to the living room with her, Maddy actually laughed like she knew what was going on! She got out of her nap because she was screaming! That little skunk! Also she is becoming very headstrong. Today she kept trying to get the rocks on my mom's table and I kept telling her no and she did not like that one bit. I am trying to be consistent so she will learn but its hard when she makes that poor little pitiful face.

We are still working on standing up and "cruising" but I think she will get it pretty soon. She doesn't have very good balance yet, and her little feet are always so sweaty that they just slide on the wood floor. My house is always cold cold cold but her feet still sweat. Don't know what's up with that.

One thing I am looking forward to in the next couple of months is Madelyn's first birthday party! Soon I will be deciding on a date and I will begin ordering the supplies! I'm so excited!

Well I am going to try and get some rest and pray that Madelyn stays asleep throughout the night. I need some sleep!

Post-Surgery Update

2009-07-23T16:51:00.002-05:00

So as many of you know, I had surgery again Wednesday morning. But let me back track a little bit first. This past friday I went back to the ER because of pain. After finally getting into a room, the doctor came in and basically said "what do you want me to do?" Really I just wanted him to give me something for pain because I only go to the hospital here as a last resort. I hate them. So then he says "Ok, do you want it in an IV? A shot? Prescription??" I was like, seriously?? So I told him just to give me a shot. So after the pain started to go away I went home and Monday morning I called my new Dr. to see if I could get in that day. I wasn't supposed to go until Friday. Since they are awesome they fit me in and I went down to Covington. The visit was very short. He said he wanted to repeat the upper GI and colonoscopy because I was still having pain. Then he asked me to describe the pain again. And all I can say when I'm asked that question is that it feels like a gall bladder attack. So right there he said, "Ok, you're getting an ERCP, I'm sold." ERCPs are really risky because they can cause perforation of the stomach or ducts, and you have a good chance of getting pancreatitis after. I already had one before, right after I had my gall bladder out, and had no problems, so I was ready to just get it over with. So Wednesday morning I arrived at the hospital at 6am and was taken back to the OR at about 8. I remember waking up during the procedure and the Dr. saying to give me more medicine. Then I don't remember anything. I didn't feel any pain though. Then I woke up in my recovery room and immediately starting crying hysterically. I do that every time I wake up from anesthesia! I kept asking over and over if they found anything, and finally they called the Dr. in the room. I had TWO gall stones stuck in my common bile duct. TWO!!! So then I just kept crying and the Dr. kept patting me on the shoulder telling me it was all over and they were out. People....do yall know what I have been through?? One doctor accused me of being a drug addict and just wanting pain meds because she couldn't find out what was wrong with me. I've had an EGD, colonoscopy, MRI scans, CT scans, gastric emptying studies, enormous amounts of bloodwork, a million ER visits, and so much pain because no one wanted to take a chance and just do the ERCP because the stones wouldn't show up on anything. I just remember crying and saying thank you over and over. I'm so grateful I can't even explain it. Apparently this only happens to 3-4% of people who have their gallbladders taken out. Lucky me! So anyway, I think I fell back asleep for a few minutes, then I woke up in pain from spasms, and that lasted about an hour. Then about another hour later I was ready to go home! I went back to my mom's house since Mitch was working and his mom was staying with the baby. I slept, literally, ALL day and ALL night long. I am still sore in my back and right below my ribs but its nothing compared to what I have been through. So, that is where we are. I am so happy. It has been a rough road but I'm glad its all over with.

So now that I am well, Maddy has her first little cold. I felt so bad leaving her to go have my surgery but I knew I had to. She ran a little bit of fever and has a runny nose and glassy eyes. She seems a little more clingy than normal but not really a whole lot different other than that. Mitch is also sick with fever and sinus infection. I'm pretty sure no one wants to come visit us. We are all falling apart!

I set up Maddy's pack n play in the living room and gave her some kitchen stuff - a big plastic serving spoon, a measuring cup, a bowl, and a small roasting pan, and she has been going to town playing! She likes to bang things together and make noise. Mitch is outside cutting the grass and it looks like its supposed to rain. I am supposed to be going to mom's night out tonight but I think I am going to have to skip it so I can continue to rest up and get better. Next month I am going, nothing is stopping me. Oh how I miss mom's night. I haven't been in two months!

Our beach weekend and updates!

2009-07-18T20:46:00.005-05:00

I really need to get caught up on this blog. School, especially math, is taking up a LOT of my time. Its not even hard stuff, its just so tedious having to do it once on paper and then type it all into the computer because its an online class.

Madelyn had her 9 month checkup at the doctor. They poked her toe for some blood to test her iron and lead levels, which were both fine. She only made a little face when they poked her, and she didn't cry. She is hitting all her milestones according to the pediatrician. So, we had a good checkup! Her next appointment is October 6th. That is two days after her FIRST BIRTHDAY!! Can you believe it??

Ok so here are some new things that Maddy is doing. First of all, she has decided that I am "meme." She says mama but not meaning me. When she is mad or frustrated she starts yelling "MEMEMEMEME!!!" I guess that is supposed to be like "MOMMY HELP!" haha. She's so cute. Second, she is really starting to imitate a lot! She will stick out her tounge if you do (which is HILARIOUS by the way), she will clap if you clap, and she will wave bye bye and say "babababa" if you tell her bye bye. This baby is SO smart! And third, she is on her way to walking. I think she will be walking by at least 11 months. Today she pulled herself up to standing on her exersaucer. That was the first time she pulled herself all the way on to her feet without me giving her something to hold on to. She did it completely on her own. =)

Also....I am SO EXCITED to share this news. My BFF is PREGNANT!! I am so beyond excited for her and her hubby. They have been trying for a while and now is the time I suppose!! I can't wait to spoil that baby rotten! I just hope they won't have to go to Japan!!

Ok so last weekend, we took an impromptu trip to the beach. We were planning on staying in Bay St. Louis. Little did I know that all the hotels there were not exactly up to our standards. After we got into our room, we realized that we couldn't stay there, and we went to the Holiday Inn in Gulfport instead. Oh well, lesson learned! Our room at the Holiday Inn was very, very nice though. They are definitely nicer than I remember them being! Mitch and I said that since we are used to staying at casino hotels, now we are spoiled and can't stay anywhere else. haha, I think that is true! So anyway, saturday we didn't end up going to the beach until about 6:30, but it turned out to be the perfect time because it had cooled down outside and the sun wasn't glaring right on us. So we played in the sand, and Maddy had a BLAST playing in the water. She loved sitting right at the edge and having the water wash over her toes. The next day we woke up and got IHOP for breakfast, then checked out the hotel and went down to the beach again. This time it was right in the middle of the day and we all got sunburned so badly, except for Maddy of course. The next two days were full of tylenol and aloe vera. It doesn't hurt anymore but now my skin is peeling all over which is kind of gross. And itchy. All in all it was a good weekend, minus the sunburns and my camera getting sand in it! I have no pictures from sunday because the telescoping lens on my camera is stuck from the sand in it. I need to get it cleaned. I got it to where it will open up, but you can hear the sand grating inside of it, and I'm pretty sure that's not good.

Here's some pics!

In her beach outfit on the way to the beach!

What do all the cool babies do when they first get to the beach? POOP, of course!

Playing in the sand

Going into the ocean and making mommy nervous

I love this picture!!

Just catchin some waves

Playing with daddy in the water. She loved it.

SPLASH!!

Finally back to Nanna's enjoying some dinner. Poor baby's eyes are all red.

My mom with her granddogs, haha. They were exhausted too.

9 months pics and stats!

2009-07-07T13:28:00.002-05:00

Madelyn turned 9 months old on the 4th of July! I'm a little late with this month's post! She is now 29 inches long and weighs 21 pounds, 9 ounces! That's 86th percentile for both height and weight. =)

We have started finger foods and we are doing better with them! She LOVES Gerber puffs. She can't quite get them in her mouth herself yet. She tries to pick them up with one finger...hehe. She also is not wanting her bottle as much. My little girl is getting too big. =(

Well here's the pictures! I have a headache and a TON of math homework to do so that is all for this post.

Pics I want to get in before her 9 month post!

2009-07-06T22:08:00.005-05:00

This teething biscuit is #1!

Maddy and Natalie playing

Maddy and Alison playing

Silly girl

I was letting her practice feeding herself. This is where the food ended up.

Reading a magazine. Oh and that sprite box is one of her favorite toys.

Playing with her new Winnie the Pooh table.

Maddy and Nanny on the 4th of July!

Maddy with her early birthday present from her Aunt Linda and Aunt Donna. She LOVED this box!

Maddy and Gracie on the 4th of July

Milestones Galore!

2009-06-28T07:39:00.005-05:00

Well apparently Madelyn is trying to get in as many milestones as possible before she turns 9 months! So far this month we have learned how to clap, learned how to play peek-a-boo, gotten a third tooth (I KNOW there are more in there...they just haven't shown themselves yet), and now she is scooting all over on her tummy, trying to pull up to get on her knees, AND she pulled up from sitting to standing in her crib all on her own!! Her favorite thing to do is still to crawl into the bottom of her exersaucer. Everytime she gets going, that is the first place she heads to! She is also starting to think a lot of things are just HILARIOUS. She was laughing at a plastic container the other day. Who knows what that was about! OH one more thing I forgot to mention...I'm trying to introduce her to finger foods. I got some gerber puffs and she isn't quite so fond of them yet. I put some cheese on her high chair tray and she just pushed it all to the floor. Then I gave her a teething biscuit and HOLY COW. She didn't want to give that up for anything! She ate almost the whole thing with no problems! She did feed that to herself, while I watched of course, but she doesn't quite understand yet that she can pick up little things, like the puffs or cheese, and put them in her mouth. Which is kind of a good thing now that she is scooting all over the floor...but we just started so I'm sure it will be soon and she'll be picking up everything in sight! Right now she is getting frustrated because she is scooting to her ball, then when she finally reaches it, she goes to grab it and it rolls farther away. Poor baby! It is just so much fun watching her do all these new things. And now she just put her ball into the bottom of her exersaucer and is crawling in after it. She is so smart!

Here is a picture update of how our day went on Friday.

We got up early to go to the hospital so I could get a test done. Which didn't happen. They wanted me to drink this stuff that was so thick I pretty much had to chew it to get it down. Well it didn't stay down for very long...so they sent me home. Next test is July 1st. It should go better than the last one. But look how pretty my baby looks in her skirt! Her new thing is this cheesy grin but I haven't gotten a picture of it yet. Its so stinkin cute!

My husband and his pride and joy. I'm talking about the mower. Its so hot outside and we haven't had any rain so our grass is all dying. Good thing we just bought a $2500 lawn mower to cut the dead grass with!

Maddy driving

She got SO dirty. Look at those dirty toes!!

So then we had to take a bath and scrub her clean!

Look at that hair! Its starting to grow grow grow!!

And we played "Where's Maddy" with the towel. Everything goes on her head now.

Then we ended the day with pulling up to standing from sitting in her crib. Big girl!!

And here are some videos!

Maddy

Here she is after she crawled into the bottom of her exersaucer.

Maddy

And this one cracks me up. She LOVES to eat, so when she started to pull herself up on her high chair, it was like she was saying "MOM! FEED ME!" haha

Maddy

And then she stood up in her crib. She is growing up way too fast.

Life as we know it is officially over.

2009-06-25T21:40:00.003-05:00

Madelyn is mobile.

I took Amanda's advice and bribed Maddy to scoot with my cell phone. It worked like a charm! Now, just hours later, she is scooting ALL OVER the place!! Its amazing how once she gets the hang of something, there is no stopping her! I am SO proud of my baby girl!

She scooted into the bottom of her exersaucer today. Silly girl! She did it all by herself! Then she got mad when I took her out! Here are some pictures from that!

She also scooted over to her high chair and tried to pull herself up on it! AHH too much in one day!!!! I took a video of that, I will post it tomorrow when it finishes uploading, along with a few other videos that I took today of her new adventures!

Well tomorrow morning I have a test at the hospital. I think its just x-rays. I'm going to get some sleep, I hate getting up before 8am!!

OH and please don't forget to vote for Maddy!!

This kid might actually crawl after all!

2009-06-25T12:13:00.002-05:00

Apparently she was just waiting on something she REALLY wanted to crawl to. Well not "crawling" yet but at least she is starting to realize she can move. Hopefully it won't be too much longer! I really didn't think she would EVER scoot, crawl, creep, anything!

Maddy scooting

Back from the hospital update

2009-06-24T08:16:00.002-05:00

Ok so when I left off, I was scheduled to have my EGD on tuesday. Well we had a little change of plans. I had a bad pain attack sunday night. It started around 10pm and I took some vicodin since Maddy was already in bed. It didn't help. So, I ate half a roll of rolaids. Still no relief. I took another vicodin. Still nothing. By this time it is around 11:30 and I'm still in pain. I called the GI clinic and talked to the nurse on call. She said to go to the ER. I was crying and could barely talk because it was hurting to breathe, so I called my mom to come over from Ponchatoula so I could go to the ER. Mitch happened to be on a call on his way to Jackson at the time. She asked if I could wait until she got there and I said no. So...I called my neighbor Amanda and woke her up and asked if she would come sleep at my house until my mom and sister got there. Thankfully she did. I seriously don't know what I do without her!! Then I drove myself to the ER. It was PACKED when I got there at midnight. I didn't get seen until 3am. Since it was my 3rd ER visit in a week and I had tests scheduled, the ER Dr. just went ahead and admitted me. I got some pain meds, nausea meds, and antacids and got into a room. Oh yeah, and I got the results of the MRCP from friday. It showed cysts on my liver, which the dr. says is not causing my pain. Everything else is normal.

The next morning, after pretty much NO sleep, I got to go have my EGD done. Ok this is where it starts to get complicated and I can't go into a lot of detail. But anyway, we found out in a roundabout way that I have errosions in my stomach, basically pre-ulcers. I have a lot of them. The Dr. doesn't think this is causing my pain however. So, she schedules me for a colonoscopy the next day. Yes.....the test that normally old men have to have. It wasn't bad at all though, they put me to sleep for it. The best part was that after the test was done and I woke up, I got to EAT!! I hadn't eaten in two days. Ok so the results of the colonoscopy: I had one tiny little polyp that she took out and sent off for a biopsy. Otherwise, normal. So I got to come home last night.

I still have two tests scheduled but they are out-patient. They are just two forms of x-rays. They are supposed to call me today to let me know when to go in for those tests. So, as I said, I can't go into a lot of detail but I am very disappointed with my doctor and the hospital and I won't be going back there. After my tests are done, if they are normal, I am going to follow up with a different GI doctor.

So today, I finally get to be home with my baby girl. Today will HOPEFULLY be a normal day. I have to eat a bland diet...so I had toast for breakfast and I'm going to make some mashed potatoes for lunch I think.

SO to sum up (this is for me mostly so I can keep track):
cysts on ovaries
cysts on liver
errosions in stomach
polyp in colon
anemic

new additions!!

2009-06-21T18:57:00.003-05:00

Ok well since you have been updated on the not so great things....lets talk about the GOOD things that happened this week!!

Well as I said in my previous post, I spent the weekend in Ponchatoula at my mom's house. While I was there, I adopted a chihuahua puppy!! Her name is Delilah, she is 9 weeks old, and is black, white, and tan. She is PRECIOUS and such a good puppy. She is doing so well with her potty training already! Queso isn't too thrilled about his new sister but I'm sure he will get used to it and before we know it they will be snuggled up together. She's very lovey and follows me all over the house, and she loves to hide her face in my neck and sleep. I just love her!

Also, today...Maddy got tooth number THREE! Finally!!! Her poor little gums have been swollen and red for a week now and she has just not been in a good mood. I've been giving her motrin and tylenol to help her get through it. Today I looked (she doesn't make it easy) and I finally saw one peeking through!! YEAH!! Its her top left incisor. Not the ones in the middle but right on the side of that. I have a feeling I will be seeing three more in the near future. Oh I hate teething. I'm sure Maddy hates it much more than me, though!

Also, Maddy has been developing quite an attitude. Nanny was playing on my laptop and Maddy was sitting next to her and she kept trying to get the keyboard. Brooke kept telling her no no and she was getting so frustrated. I offered her one of her toys to get her mind off the laptop and she threw her hands down and said "UGH!" She did not want her toy, she knew what she wanted and she was mad she couldn't have it!! Also, she now knows how to clap her hands and will do it when you say "yay!" well most of the time anyway if she is in the mood. Her personality is really starting to develop and I have a feeling she is going to be a headstrong child!!

In other news, our cat Lily, who mainly stays outside, has tonsilitis. I never knew cats could get that until our neighbor's cat got it recently. One day Lily came in with a very hoarse meow and laid around all day, didn't even whine to go out...so I knew something was wrong. So now she is on two antibiodics. Luckily its not TOO hard to give her the medicine.

Also, today was Father's Day! Maddy got her daddy a card and she colored on the inside with markers. It was so cute. Too bad he had to work today. =( Oh yeah he got the new UFC game for XBox also....I have a feeling that is why I have not heard much out of him all day. =P

Well this post will not contain any pictures due to the fact that the battery on my camera is dead. I have it charging and will post pictures of our new puppy, and Maddy's new tooth (if she lets me) as soon as I can!

Also, just a reminder, please go vote for my baby by clicking here! The contest runs through July 23th I believe and you can vote as many times as your heart desires!!

long explanation of what is going on.

2009-06-21T10:28:00.002-05:00

So as I'm sure most of you know, I've been sick. Let's go back to when this all started. PREGNANCY. AH! I had a really rough pregnancy, I only gained about 10 pounds during the whole 9 months because I could not keep food or liquids down at all until about the third trimester, then by then the baby was so big that I couldn't eat much anyway. Well 2 months after Madelyn was born, I was still not feeling right. I would get horrible, excrutiating pain in my abdomen that I previously thought was heartburn. One night during a bad "attack" my mom told me to go to the ER and tell them to ultrasound my abdomen to check for gall stones. They did...the doctor came in and said "definite, DEFINITE gall stones." So, the next day, I had surgery to have my gall bladder taken out. And I thought that would be the end of it.

Well a few days after the surgery I called the surgeon's office because I was still in pain. They said it was probably from the air they pump into your abdomen during surgery, take some gas-x, and it will get better. Well...the pain just got worse. I didn't even make it to my post-op date a week later. I was back in the surgeon's office. I was jaundiced, and itching all over my entire body. My liver was not working. So he set me up to go to the hospital the next day to have a HIDA scan and an ultrasound and a CT scan to see what was going on in there. I couldn't take any pain pills after midnight because it would affect the scans. So. I made it to about 4am, and we ended up in the ER in the most excruciating pain I have ever felt.

They went ahead and scheduled my HIDA scan first. For this test I had to lay flat on my back for an hour and a half while they took pictures of my abdomen. They had given me a tiny bit of demerol when I got there but it wore off about halfway through this procedure. I was throwing up, crying, begging for pain meds and they wouldn't give me any. When the HIDA scan was finally over, I had to go to ultrasound. Still couldn't have any pain meds. I really truely thought I was going to pass out from the pain. That took about 20 minutes, then they sent me back to my room. STILL couldn't have any pain meds, AND they wanted me to drink the barium thing for my CT scan which was next. I got a little of it down, and promptly threw it back up. They decided to just take me for the scan anyway. That went really quickly and I finally got back to the room where they FINALLY gave me some more demerol. 20 minutes later I was still in pain. So they came back and gave me some dilauded. Normally dilauded knocks you out...I was in so much pain it barely did anything. So finally the Dr. comes in and says I'm getting no blood flow to my liver. So up to the 5th floor I go for surgery. I had an ERCP (basically a fancy scope thing) down my throat (I was asleep for that thank God), and while the dr was in there he found a 6mm stone stuck in a bile duct blocking everything off from my liver. He removed it. I went home the next day, and only had ONE pain pill that night. Previously I had gone through a whole bottle in about 4 days.

So a few months go by and I start to feel kind of weird. Well that turned out to be a hormone issue I believe, which is now resolved. So I'm thinking, great, I'm finally healthy, I can finally relax.

No.

Two weeks ago I began to have the same excrutiating pain in my abdomen, which felt like gall bladder attacks. I know that's not what it is considering my gallbladder is gone. So, one night my dear sweet neighbor came over and sat with Maddy so I could go to the ER. They drew blood, checked my pancreas, everything was normal, they sent me home with a referral to the GI doctor. The next day I called the GI clinic to make an appointment and they told me I could not be seen until July 1st. I explained that I was having severe attacks of pain and was referred from the ER. She still wouldn't fit me in. So, back to the ER the next day. They gave me demerol, zofran for nausea, and pepcid for any acid that might be causing me to be in pain. Drew more bloodwork, all came back normal. So they sent me for a CT scan. Normal, except that they found some cysts on my ovaries, but the doctor doesn't seem to think its anything to worry about. I told him I could not go home knowing that I would just be back in the ER the next day when I was in pain again. I NEEDED to see the GI doctor, whether they had to call her in to the ER or if he could get me an earlier appointment. He came back and said go to the clinic first thing in the morning.

So, we get up and get to the clinic for about 8. She examines me, looks at my chart and everything I've had done, and schedules me for an MRCP (which is basically just an MRI of the abdomen), and an EGD (Upper GI Endoscopy, they stick the camera down your throat and look at stomach and intestines, and can take biopsies if they need to). I had the MRCP on friday which was terrifying as I am claustrophobic but some Ativan got me through it. That night I went to Ponchatoula to my mom's house since Mitch would be working and I needed help with the baby since I was on pain meds. Friday I felt pretty okay. Saturday we went out to eat for my brother's birthday, got home, and I was in severe pain again. This time it was so bad that I actually started throwing up. My EGD was scheduled for Tuesday, but I was in such bad pain that my mom called the on-call GI dr and she said to go in Mon to the office to at least get the results of the MRI. So tomorrow morning I will be in the clinic AGAIN. Tuesday I have my EGD scheduled for 9:30 (they put you to sleep for that). I'm very frustrated and feeling sort of defeated at this point because the pain I am in is NOT normal but all my tests keep coming back as nothing is wrong. I don't know what to do. I am hoping and praying that the MRCP and EGD will hold some answers for me.

So now you can see why I have been slacking on updating the blog. As I have been going through all of this I want to thank my husband for being so patient, and taking good care of me and Maddy as I have been sort of incapacitated at times due to the pain meds. Also, my mom and my sister for dropping everything at all times of the day or night, even taking off of work, to come and help with the baby when I needed to go to the ER or to an appointment, or if I just needed someone to watch Maddy while Mitch was at work because I was in pain. Also thank you to my dear sweet neighbor Amanda for giving up some of her precious sleep time to babysit, and also for offering to bring me dinner and help out. And everyone else who has kept me in your thoughts and prayers! Thank you!!!!! I don't know what I would have done without all of yall. When I get better I am going to have to cook you all dinner or something.

So that is where we stand right now. I will try to keep everyone updated, I just didn't really want to get into it because I had no answers yet. But since everyone seems so concerned, I just wanted to let everyone know what was going on and that I am okay, just still going through tests and hopefully we will know something soon.

Later I will post about the new addition to our family, and some new developments in Madelyn's life! =) STAY TUNED!!

VOTE FOR MADDY!

2009-06-18T14:54:00.004-05:00

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pictures and a video

2009-06-14T15:44:00.004-05:00

Not much to blog about. I just wanted to post a few pictures and a video. I have a ton of school stuff to do and finals are next week, so thats why I haven't been updating as often. So here is a little update. =)

Drinking her bottle with her feet

She loves her excersaucer

Her fave new toy. She loves to take the toys out of it but she doesn't get how to put them back in yet.

Playing with her cookie jar

Haha...this one is for her future friends when she's about 13. I can hear it now..."OMG mooooooooooom!" =)

Bouncy Baby

8 months pics and stats!

2009-06-05T14:35:00.004-05:00

CHEESE! I'm 8 months old!

My baby is 8 months old as of yesterday! Can you believe it?? She now weighs 20 lbs 12oz, and is 28.5 inches long!

New developments: She is talking alot. Most of it doesn't make sense of course, but she does know what ba-ba (bottle) means although she doesn't say it, and she says ny-ny (nite nite) when you rock her and she is tired. Also, she can wave bye bye! Not at appropriate times but if you say bye bye and wave, she will (most of the time) wave back! SMART BABY! As you saw a couple posts back she was doing the "itsy bitsy spider" well now she refuses to do it. Good thing we got it on video or no one would believe us! She also waves her arms up and down when she hears music or when you sing. And she usually looks at me if I say "Maddy, look at mama!"

Amanda and I went out to eat Mexican with the kiddos the other night and Maddy was grabbing at everything, throwing her toys on the floor, babbling, and I think at one point her and Carsyn were actually having a conversation in babynese...LOL. But it hit me all of a sudden that she is turning into a REAL human! Like she's not just a baby blob anymore! She understands me, she looks for me, she knows what she wants and how to get it most of the time. She is 0% interested in crawling however and plenty of tummy time and cheering does not motivate her. If you try to put a toy right out of her reach, she will just find another one to play with or she will play with her blanket or the rug. She can stand up holding on to something for a little bit if you put her there. I am getting more and more convinced that she will never crawl and will go straight to walking.

As for food...well she is still on regular baby food. I have tried to introduce finger foods like mashed banana or mashed carrots. She plays with them and makes a huge mess but if it (most of the time accidently) gets in her mouth, she gags and throws up. So I guess she is just not ready. We will have to try again in a few weeks. Either that or she is gerber gourmet snob. Whoever thought pureed vegetables would be so yummy?

Well here are the pictures that I know yall came here for. =) They all were so cute, it was hard to decide which ones to post! If you want to see all of them I will be posting to MySpace or Facebook soon. =)

LOVE LOVE LOVE the last one. Would've been cuter if daddy's hands weren't in the way! hehe

lots of pics

2009-06-03T23:19:00.004-05:00

I wanted to catch up on all of Maddy's pictures from 7 months before she turns 8 months old tomorrow! So here you go....there are a ton. The first two were done by my neighbor Amanda. Aren't they PRECIOUS??

Her first time in a swing at the park!

Sitting up in the Wal-Mart buggy...she has one of those things you put over the seat but Mitch refuses to use it because its pink.

I love that smile!!

She did this herself. I looked over and this is what I saw.

Going to church in Natchez with daddy.

Sweet sleepy baby

I don't know if you can see it in this picture but this morning she had some crazy bedhead. Her hair on the side was sticking straight out.

She's very advanced for a 7 month old. Already reading and everything! =)

PRECIOUS!

My sweet baby

Well that is all for tonight. Tomorrow I will be taking her 8 month pictures!! She is growing up way too fast!

Three Bean Soup recipe!

2009-06-01T21:42:00.002-05:00

I found this recipe on allrecipes.com, and since I am trying to make an effort to eat healthier, I thought I would try it out. I didn't have very high expectations but it came out DELICIOUS! And it made a TON of soup so you will have a lot left over.

Three Bean Soup

Ingredients:
1 medium onion, chopped
1 tablespoon vegetable oil
3 small potatoes, peeled and cubed
2 medium carrots, sliced
3 (14.5 ounce) cans chicken broth
3 cups water
2 tablespoons parsley flakes
2 teaspoons dried basil
1 teaspoon dried oregano
1 garlic clove, minced
1/2 teaspoon pepper
1 (15.5 ounce) can great northern beans, rinsed and drained
1 (15 ounce) can pinto beans, rinsed and drained
1 (15 ounce) can garbanzo beans, rinsed and drained
3 cups chopped fresh spinach
1 lb Andouille sausage

So basically all you do is saute the onion in the oil, then add all the rest of the ingredients except for the spinach and sausage. Bring to a boil, then reduce heat and simmer until the veggies are tender. Then add in the spinach and sausage and let it cook until everything is heated through. Very easy and yummy!

The original recipe didn't call for sausage but I felt like it needed it. Also I added some crushed red pepper for some kick.

update

2009-06-01T09:59:00.002-05:00

Well I have been slacking on my blog posts. Sorry!! I will try and get a good one in tonight with some pictures.

What has been keeping me so busy?? Well first, school. I had midterms and a team project on top of regular work and tests, so last week was a little busy. Second, I haven't been feeling so great. At first I thought it was my thyroid so I went to the doctor and had bloodwork done. She also wanted to test for a virus called CMV which is like mono, and do a blood count, and a liver function test. So I had four HUGE vials of blood drawn...and everything came back normal. So then I had labwork done to test my hormone levels. I haven't gotten the results from that back yet, but the doctor put me on some progesterone and I am feeling a lot better already! I guess my body just hasn't caught back up since having the baby.

Well this week shoud be a little slower, I hope! I am off to play with Maddy for a little bit before her nap. She is staring at me as I type this so I guess she wants my attention. =)

videos!

2009-05-21T18:39:00.002-05:00

This was the other night. She got a new bath seat since she can sit up now. She still loves to splash in the water though!

Bathtime

This is Maddy doing Itsy Bitsy Spider. I LOVE it! When you sing now she waves her arms up and down. So cute!!

Itsy Bitsy Spider

lazy week

2009-05-20T20:30:00.004-05:00

Well the Webb's have been having a lazy week. Just been spending time outside in this pretty weather, catching up on house chores, and stuff like that. We also took Maddy to the pool again. Unfortunately, our wonderful gym is shutting down tomorrow! Which really sucks because it is the ONLY gym around here with a pool for us to take Maddy to. She loves to swim! I guess we will be spending a lot of time in the baby pool from now on. Not the same though! Well I don't have much to blog about, so here are a bunch of pictures. Tomorrow or tonight I will be uploading two videos. One is of Maddy doing the itsy bitsy spider. SO CUTE!!

This was from yesterday. We were just playing outside while my husband climbed a tree. Yes, climbed a tree.......

He said something about wanting to get some dead branches down. I think he just wanted to climb the tree.

Here are some more pics from playing outside.

Doing much better with the sippy!

These were from the other day at the pool =)

HAPPY BABY!

Well today I had a doctor's appointment and had to get blood work done, so we'll see if that provides any answers as to what is wrong with me. Now, Maddy is napping and hubby is making lunch, so I'm going to go relax on the couch. I love Mitch's off days!

Mother's Day

2009-05-10T22:23:00.004-05:00

Happy belated mother's day to all you mommies!! I hope everyone had a relaxing, stressfree day! Mitch had to work so Maddy and I hung out at home. I got a Circle E bird of paradise candle from Maddy, which I think I mentioned before. And from my hubby... I am getting a day at Harrah's!! Harrah's is having a mother's day all month special, for $250 you get to stay at the Harrah's Luxury hotel, $50 to Aveda, $100 to Besh, and a dozen chocolate covered strawberries. I can't WAIT!! I think we are going to book it for Memorial Day. I am SO SO SO excited about eating at Besh. We ate there for our engagement dinner. SO good. Plus I get to gamble haha and I loooooooove that!!

So anyway my refund check came in. The bank said they had to hold it for THIRTY DAYS. Well after complaining and stuff, they said they would only hold it for 10-14 days which is much more normal. BUT anyway I ended up getting my laptop and I LOVE IT! Unfortunately I am having some issues with school right now, nothing I can't handle although I will probably switch next semester or after summer classes. DeVry ended up being a LOT more expensive than I thought it would be and my financial aid isn't going to cover me full time, so I am going to have to come up with a lot of money out of pocket. So I am looking at other schools and realizing that DeVry is one of the most expensive ones. So we'll see what happens with that. I just want to be settled into something and not have to worry about all this extra stuff.

Well here is an interesting story from this week. This actually happened on mother's day. I woke up that morning, got Maddy out of bed, and then let Queso outside to go potty. Well when I opened the front door I heard birds. I mean birds were going NUTS in my front yard. I walked out to investigate and saw that there was a little baby bird in my driveway! Well of course in the process of all this, all three of my predators (cats) have ventured outside. Great. So I don't know what to do, I don't want to move the baby bird because I was afraid of getting attacked by all the other birds (I'm telling you, the birds were FREAKING. OUT.), so I ran all my cats inside so at least he was safe from them. Then he just hopped around the yard. So then I went inside so I could feed my baby her breakfast, and after that I went out to look for the bird again and I couldn't find him, but the birds weren't freaking out anymore so I don't know what happened. But yeah, I spent my mother's day morning chasing cats around the yard in a million degree weather to save a baby bird's life.

Anyway....its late and I'm tired. Here are some pics from the relay for life last week.

These were from before we left. She was being a silly goose. =)

Spring pictures and an update!

2009-05-07T22:18:00.004-05:00

Well school has been going great! Week 1 just ended and I have 100s in both classes. Yeah! Its the middle of week 2 now and things are still going pretty good. I'm STILL waiting on my financial aid money to come in so I can get my laptop. But I think it will be in here the next few days. Yay!

So....I went to Hammond for Cinco de Mayo to go eat at the BEST Mexican restaurant ever, Casa Garcia, with my sister. My mom happily babysat Maddy for me. I'm not a margarita drinker so I had their house made sangria....YUM! Well it was kind of late when we got back so I didn't want to drive back home so I just slept over. The next morning, Maddy woke up and I texted my mom to come get her, haha. So I got to sleep for an extra hour and a half! Yeah!! Then we got up and got dressed, I fed Maddy her lunch, and we went out to eat at another GREAT restaurant called Sister's Cafe. Seriously...I would move back to Hammond just for the food. Anyway, after that I was on my way home.

Today Mitch let me sleep in late again! And when I woke up I had a present! Maddy bought me my favorite candle for Mother's Day. (Circle E Bird of Paradise candle...LOVE it!) That was so sweet! Mitch had apparently taken her out when I was sleeping to buy it. Don't I have the sweetest family ever???

Tonight was Mom's Night OUT! All we did was go eat Mexican but I had a great time! It is so nice to get out every now and then with no baby and no husband and just talk with the girls! Although I did miss them and I was kind of sad when I got home and Maddy was already asleep. =( Next month we plan to go to a Corks and Canvas (for my New Orleans people) type thing that they ACTUALLY have in McComb. Crazy, right???? I'm so excited!

Well despite all the extra sleep I got the past two days I am still exhausted. I'm going get some apple juice and then snuggle up in bed. Before I go, here are some pictures, of course!!

This was from today. We took her swimming in her blow up pool in the yard and gave her a mohawk when she got out. This time she actually had some hair! YAY!

This was from the other day when I was trying to feed her dinner. Yes she still eats with her thumb in her mouth. I'm kind of worried she will never learn how to chew....but anyway. She had grabbed her spoon and flicked sweet potatoes on to her forehead. Oh my lovely child.

And these are some pretty spring pictures that Amanda took! I LOVE them!! The flowers were gorgeous and even though Maddy barely smiled (as always when she sees a camera) I just love how they came out. The last one is my FAVE!!!

7 month stats

2009-05-04T18:55:00.003-05:00

Practicing her sippy cup this morning!

Kind of a SMILE!!

She's always got that attitude in her face!

My baby is 7 months old today!! She is 19lbs and 27.5 inches. 78th percentile for weight and 79th for height. As usual, she did not want to smile for the camera. I give up!!

I will have to make another post later. I have CUTE pics that Amanda took of Maddy about a week ago to post. School is keeping me busy lately...and that baby too!

What have we been up to?

2009-04-26T22:52:00.002-05:00

Well from the last post you can see that Madelyn is sitting like a champ now. Its like a whole new world now that she can sit! We can play different ways and she can see more of what is going on. Love it!

Saturday we decided to go to the Aquarium in New Orleans. It was also French Quarter Fest. So...we got there and there were a BILLION people in the aquarium. I felt like I was running people over with her stroller. We barely got to see anything because all the exhibits were so crowded. Madelyn did like to watch the fish that she did get to see though. Anyway...we went through pretty quickly and then got out of there. Also, the minute we got to the got there my stupid camera died, so I have ONE picture of her first trip to the aquarium. Here ya go...

I don't know if I mentioned this before but we joined the gym here. We chose this particular gym because it has a swimming pool outside. Well this week we took Maddy for her first swim! The water was still pretty chilly but it was so hot outside. She LOVED it. She splashed all around, kicked her little feet, tried to drink the water (ew). We will definitely be taking her back when the water warms up a little more. Also, at the gym there is an inside pool for swimming laps. We went to check it out and realized there is also a jacuzzi in there! YEAH! Well here are a few pictures from her swimming adventure:

Last night we went out to eat at a restaurant here in Summit called Justin's on the Lake. And well....it is on a lake! haha. They have a deck outside and they sell fish food so you can go out there and feed the fish, ducks, and turtles. After we had dinner we went outside and fed the creatures. There were SO many turtles! It was nuts! You could see them swimming from all the way across the lake when we started to throw the food out there! Maddy watched them swimming around and had a good time. Pictures, of course:

Feeding the turtles

This is just some of them...there were a billion turtles

So today is sunday and I'm finally finishing this blog because it seems like its working a little better. Yesterday Maddy and I drove out to Covington, LA to hang out with my mom, sister, and aunt and go to a craft fair. My Aunt Linda bought Maddy some bows. She now has more to match her outfits! And I got a CUTE one that has an M on it...I can't wait to put her in a matching outfit and get some pics taken! Here are some pictures from yesterday and this morning. I ended up sleeping at my mom's in Ponchatoula last night because I was too pooped to drive home.

On the way there. Hehe

At the craft fair with Nanna. It was past her naptime so she was not very happy.

"Don't you people know I'm on a schedule??"

Crashed on the way home. Precious!

And then we woke up Nanny early this morning!

Well its almost 11pm now and I need to get to bed. Classes start tomorrow!

iPhone picture dump

2009-04-26T20:39:00.004-05:00

I never remember to put my pictures from my iPhone on the computer, so I end up waiting till there are like 100 pictures and then I just do them all at one time. Here's some cute ones that I just had to post. =)

This was her first time sitting in her stroller without the car seat.

Baby Fauxhawk

Such a happy girl!

This was actually from today. Love it! Just excuse the toilet paper and diaper in the background...haha

And who doesn't think a baby booty is the cutest thing EVER? Also from today!

Going somewhere in the car

Ready for my BMW daddy!

This was after our wedding celebration party. She was POOPED! Poor baby! =)

I have a loooong entry written out from the past week or so but Blogger is making me so mad not letting me move pictures around. So I'll be posting that when I get unaggravated. It will have LOTS of pics! Check back!!

All kinds of videos!

2009-04-21T12:03:00.002-05:00

#1 is one of Maddy's new favorite games. I love to hear her squeal and laugh!

Maddy laughing

#2 is my first attempt at getting her sitting up on camera. She was still not so great at it...

Maddy sitting up 1

#3 getting a little better...

Maddy sitting up 2

#4 we got it down! She is sitting like a PRO now!!!

Maddy sitting up 3

#5 this is a game Maddy and her daddy were playing last night. It was so funny watching her look for him and then get suprised everytime he popped his head up! She is finally getting to where she understands how to play and interact and she is so much fun!

Maddy looking for daddy

OK well that should keep you entertained for a little bit! I am waiting on baby girl to wake up from her nap so we can go run some errands. I need a few things from CVS (TOTALLY out of shampoo...bleh) and I really want to try to get a work out in today.

accomplishments

2009-04-16T22:05:00.004-05:00

So I feel like I have been neglecting my blog but I have good reason. I am almost officially enrolled in school!!! My financial aid is completely taken care of with some money left over. I think I am going to purchase a laptop with the extra cash, so I can watch Maddy and do school without being stuck in a corner of the living room. All my placement tests are done but I am still waiting on the results of those. I don't think I get the results until April 26th. That sucks. And I am reminded of how much I HATE and SUCK at math. I don't think I will be placed in remedial math or anything...but it certainly won't be calculus either. Hopefully I can skip some English courses, though.

So on to the stuff I'm sure you are all here to read about- Maddy! Well, exciting things are happening in little miss Madelyn's life! First of all, she is completely aware of her feet now. She's always got them in her little hands, and she even tries to balance her toys and stuff with them if she is laying on her back. My little monkey. =) Second, she has been getting on all fours ALL the time lately. Its like once she realized she could do it, she just wants to do it again and again! Third...and most exciting I think...she is FINALLY SITTING UP BY HERSELF!!!!!!!! I am so proud of her! She can only stay in one position and she can't get herself up but...if I put her there she can actually sit and not fall over for an extended amount of time! I AM SO EXCITED! Also today I was feeding her and she actually held her bottle, took it out of her mouth, and put it back in all by herself. I know you're thinking....who cares....but I was so amazed. And sad. My baby is growing up! And she is so much more expressive lately. She cracks up laughing at things and is always talking. OK OK I'll stop now and post some pictures. I know that's what you really came here for!

Maddy and her BFF Carsyn. I thought I posted this already but apparently not. Carsyn was trying to give her kisses and Maddy was trying to pull her hair.

This is what I was talking about with her using her feet. She did have that book balanced on her toes but I didn't catch it in this pic.

Sitting up!!!!!! Those pillows aren't supporting her, they were just there for this:

Help mommy! I don't how to get back up! Now that she can sit that is the ONLY thing she wants to do. She gets pissed if she falls over or is laying down.

My next blog will include some videos! I am uploading them as we speak but I will probably have to let it go all night because it takes forever.

6 month stats!

2009-04-10T18:45:00.003-05:00

Madelyn had her 6 month checkup today! She weighs 17lbs 9oz and is 27 in long. (75-90 percentile for weight, just under 90 for height.) She had to get THREE shots today. Thank God Mitch showed up because I do not do shots. It kills me to watch her in pain. The first one was ok, the second one she got a little more pissed, and by the third she was screaming bloody murder. Plus with the third one, the nurse apparently hit a vein so my poor baby kept bleeding! Our ped also suggested we start giving her table food. Um...what? She's got two teeth. I'm putting that off for a while. But anyway, she went down for her evening nap at 3, and by 5 she was STILL asleep. She never sleeps that long in the evening! So I woke her up, gave her a bath, we played a little bit, she had a bottle, and then she was crying to go to sleep again! I hate it when she gets shots. She's so not herself. So anyway an hour after she woke up from her nap she was in bed. I hope she's down for the night. OH! Something else she did today! We were at the doctor's waiting on the nurse to come give her shots, and Maddy was playing on her tummy on the exam table making all kinds of noise with the paper...and all of a sudden she was on all fours in the crawl position!!!!!!! She's never done that before!! I'm so excited!!!!!!!

So anyway, things are still going great as far as getting started with school. I swear, the people at DeVry are THE most helpful people. At UNO you couldn't pay a financial aid person to spend 2 seconds on the phone with you. With DeVry they send you a step by step process and its so easy to follow, they follow up with you on everything, but the best part is that THEY do most of the work!! As far as getting transcripts from HS and college and everything...they do all that! That's the worst part I think! So I'm very happy with my decision so far.

Today I had to go over and let my neighbor's dog out to potty since she went on a weekend trip to Mobile. (and I'm not jealous AT ALL....blah.) I went over and opened the door and he had the saddest look on his face, so I took him home with me! He was much happier after that, he and Queso played and then Maddy went down for a nap so we all took a nap on the couch. hahaha. When we woke up, I took him back to his house so he could eat and he cuddled up on a blanket on his couch so I left him there. But, I borrowed a book while I was over there....Baby Laughs by Jenny McCarthy. HILARIOUS. I read it in like 3 hours. Go read it mommies! You will really get a kick out of it!

Well since my baby abandoned me so early tonight, me and the doggy are gonna go lay in bed and catch up on the DVR. Here's a few pics before I go sink into bed.

This is what my husband does when he is supossed to be pressure washing the house. He "pressure washed" Mitch <3's Lyndsay onto the dirty wall...LOL. I'm still considering divorce since he took the entire one gallon container of chocolate ice cream to work though...

Playing with mommy! She's the most beautiful baby I swear!

Then apparently mommy got boring because she wanted to watch TV upside down.

This was taken by Aunt Savannah at a rose garden in Natchez. Although I'm pretty sure those were genetically enhanced mutant roses because they were HUGE! Someone worked really hard to grow those things and here I am letting my kid paw all over them. =)

What's for dinner?

2009-04-07T18:32:00.002-05:00

Crawfish bisque stuffed baked potatoes!

(This is a Frank Davis recipe)

4 Tbsp. extra virgin olive oil
2/3 cup onion, celery, bell pepper, garlic, parsley mix
1 cup diced Portabella mushrooms (I used plain old white mushrooms)
1 can Campbell’s Cream of Shrimp Soup
1 lb. Louisiana crawfish tails
1/3 cup heavy cream
1 tsp. salt and pepper mix
2 tsp. Frank Davis Seafood Seasoning ( didn't use- crawfish was seasoned enough!)
6-8 pats unsalted butter
1 bunch green onions, sliced for garnish
2 cups Italian Shredded Six-Cheese Blend

Start off by taking a heavy, non-stick, high-sided frypan or Dutch oven and heating the olive oil
until it just begins to smoke. Then drop in the onion-celery -bell pepper-garlic-parsley mixture and sauté it—stirring constantly—until it wilts and begins to soften.

Next, toss in the Portabella mushrooms and quickly stir them around in the seasoning mixture.
Then stir in the can of soup, taking care to thoroughly mix all the pan ingredients into it until uniformly blended. (Note—all the while the fire is still on high).

At this point, drop in the crawfish tails , along with the heavy cream. Then harmoniously combine everything in the pan until all the ingredients are completely blended. Immediately, though, reduce the fire to medium-low, stir the “bisque” continuously to fully blend the cream and soup mix, and sprinkle in the salt and pepper mix and the seafood seasoning. After about 8-10 minutes of simmering, the dish should be tasted and the seasonings readjusted if necessary.

When you’re ready to eat, whisk in the pats of butter to create a creamy consistency in the bisque, ladle out generous portions of it into warm soup bowls, and garnish each serving with a sprinkling of green onions and a handful of shredded cheese. Toasted bread sticks make a nice accompaniment.

Variations: If you would like to serve the bisque as a more essential entrée, it can be heaped over a bowl of rice, ladled over a plate of your favorite pasta, or liberally poured over a supersize baked potato.

VERY VERY yummy!! The salad just came from a bag...haha.

catching up

2009-04-06T19:41:00.004-05:00

I have been so busy lately getting ready for our wedding party. It went so well, I'm so glad so many people came!! We got lots of awesome gifts, including stuff that we REALLY needed. Yay! I'm still not done cleaning up though. Ah well.

Today was so busy. My sister's car got a flat last night, so after Maddy woke up and ate this morning we went to Wal-Mart so she could get new tires. We dropped her car off and then headed to the Social Security office so I could change my name. Then we ate lunch, and then picked up Brooke's car. She went home so she could go to work and I went and met Mitch at the gym so we could sign up. I'm SO excited!! Pretty much about the pool....LOL....I will work out too though. I guess. Anyway, then I went to the consignment store and got Maddy a CUTE gymboree skirt that goes perfectly with about 6 onesies that she got yesterday. I also got her some jammies and a little onesie/dress thing. AND I got two brand new pairs of shorts to work out in, and a cami and a shirt. Now I need a bathing suit.

Also....everything is almost set up and ready for me to get back in school!!!!! I'm so excited!!! I'm doing an online program at DeVry so I can stay home with Maddy and hopefully get done quicker by taking as many hours as I can at one time. All my admissions stuff is done, financial aid is almost done. Now they are just waiting on transcripts and another FAFSA. I seriously can't wait. I love being in school.

And to end this...for those of you who are keeping up with the baby mole count, we are up to #3! Which is actually #4 because I forgot about the one that the neighbor's dog was rolling in a few weeks ago by our swing in the yard. The latest victim was in the driveway though, so I didn't have to jump over anything to get out my front door at least. I would keep the cat inside so she would stop bringing me rodents but she whines and cries if I don't let her out. I guess she just REALLY loves us...................

I really don't feel like adding any pics right now. Sorry. I have crawfish to peel. Bleh.

SIX MONTHS!

2009-04-04T19:35:00.003-05:00

Happy Easter!!

And here's her six month pictures! Can you believe it!!

then

and NOW!

water baby

2009-03-29T20:41:00.002-05:00

I snapped this picture this morning. I love those big blue eyes!!! This totally looks like her future myspace picture...LOL...hopefully she will be wearing more than a diaper and a necklace though...

Today was Madelyn's easter portraits!! She was happy all day, and I even made sure she got a good nap before we went. And when we got there.........she totally turned it off. Which is interesting because ever since she was in the womb she has hated cameras! Everytime we went for an ultrasound we were lucky to get a foot. We tried twice to do a 3d and she never cooperated. It took us a good thirty minutes to get her to open her legs at the 20 week scan so we could know if she was a boy or girl! But I wouldn't have left until I knew anyway, haha. I guess that is just one of her quirks. I think we will still end up with some cute pictures though! She totally harrassed the bunny rabbits and tried to choke them...I don't think we will be getting any bunnies soon!

The one thing that did make her happy though was the big water fountain. I'm telling you, my kid LOVES water! She doesn't care when it gets in her face, she splashes all around, she loves her baths...in fact, here is a video of her splashing all over in the tub. I was seriously getting drenched.

Maddy the water baby

feeling much better

2009-03-28T11:08:00.003-05:00

Madelyn has been on the antibiodics for 4 days now. Only one day left, thank goodness! She is feeling much better but now has a horrible diaper rash/yeast infection from the antibiodics. So I have been having to mix Lotrimin and Boudreaux's together and apply at every diaper change. I HATE diaper rash cream...Maddy HATES diaper rash cream...so its not very pleasant. I think she hates it because it feels like she's wet or dirty so she get fussy and expects a diaper change. I hate it because the stuff gets EVERYWHERE. All over her, me, her bed, under my fingernails...ugh. Yuck. Anyway...

Last night we lost power for about an hour and a half. That was not so bad because Maddy was already asleep and I was planning on just going to bed. But then someone kept sounding off the stupid sirens, plus all the thunder going on....and Maddy woke up. And she would not go back to sleep. So we laid in my bed and talked to each other for about an hour...and when she started to get a little fussy I went and rocked her and it took me almost 30 minutes to get her back to sleep. But once I laid her down she stayed asleep for the rest of the night thank goodness because the stupid bad weather and sirens went on for a while.

We had to air out her bottom to help with the diaper rash. So she relaxed and watched TV. This baby loves to be naked.

Lovin on her puppy

awwww

Sooooo I know I have been putting this off for a long time. But I am getting my butt back in school ASAP. I am going to try to find an online program so I don't have to worry about childcare for Maddy. In fact I think I have found one that I have settled on. Just filled out my FAFSA too! So everything seems like it will be coming together....I just hope I can get student loans to pay for it! I am aiming to be back in the summer, if not then, DEFINITELY by the fall. It just depends on how long it takes to get financing, transcripts, all that junk you need for college. Blah. I love being in school....I just hate all the work it takes to get there!!!

Well Maddy is down for her nap so I am going to go lay down for a little bit too. I have this horrible heartburn that came out of nowhere and its killing me!

the mystery is solved!

2009-03-24T22:01:00.003-05:00

Well apparently Maddy is not teething (or maybe she is doing that too...idk) she has an ear infection! She was so grumpy and not herself today so we took her to the afterhours clinic here. She was such a good patient...although she did throw up a little when they used a tounge depresser on her...just like her mommy. LOL. Its just a little infection, I'm glad we caught it early! So she is on a low dose antibiodic for 5 days. OH and she weighed 17lbs 10oz. The nurse called her a big girl...is that really "big" for her age? I really don't think so...whatev...

I'm about to go to bed. Mitch comes home in the morning (YES!!) so hopefully he will not be too busy tonight and he can get some sleep...so he can get up early with Maddy and I can sleep in! Ooooooh to sleep until noon....I hardly remember the days.....

So anyway you know I can't leave a blog without pictures!! Here are pictures of my little water baby taking her bath tonight. She LOOOOOVES bathtime.

Doing her leg in the air thing she does.

SMILE! Seriously...she's SUCH a happy baby. I don't know if I could ever have another because she is just the best baby in the whole world.

not again!!

2009-03-24T10:22:00.002-05:00

Ok...we are teething again.

My poor baby has been in a MOOD for the past couple days. Crying on and off, generally being in a bad mood. She doesn't want me to hold her or play with her at all. She just wants to sit in her bouncy seat and watch TV. I feel so guilty leaving her there but it is really the only thing she will do without screaming. She gets in a good mood when we go outside but the weather is kind of funky today. So, we are left to watch TV. I just gave her some tylenol so hopefully that will help and maybe I can get her to do something other than stare at the TV.

I pressed my finger on her top gums and she stopped crying...but then she bit the crap out of my finger! Those little bottom teeth are SHARP!

Well anyway...I will leave you with a cute video for today.

Maddy

Spring is here! Which means pretty weather and....critters....

2009-03-23T22:40:00.005-05:00

What have we been up to?? A whole lot of NOTHING! Mitch has been working working working and Maddy and I have been relaxing at home enjoying the BEAUTIFUL weather!! YAY Spring is here finally!!!!

This morning I woke up to Maddy making noise in her crib, and as I got up to go get her I glanced at the clock...9:55!!!! What the heck child! The morning before she woke up at 5am! She did take an extra long nap that day but what is going on with her routine! As much as I hate getting up so early, I do prefer that she wakes up between 8 and 9. If she wakes up any later or earlier our routine gets all thrown off with naps and meals and then she wants to go to sleep either REALLY early or REALLY late which messes the next day up! AHH!

Anyway, here is our adventure of the day. This afternoon Maddy and I went outside to play, then we came back in so Maddy could eat and then nap. Well I put her down and played around on the computer for a little while when I heard our cat, Lilly, meowing at the door. So I got up to let her in and THIS is what I found on our doorstep!!!!

Its a BABY MOLE! GROSS! It was crawling around and being disgusting and I didn't know what to do. I didn't want the cat to kill it which would end up in me having to clean up a bloody dismembered mole mess. Well in reality I would probably demand that Mitch come home and clean it but...anyway. So I threw Lilly inside and proceeded to call my husband and freak out. He basically told me to stop freaking out (um no) and asked if I wanted him to come kill it (um bigger no). So then I looked over at my neighbor Amanda's house to see if she was home and she wasn't, so I texted her and told her there was something furry on my doorstep. So when she got home she came over and we examined it, but by this time I think it had died because it was just laying there....so we poked it with a stick and stuff...but yeah I think he was dead. So Amanda very bravely scooped him up with something and put him in a plastic bag and threw him away. It gives me the heebie jeebies just thinking about it. We were joking about how we should call TLC and get our own reality show "desperate housewives of chestnut st." LOL Seriously the strangest things go on over here!! I also forgot to post about the alien that was walking down the street the other day when my mom and sister were here. Seriously this guy (or woman, I couldn't tell) was walking down the street in a bright yellow skintight hooded jacket, sunglasses OVER the hood, and skintight pants. It seriously looked like something some outer space.

Ohhhh my gosh...how did I ever end up in Mississippi!!!

Anyway....Maddy is getting her Easter Portraits done Sunday. I can not decide what dress she will wear. Well, I think I probably did pick one finally. But here were some of the options.

This one is so cute but is still too big for her. Yeah she was mad when I was dressing her up...sorry baby, but mommy had a girl so I could do stuff like this!!!

Now this one I LOVE because its green and makes her eyes super green. But I think it is too simple for Easter pics.

Again, cute, but I still don't know if I like it for her pictures.

I won't post a picture of the dress that I did choose. You will have to wait and see!!

breakfast scramble recipe

2009-03-20T20:53:00.003-05:00

I pretty much just made this up because I love those Jimmy Dean breakfast bowls. Sooo yummy. But they're kind of expensive when I can make the same (or better) thing myself! So here is what I did.

Scramble 6 eggs.

Bake 3 potatoes in the microwave, then peel and chop up.

Cook 12 Hormel Little Sizzlers sausages like it says on the box, then cut into small pieces.

Saute onions, garlic, green and red peppers, and celery in some butter.

Mix all together with some shredded cheese! SO yummy!

So I can't make food look very pretty but I swear it tastes DELICIOUS!

You can probably make this healthier by using turkey sausage, I used the Hormel because they were 10 for $10 at Kroger last week. This makes a lot so you can freeze some for a quick breakfast in the morning. Also this would probably taste really good wrapped up in a tortilla!

lazy post

2009-03-18T20:54:00.003-05:00

I'm EXHAUSTED. I think I'm so mentally drained that its starting to wear me down physically. Anyway...

Maddy has been giving us trouble with putting her to sleep lately. She has no problem sleeping once she is asleep, but she's been fighting us on putting her down. Her daddy doesn't understand that if you just let her cry that she will go to sleep eventually and that she HAS to teach herself how to self-soothe. I won't let her lay there and scream or sob...I can tell the difference between an "I want attention" cry and a "there's something wrong" cry. Most of the time she does this screeching like a banchee thing...I dont know whats up with that. But she does it for a while and she WILL go to sleep as long as she's left alone! The past few nights have been pretty stressful but tonight she whimpered and screeched for 10 minutes and then she was OUT. I hope she is learning. I'm crossing my fingers......

Mitch is working SEVEN STRAIGHT DAYS this week. Whaaaaaaaaaaat am I going to do??? My mom is coming to visit tomorrow. But other than that so far (that I know of) its just me and Maddy. I have to keep telling myself....big paycheck....big paycheck!

Other things Maddy is doing: She can pull herself to a standing position from sitting while holding on to my fingers. She can ALMOST sit unassisted...she just needs to work on the balancing thing some more. And she has recently discovered and has become fascinated with her toes.

This is what she does when we try to practice sitting. sigh.Alison and Madelyn from Natalie's 2nd birthday party last saturday. LOL Maddy looks like HELP!Maddy, Alison, and Natalie.Daddy and Maddy reading a bedtime story.Now this is just something she does that I don't quite get. She lifts that one foot in the air for no reason...just leaves it there. She does it when she eats, when she watches TV, anytime you hold her. Silly baby.

I also have another recipe to post tomorrow (hopefully). I can't believe its 9:00 and I'm like barely able to type. I am soooooooooooooooooooo off to bed.

OH, and in response to my last post....I did write an e-mail to the mayor telling him what I think about their breed ban. TWO SECONDS later he e-mailed me back and all he said was thank you. Not hello, didn't put his name, nothing....just two words. I doubt he even read the e-mail. But at least I put my 2 cents in.

Ridgeland, MS breed ban

2009-03-18T00:42:00.004-05:00

This is rediculous.

Seriously, it makes me so mad. I could go on about the reasons why but it comes down to ONE thing...RESPONSIBILITY. Any dog can be "dangerous"...my chihuahua has been known to bite when antagonized. Should we ban them too??

I rescued a pit bull from our local shelter when she was about 3 months old. She had been used as bait for fighting and recovered from a drug bust. When she went for her first checkup at the vet, they found out she had a broken jaw. A broken jaw at 3 MONTHS OLD. So she's probably got fighting genes in her and is doomed to be a killer..... right??

Here she is trying to suffocate my mom.

And here she is clearly trying to eat my husband.

Seriously...she is the sweetest, most loving dog. She thinks she is a big baby. The most dangerous thing about her is that she might nibble you while trying to give you kisses. It would KILL me if I had to give her up because someone decided her whole breed was "dangerous." YES there are dangerous dogs out there....punish them. Punish their owners. Don't punish everyone.

And now that I'm good and pissed off...I'm going to bed.

Edit:

http://sorryagain.com/

http://stopbsl.com/

Although the ban already passed, you can still voice your opinion!! Click here for e-mail addresses for the mayor and board of alderman of Ridgeland.

RECIPES!

2009-03-17T13:06:00.002-05:00

Here all the recipes everyone has been begging me for. Real blog to come soon...I've been lazy...lol.

Jazz Fest Crawfish Bread

Ingredients:
1 stick butter, softened
1/2 cup chopped onions
1/2 cup chopped bell pepper
1/4 cup chopped celery
1/4 cup dry white wine
1 cup chicken broth or clam juice
1/3 cup prepared roux
1/8 tsp. dried thyme
1/8 tsp. sweet basil
2 bay leaves
2 Tbsp. minced garlic
2 lbs. crawfish tails with fat
1/2 cup ripe tomatoes, finely diced
1 can Campbell's Cream of Shrimp Soup
1/4 cup chopped parsley
1/3 cup sliced green onions
1/2 tsp. Frank Davis Seafood Seasoning (I used Tony's)
1 tsp. salt (if needed) (You WON'T need it. Trust me.)
8 ounces shredded Colby
8 ounces shredded Monterey Jack
1 cup grated Parmesan
4 loaves French bread "Twin Shorties" (I used Sara Lee french bread rolls)

In a large heavy skillet, melt the butter and heat it until it bubbles. Then lower the heat and add the chopped onions, bell pepper, and celery.
Sauté the mixture until the veggies turn limp, but do not let them brown (figure that it should take about three minutes).
Next add the wine to the seasoning base and bring it to a boil.
Then, after about a minute, pour in the clam juice and add to it the prepared roux, thyme, bay leaves, and garlic.
At this point, return the mixture to a boil once again but immediately lower the heat and simmer everything together for about five minutes more or until thickened.
Now add the crawfish tails, diced tomatoes, cream of shrimp soup, parsley, green onions, seafood seasoning, and salt (if needed).
When everything is thoroughly combined, simmer the skillet for about 8 to 10 minutes or until you can pick up the sauce with a fork..
All that's left to do is to slice the loaves of bread lengthwise and sprinkle each half with a thin but complete layer of cheese.
Then place the bread onto a sheet pan and slide it under a hot broiler or toaster oven until the cheese fully melts.
Finally, take the bread halves out of the oven, generously spoon the crawfish sauce down the center of each loaf, then top them liberally with a sprinkling of Parmesan cheese.
Return the Crawfish Bread to the oven one more time, but only until the sauce begins to bubble.
Then slice the "breads" into appropriate individual portions and serve the pieces piping hot.

Monkey Bread

Ingredients:
3 (12 oz) pkgs refrigerated biscuit dough (I used 2 16oz pkgs)
1 cup white sugar
2 tsp cinnamon
1/2 cup margarine
1 cup packed brown sugar
1/2 cup chopped walnuts (optional)
1/2 cup raisins (I didn't use the walnuts or raisins)

Preheat oven to 350.
Grease one 9 or 10in bundt pan.
Mix white sugar and cinnamon in a plastic bag.
Cut biscuit dough into quarters.
Shake 6 to 8 biscuit pieces in the sugar cinnamon mix.
Arrange pieces in the in the bottom of the prepared pan.
Continue until all biscuits are coated and placed in pan.
If using nuts or raisins, add them in now.
In a small saucepan, melt the margarine with the brown sugar over med heat.
Let boil for 1 minute.
Pour over biscuits.
Bake at 350 for 35 minutes.
Let cool for 10 minutes. Bread should pull apart.

Success!!

2009-03-10T21:07:00.003-05:00

The new nap routine went SO smoothly today! Here is how our day went:

Wake up at 9
Have a bottle
Play
Eat some fruit
Nap at 12:15
Wake up at 2
Have a bottle
Play
Eat some veggies
Nap at 4:30
Wake up at 5:30
Have a bottle
Play some more!
Have another bottle
BED at 7:30!

Also, getting her to sleep has been going well, too. When I put her in her crib sleepy but not completely asleep, sometimes she goes straight to sleep....sometimes she does this screeching thing for a few minutes until she finds her thumb or her paci and then she goes to sleep. She very rarely cries when I put her down...I don't know what is up with the screeching though.

I am going to go drag myself into the shower...I really just want to go to bed.....

naps

2009-03-10T11:26:00.002-05:00

So today I am going to work on Maddy's nap routine. I am going to try to get her to take 2 longer naps instead of 3 short ones like she has been.

She woke up at 9am so right now she would be napping. She likes to nap 2 hours after she wakes up. I am going to try to stretch it to 4...feed her and THEN put her down.

Pray for me.....I seriously don't feel like dealing with grumpy/whiny baby today.......

is it bedtime yet?

2009-03-09T18:07:00.004-05:00

We have been busy busy busy! Friday was payday, which means it was grocery shopping day, and I was going to go get a pedicure...but Mitch didn't come home until SEVEN hours after he was supposed to. So all we did was grocery shop, get birthday presents, and go home. Saturday we had to travel to Destrehan for my cousin's son's 1st birthday party, then I had to go to my best friend's sister's baby shower, then back to the birthday party, then across the river to a friends house where I got a ton of cuuuuuuute clothes for Madelyn, and then we finally went home!! We were exhausted and Maddy slept the whole way home, and didn't even wake up when we got home and put her in her bed. Whew. Sunday Mitch and I were so tired that we took turns being up with Maddy and taking naps, lol! He got up with her in the morning, then when she went down for her first nap he came back to bed, when Maddy woke up I got up with her and when she went down for her next nap I went back to bed, and then when she was woke up we were like, "Ok, we NEED to get up now!" So we went to eat at Ruby Tuesday's for lunch...then we had steaks and fried mushrooms for dinner! YUM!

Today was a warm day outside, yay! So I sent Mitch to the store to get Maddy a pool. We blew it up and filled it with water and were all set to play....then the sun went away! Ugh! Maddy still looked extremely adorable in her swimsuit though so we dunked her in for a second. She was cold though so she wasn't liking it too much. She loooooooves water. We will have to try again tomorrow maybe if its warm.

Anyway...I'm tired of typing and I'm hungry......here are some pics!

Chillin in the recliner with some toys and her HUGE socks

Big girl teefies!!!

She got her exersaucer on friday and she LOVES it!! She has already learned that she can spin around and she loves to chew on the toys. =)

Birthday boy!! He's one year already!

Since its warm outside, Fiona has been squishing herself between the couch and the window to get some sun...LOL she looks so funny from the outside all squished in there.

We played toys on the floor this morning. See that dress she is wearing? It SAYS 12 mos...I put it on her just to see if it fit bc it looked small to me. And yep, it did.

And last...her 2 seconds in her pool today. She looks SO cute in her swimsuit!!

Well Maddy is waking up from her nap. By the way, who is visiting my blog from Forest Hills, New York?? Just curious...I don't think I know anyone in New York!

5 month pics and stats

2009-03-04T17:33:00.003-06:00

Madelyn was not feeling photogenic today. So here are the best pics I could get of her. She now weighs 16lbs 6.4oz and is about 26 1/4 inches, maybe a tiny bit over.

Also... Prunes. Never again.

She does look quite proud of herself there though doesn't she?

Today was blah. I was supposed to get my house clean but...who wants to do that? I could barely keep Maddy clean as you can see!

Our calendar for March is filling up. This saturday I have a party for my cousin's baby who is turning 1 at 1:30 in Destrehan, and a baby shower for my best friend's sister at 2:30 in Norco. Wednesday the 11th I think I have a dr appt in New Orleans. The following Saturday is my neice's birthday party in Natchez. Toward the end of the month is Easter Portraits and Pike County Azalea Festival. We may go check out family day at Edgewood Park the last saturday of March. Also that day is a craft fair in Osyka. I LOVE craft fairs. I hope the weather is nice and Maddy cooperates so we can make it to both! Saturday April 4th is a home and garden show in McComb, we may attend that since we are planning to do some remodeling to the house, and Sunday April 5th is our wedding celebration party at our house. WHEW! I need to go put all this on the calendar in my iPhone before I forget it all.

Also to add to this sort of random entry... A few months ago when I was in the ER and they FINALLY discovered I had gall stones, this nurse gave me a shot of some painkiller. I pretty much always have no reaction to shots but oh my GOD this woman HURT me. She stuck me in my hip and I jumped and it hurt so freaking bad. Anyway, months later, I am still having pain in that area of my lower back/hip. I really think that nurse hit a nerve or something because when I rub where it hurts, it sends tingles down my leg. Now that I have my new insurance (YAY!!) I am going to line up my doctor's visits. I need to go to the dentist also...ugh. I'd rather give birth again than go to the dentist. =(

5 months!!

2009-03-04T11:00:00.002-06:00

Happy 5 months to my baby today!! I am going to weigh and measure her in a little while and post her 5 month pics also!!

Yesterday was STILL COLD. We had to get out of the house and do something so we went to the DMV to change my name on my license, and then we went to the library. At the library we met the storytime lady who said the storytime for little babies like Maddy is coming back in April! Depending on what time it is for we will have to try and attend! Also...I had TWO people ask me if she was a boy or a girl yesterday. TWO!! She was wearing blue but come on! Her carseat/stroller is pink and green! I will be ordering bows or headbands or something soon. SO annoying when people mistake her for a boy!

So in celebration of her 5 months, today we are going to try PRUNES! Oh Maddy will be so excited....in fact she is starting to squeal now so I suppose I should go feed her. But here is a video of her eating some pears in lieu of pictures for this post.

Maddy eating pears

Cheese!

2009-03-01T20:31:00.004-06:00

How freaking cute is she?!?

Today was a weird day for Maddy. She started to wake up at 7, but I guess she fell back asleep because she got quiet and then I fell back asleep, woke up at 9 and she was making noise and went back to sleep AGAIN, and then FINALLY got up at 10. Even though she slept late, she took an extra nap because she was screaming and the only thing that would settle her was me rocking her. I didn't want her to fall asleep though! So I planned on her being up a little late tonight. But I gave her a bottle at 7:30 and she could barely keep her little eyes open! So after I fed her I laid her in her crib and I haven't heard anything since. I hope she isn't getting sick. Her temp was normal today...and she seemed pretty much herself except for that one little temper tantrum she threw and the extra sleepiness. I'm hoping tomorrow she is back to her normal self and back on schedule! So yeah...Maddy was pretty much in a diaper only all day and I never changed out of what I slept in last night. It was cold outside and we just had a lazy day.

Also Maddy has learned how to scoot backwards. She does it in her crib before I pick her up in the morning...and she does it when she is on her playmat. Today she scooted almost all the way off the thing and onto the floor! I am SO crazy ready for her to crawl. And sit up by herself.

roller baby

2009-02-28T21:29:00.002-06:00

So I FINALLY! caught Maddy rolling over on video. Almost missed it though! Here is me begging her to roll over for almost 2 minutes until she throws up at the end. Ignore the stupid cat in the background and the dog that walks in front the camera...I swear, I'm never alone....but even though she doesn't actually roll over in this one she gives some cute faces and babbles and such. Its just cute, ok?

Maddy trying to roll over

And here she is FINALLY actually doing it! When I saw she was "in position" I had to use my ninja mommy skills with the camera and caught it! YEAH! Also I kind of let out an ear piercing squeal when she does it so you may want to turn your volume down...haha.

Maddy rolling over

So tonight I decided I'm going to start easing her into falling asleep on her own. I fed her the last bottle of night, we read some books, and then I rocked her for a few minutes. Normally I rock her until she is unconscious and I KNOW she isn't going to wake up when I put her down. But I could tell she was sleepy but not asleep so I layed her in her crib and left with the door open just a little bit. She grunted and made noise for about 15 minutes but never cried. Then...silence! I went into her room to check on her and she was sleeping peacefully with her thumb in her mouth. Good girl!! I hope she can keep this up!!!!

Also I wanted to add all the new foods she has been trying! So far Madelyn likes veggies: (in order of preference) carrots, sweet potatoes, green beans, and squash; and fruits: (also in order of preference) bananas and pears. She has tried but does NOT like peas or peaches. She gets a small container of fruit with lunch and a big container of veggies with dinner. Sometimes at night if she is still hungry after her last bottle she has a little bit more fruit. She loves her food and is doing so well with eating from a spoon! Now if I can just get it to where she (or I) doesn't need to be hosed off after a feeding.....

Well I am headed off to bed, Maddy has been waking up early for some reason every morning which means I need to get to bed earlier at night. Its supposed to be cooooooooold tonight and possibly snow. We'll see! Going check the temp in Maddy's room and then bundle up in bed with my puppy!

teefies!!!!!!!!

2009-02-27T19:57:00.002-06:00

I'm SO glad to have my happy baby back! You can't see too well in these pics but shes got her teefies in!!! I can tell she feels MUCH better!

Don't have much to write about. Today Mitch went back to work so it was just Maddy and me. We played outside for a lot of the day today because this weekend its supposed to be cold...I wanted to get as much sunshine as possible before then! Supposedly it is going to snow one night this weekend. Uuuuuuuuuuuuugh. As long as our power doesn't go out for a whole day again I guess we will be okay. We are ready for SPRING! Maddy has cute sleeveless outfits she wants to wear! Go away cold!!!!

And here is a picture of a pretty bird outside in my front yard today. Spring is almost here.......right?????

pics pics pics

2009-02-26T21:03:00.004-06:00

Here are some pics that Amanda took of us before we went off and got married. I was trying to pick only a few that were my favorite but I can't decide...so here are a bunch! And go visit her website! She's awesome!

Today was a better day. I guess since Maddy's teeth finally poked through that she felt better. She wanted to get up at 6:30am though!! I am NOT an early riser so thank goodness Mitch was here this morning to get up with her. She took a few extra naps today so I am suprised she went down at her normal time tonight, around 8pm. I'm just hoping she doesn't want another early morning tomorrow when Mitch is at work......

I tried to get a picture of her teeth today but do you know how hard it is to get a picture of baby teeth?!?!! I have about 30 pictures of baby tounge on my camera and no good pics of teeth! Darnit! I will have to try again when they come out some more.

Also here is another reference for how big my baby is getting. This picture is when she was only a few days old:

And this one is from today! My little ham! Almost 5 months!!!!

See her feet almost dangling off the end?! Nooo! Stop growing little girl!!! And here is a pic of her laxin in her jammies tonight:

I put some potato soup in the crockpot for dinner tonight, but unfortunately after 6 hours it still wasn't done enough for me, so I ended up making yummy italian chicken with mac n cheese instead. Well as I'm sure those of you with kids know, getting through an entire meal without interruption is a very rare occurance. And in this house....you snooze, you lose!

BUSTED! Eating Mitch's mac n cheese! haha

Well its bedtime for me....GOOD NIGHT!

minimoon and past few days

2009-02-25T18:32:00.004-06:00

I was going to post some pictures that my neighbor took of Mitch and I before we got married the other day...but my stupid D Drive on my computer will not work!! I haven't even gotten to SEE them yet! I hate this stupid computer!

ANYWAY....here are some pics from our mini honeymoon trip to Beau Rivage. We didn't take a whole lot but here are a few.

My beautiful rings!

My favorite part of the room- the DEEP tub!

The comfy king bed!

The weather has been so nice lately so we have been spending more time outside. Also I pulled out Maddy's "Hop 'N Pop" out of her closet the other day to see how she would fit in it. She LOVES it. Its perfect to take outside and let her enjoy the weather. She loves to watch cars go by and just look around and take everything in. I took this pic with my iPhone so you can't see it that well...but she was smilin so big!!

And I'll let this last picture sum up our past few days. TEETH. Yesterday I could feel them but couldn't see them. Today you can see them just starting to peek through. My poor baby is in PAIN. Even with Tylenol and Oragel she has been screaming off and on all day. Earlier I was outside talking to my neighbor and Mitch went in to put Maddy down for a nap because she started to get fussy. Well a few minutes later he comes out and yells for me because apparently Maddy was bleeding. I don't know if it was coming from her nose or her mouth but yeah...it was kind of scary! It stopped though and we haven't seen any more blood so I hope she is ok!

Well its 6:45 but feels like midnight. I'm tired. Maybe I'll go sneak off to bed and let Mitch have Maddy for the rest of the night...think that will work?!??

ITS OFFICIAL!

2009-02-22T21:50:00.003-06:00

WE ARE MARRIED!! 2-20-09

We had a short ceremony at the Justice of the Peace to make things official. There is too much family drama to have a big wedding, but its okay with me. The most important thing is that I'm officially married to the love of my life. =)

We weren't going to take a honeymoon because I didn't want to leave Maddy for very long, and because it was kind of a spur of the moment deal...but we ended up leaving the baby with my sister for a night and spending the weekend in Biloxi at the Beau Rivage. We had a blast! And got some MUCH needed rest in THE most comfortable bed ever. But my favorite part was the tub. It was a deep soaking tub. I laid in there for like an hour and just soaked. Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhh.......I'm ready to go back! Or get one for my house...lol! I will post some pics from the minimoon tomorrow. Right now I need to go get my crockpot going for tomorrow and then get a shower before I crash. Night!

funny story of the day

2009-02-19T23:29:00.002-06:00

Earlier, around 7 or so, I was rocking Maddy to sleep and she had a paci in her mouth, and when I put her down in her crib I couldn't find the darn thing. I wasn't going to turn on the light and look obviously so I just said screw it and went about my buisness.

So I cleaned up a little bit, uploaded some pics to myspace, did some dishes, blah blah blah...

So at 11 I am getting ready to take my shower. Took off my sweater and caught a glance in the mirror and there is something sticking out under my shirt. I'm like great! I just bought this bra and its already broken! I thought the underwire was sticking out or something. So I look down my shirt...

The missing paci is stuck in between my boobs.

new hair!

2009-02-18T13:10:00.006-06:00

For those who asked...

Its all messed up in the last pic since I had it up in a ponytail...you get the picture though. We finally had some money to play around with so I scheduled myself a hair appointment. Since I had the baby I've been feeling blah and I really needed to do some things for myself. I feel so much better now that my hair is done again! I got my highlights put back in, the cut isn't terribly different just cleaned up a little and thinned out some. I'm trying to let it grooooooow! I also got myself 3 new pairs of shoes, some new shirts, and some other stuff. Yay! Its amazing how much better I feel when I feel better about myself.

The past two days have been NUTS. I don't want to go into a whole lot of detail but yall be on the lookout for a BIG suprise announcement on Friday!!! =) For those of you who know, no putting any comments giving it away!!! lol!

Booboo and I had to go run an errand this morning and she was dressed up in yellow, so I had to make sure people knew she's a girl in some way, so I stuck a bow in her hair and it actually stayed!! I can't stand when people ask if she's a boy or a girl. ugh! I can't wait for her hair to grow some more so I can get her lots of cute bows and girly hair things! We also spent like $150 on baby clothes at Belk the other day. Having a girl is so much fun but those little outfits add up so quick! Anyway here are some pics of her in her bow. I LOVE her smiles in these pics!

We are DEBT-FREEEEEE!!!!!

2009-02-13T22:22:00.004-06:00

So we got our tax return in today and were able to pay off ALL of our credit card debt, my student loan, and whatever else...and paid bills for this month, and we still have $600 left over! I can't even begin to say what a weight is lifted off our shoulders! We still have our house note obviously and Mitch's truck note, but that is the ONLY debt we owe. YEAH!!! Now we have to be responsible adults and start saving. Blah!

Maddy's 4 month checkup was Monday. She weighs 15lbs 9oz (90th percentile) and is 26in long (95th percentile.) She also got 3 vaccinations. 2 needles and one oral. I think it hurt me more than her! I wanted to cry right along with her!! I wasn't there for her first shots so this was my first experience...it was horrible! I want to make her daddy take her for shots from now on...lol.

Also she is starting to fit in 6 month clothes. Which is actually sort of ok with me because I have some really cute 6 month stuff...lol. But sad because my baby is getting too big. I looked at her tiny little shirt from the hospital the other day and I can't believe that was 4 months ago already.

We have also started feeding her some veggies. She loves green beans! (see below!)

Oh the mess this child makes. I am going to have to start bathing her after every meal. Good thing she loves baths!

More random pictures from the past week or so:

I had to put this picture because she looks EXACTLY like me as a baby in this one.

Maddy and Mommy snuggling in the bed one morning.

I dare someone to find a baby with a cuter smile!!!!!!!!

weekend

2009-02-09T22:10:00.002-06:00

Oh my we had a busy weekend! Friday was my BIRTHDAY!! Happy birthday to me!! Mitch had a meeting to go to for work so he didn't get home until about 2, blah. But I got lots of awesome birthday presents!! He got me my IPHONE!! and a chi which I LOVE, and some pretty jewelry, and a cake! I was shocked! I couldn't believe I got everything I wanted!! THEN, later that night, we went out to eat at Dixie Springs. Unfortunately that didn't go so well as Maddy decided halfway through the meal it was time to go and screamed at the top of her lungs. Ahhh well. It was a nice night anyway.

Saturday Savannah and Lance came over because Savannah was going to get a tattoo at one of the shops down here. So we went over there when the place opened at 3....and we ended up waiting 4 hours for it to get done! It only took like 15 minutes to actually do it, too!! It came out very cute and she was so brave! So then we came back to the house and Amber and Matthew were here by that time, we grilled steaks and had dinner. It was suuuuuper yummy!! So then Lance and Savannah left and we put Maddy to bed, and Amber and I went to Blockbuster to get some movies. Only we all ended up falling asleep during the first one! lol! When did we get so old!

Sunday we got up and hung around for a little bit until Amber and Matthew left, then Mitch and I headed to Natchez to visit with his family. Mitch and I cooked ribs and they came out SO good. Anyway, we hung out, Maddy got passed around like a hot potato, and we ended up getting home pretty late.

Today my mom came up to visit and we had to take Maddy to her doctor appointment. She got her second set of shots....UGH it kills me to watch her get them!! She screamed and screamed poor baby. Oh and she weighs 15lbs 9oz, and is 26in long. 90th percentile for weight and 95th for height I believe. When we got home I gave her a little tylenol and she was ok, then I took a nap and my mom took care of Maddy for a little bit. I was exhausted!! Anyway, after I got up, I started laundry and literally...I did laundry ALL DAY. And I'm STILL not done. I did however wash all the sheets on the beds, including Maddy's crib, too. I HATE changing her sheets. I would rather change 234098234 poopy diapers than change her sheets.

Well anyway I have an episode of the Bachelor to watch. Going get in my PJs and RELAX!

whine whine whine!!

2009-02-05T15:28:00.003-06:00

Oh the whining....

So that was pretty much my entire day yesterday. She isn't REALLY fussing...just WHINING!

She has been ok so far today. This morning before her nap she went on a whiny spree but when she woke up she was better. We went outside for a little bit and sat on the swing since it wasn't as cold. Her friend Carsyn came over to play. I can't wait until they can REALLY play. Maybe give their mommies a break! lol!

So then I earned my next mommy of the year award by scratching her on the chin with my fingernail. Someone is going to call CPS on me I swear. She screamed and screamed until she fell asleep for her next nap.

I'm breaking out the wine after she goes to bed tonight.

4 month pics!

2009-02-04T23:02:00.003-06:00

4 months! Where did the time go!

Ok so right after I typed that last entry, Maddy fell out of her swing and hit her head on the floor. The swing wasn't even on, she was just sitting in it. I left her for a second to go get my food out of the microwave and heard a thump and then a scream, I run back over to the living room and she's laying sprawled out on the floor. =/ My poor baby!! I was so scared she was going to have a concussion or something! I couldn't get in touch with Mitch so I had to call my mom in Disney World to ask her what to do. She's fine though...she screamed for about 10 minutes, then fell asleep for 5 minutes, and when she woke up she was smiling and talking to me. Man did I feel like the greatest mom in the whole world....... I tell you people, she really doesn't want me to eat. I just wanted to get my food out of the microwave......

This weekend is going to be so busy. Its my birthday Friday, and Mitch has a meeting to go to for work. I think we are going to go out to dinner that night though. Saturday Aunt Savannah is coming over to go get a tattoo.....and I will bet you a million dollars Mitch is going to come home with a new one also. Then I think saturday night we are going out to dinner with his parents in Natchez? I think? Sunday...maybe Mitch will take over baby duty and let me sleep all day . That would be a GREAT birthday present!!! (HINT HINT) haha. I am trying really hard to plan a trip to Harrah's but its complicated with Mitch's work schedule, and my mom's work schedule, since she will probably have to babysit overnight for it. I need a casino night so bad.

Random stuff

2009-02-04T13:10:00.002-06:00

So I have not taken Maddy's 4 month pics yet because well...she has been a grump all morning. She doesn't want to play with toys, she doesn't want me to hold her, she doesn't want to lay down, she doesn't want to sit up, she doesn't want to eat, she doesn't want to watch tv. She just wants to whine. So, she is sitting in her swing and whining because I do not know WHAT else to do with her. We can't go outside because it is too cold, and I can't take her anywhere because Mitch has the SUV and I refuse to put her in my shitty old car. So. We sit here and whine.

Anyway, I tried a new recipe last night for dinner. Its payday friday which means we are running low on groceries so I was looking for something simple and quick and found this recipe for Italian Chicken. It turned out SO FREAKING GOOD. I wish I would've made more so I had leftovers for today! And it was so simple and didn't take a lot of ingredients. My kind of recipe! lol! Anyway, here it is:

Italian Chicken

Ingredients:
4 (4 ounce) boneless skinless chicken breast halves
1 cup Italian salad dressing
2 tablespoons grated Parmesan cheese
1/4 teaspoon salt
Minced fresh parsley

Directions:
Place chicken in a greased 9-in. square baking dish. Drizzle with salad dressing; sprinkle with Parmesan cheese and salt if desired. Bake, uncovered, at 375 degrees F for 20-25 minutes or until chicken juices run clear. Sprinkle with parsley.

I changed it up a tiny bit and seasoned the chicken with lemon pepper and some garlic salt, then marinated in the dressing for an hour before cooking. Very very good and easy!

Also, I don't think that I would live without these. They are SO good and only take 6 minutes in the microwave to make. I don't know why they don't have the gumbo listed on the website but its so yummy. Perfect for days like today when Maddy barely gives me time to breathe much less make something for myself to eat.

Maddy laughing at mommy

2009-02-04T09:56:00.002-06:00

Maddy Laughing

My baby is 4 months old today!! Obligatory 4 month pics to come later! Right now I think I need to change a diaper. I need coffee..........

because everyone else is doing it...

2009-01-31T23:35:00.003-06:00

Rules:Once you've been tagged, you are supposed to write a note with 25 random things, facts, habits, or goals about you. At the end, choose 25 people to be tagged. You have to tag the person who tagged you. If I tagged you, it's because I want to know more about you.

1. I hate, hate, HATE Walmart.

2. I was planning to name my daughter Ava, but then I saw the name Madelyn on the back on someone's minivan (you know like one of those cheerleader or sports things with the kids names on them...) and instantly decided that was her name.

3. When I am overwhelmed I make lists. I usually lose them, but it makes me feel better in the moment.

4. I'm afraid of roller coasters. Even watching them on TV makes me a little nervous.

5. I was pretty much a straight A student in high school and almost never studied. Except for math, I suck at math.

6. I've spent more time in the hospital in the past year than I have in my entire life before that combined.

7. I worry about what negative genetics I will pass on to my daughter.

8. I moved out of my parents' house when I was 17 and back in when I was almost 21, back out again at 22.

9. I have a journal that dates back to 2003 and I skim through old entries occasionally to remind myself of how lucky I am to have made it to the life I have now.

10. The song "Angel" by Sarah McLachlan reminds me of my cat Smokey who was had to put to sleep after he had a stroke and went blind....12 years ago. I heard the song the night we had to put him to sleep and its stuck with me ever since.

11. I hate grocery shopping.

12. I love hot and spicy foods and sour candy. I'm talking so hot your nose runs and so sour your face gets all puckered up.

13. I met my (soon to be) hubby on e-harmony after only being on the website for two weeks.

14. My first kiss was when I was 12 years old in the woods behind my house. Then we got in trouble for sneaking off there alone...lol.

15. I danced (ballet, tap, jazz.... mostly ballet) for 10 years and I miss it SO much!

16. I was raised Catholic and now I have very negative views of the Catholic church. So much so that I don't go to any church. I have faith and practice religion in my own way.

17. I hated pretty much every second of pregnancy. But I love love love being a mommy! And I'm lucky enough to be able to stay home with my baby girl!

18. My dream is to live near the ocean with the beach outside my back door.

19. The only scars I have are one on my ankle from shaving my legs, and 4 on my stomach from having my gall bladder removed.

20. I love giraffes.

21. When I was little I would take turns sleeping with different stuffed animals so none of their "feelings" got hurt.

22. I've been on an airplane once. On a field trip. The plane never left the ground, obviously, but I kept asking my mom over and over to make sure we weren't going anywhere. I am deathly afraid of flying and I hate airports.

23. I'm addicted to watching those shows where people search for new homes, and then I get aggravated when they don't pick the one I think they should pick! lol

24. I absolutely love to gamble and for my 21st birthday I spent all night at Harrah's and lost $400. But I had a BLAST!!

25. I am probably the luckiest person alive to have the most patient, understanding, loving, hard-working, caring, funny, loyal, amazing husband that I do. Even though I probably don't tell him that enough. =)

I'm not tagging anyone because everyone has pretty much done it already!

How do I make this stop??

2009-01-31T01:00:00.003-06:00

For comparison:

About a week old here having her first bath

Almost 4 months old in the same bath seat!

Where did that time go?? I thought I was going to be pregnant forever and now my baby is almost 4 months old!! How did that happen?!

Things Maddy has been doing lately: She has really learned to grab an object when you hold it in front of her. Everything goes in her mouth and when she is not holding something, her hands are in there. I think she has discovered she can make noise also because she "talks" all the time now! She also can sleep in her crib but because the outlets in her room don't work, I have to keep replacing the batteries in her monitor and I can't do that everyday. So she's been sleeping in her bassinet so I can hear her when she wakes up. We are getting that fixed soon though hopefully and she will be sleeping in her crib for good!! Also, she's got great hand eye coordination for a 3 month old, I think. And she has more of an attention span for books now. I try to read one to her every night before I put her to bed.

Things I am getting a little concerned about: My bible (What to Expect the First Year) says that babies should be laughing out loud by 4 months. She has laughed a few times but it doesn't happen often. I can tell when she is happy or excited because she kicks her feet and flails her arms but she doesn't laugh. Also, she will NOT turn over! She did it a few times a couple weeks ago and now she just won't do it! She spends plenty time on her back and on her tummy, I try to convince her to do it but she just won't. I know all babies develop at their own pace so I will give her a few more weeks. I guess that's pretty much all I can do, right?

just for fun

2009-01-30T21:59:00.002-06:00

So you're supossed to post the top 5 things you can not live without. This was definitely easy for me!

1. My cell phone! I am a text maniac and I neeeeeed a full keyboard. I can't imagine having a phone without one now. We don't have a house phone because, really, who needs one anymore? So its pretty much my lifeline.

2. My digital camera. Because I need to capture every single moment of my child's life. Seriously...sometimes I wish I had a camera crew to just film everything. I don't want to miss or forget ANYthing and I love sharing pics of her with everyone!! Because you know...she IS the most beautiful baby in the whole world!!

3. The Bissell PowerSteamer. If you have carpet, you need one of these!! Especially with kids, or pets, or pregnancy (this is gross and probably too much info, but during my pregnancy I definitely didn't make it to the toilet everytime I had to throw up. yuck.). Anyway, you don't have to get down on your hands and knees and scrub the carpet, it takes out all the stains and smells, and its awesome!

4. My DirecTV DVR. So I have an unhealthy obsession with TV. Now that I have a baby and I can't schedule my life around my favorite TV shows anymore, lol, this is a MUST!! I can record shows in case I miss them, or I can pause TV if Maddy needs my attention, or whatever reason.

5. Last but DEFINITELY not least, my FLAT IRON!!!! I don't have a chi yet but I'm getting one for my birthday and I can't wait. Right now I have some off brand one that is, eh, ok. But I couldn't live without a flat iron. I have THICK THICK hair that is naturally curly (wavy now though since I had it chemically straightened yeeears ago.) If I don't flat iron it, its a mess. Seriously I don't know how I went through so many years of my life without one.

So that's my list!

early bird

2009-01-27T11:57:00.003-06:00

I am not a morning person by any means. If I have to get up early for something, I have to set my alarm 30 minutes ahead so I can hit snooze a few times before I have to actually get up, and I still have to draaaaag myself out of bed. I am much more of a night owl. So this mommy thing really took some getting used to, but I am VERY lucky to have a daughter who is a pretty good sleeper. In the past week though, she has decided that she wants to start waking up at 6am. Umm...not good for mommy!! Especially since she doesn't normally go down for good at night until about 11:30-12, and then I stay up later than that to check email, finish laundry or dishes, or whatever I need to get done before the next day. So I don't usually hit the bed until 1-2am. This was great when she was sleeping till 11am! Then she gradually starting waking up earlier and earlier...9:30am...then 8:30am....then 6am. No no no!! So this morning she tried to wake up at 6, she starting doing her little grunting/whining thing to let me know she was up, so I decided to try to give her her paci and see if she would go back to sleep. She keep whining but not crying or anything and then I fell back asleep. Next thing I knew she was whining/grunting again and it was 9am! GOOD GIRL!!!! I can handle 9am. I can even handle 8am. I can't do 6am!!!! We will save that for when she has to go to school!!

So I think in a little while Maddy and I are going to the station to eat some boiled shrimp and crabs with Mitch. Yummy! I don't know what I did last night in my sleep but I woke up this morning and 3 of my toes on my right foot hurt really bad! Like I can't walk on them! So I have been hobbling around all day. They are starting to not hurt so bad now so who knows. I also noticed in the bathtub yesterday that I have a huge bruise on the side of my left knee. What is going on!! I have mysterious injuries!

Anyway, here is some pictures from bathtime last night. Maddy was so happy during her bath, but I guess she did not like my plans to watch the Bachelor because she decided to scream the whole time I was trying to watch. But here are some pictures!

Maddy's Room

2009-01-27T00:00:00.003-06:00

Ok so I have been searching and searching for shelves for Maddy's room and I can't find the perfect ones. Well...I HAVE FOUND THEM. The only problem is that I don't think we will be able to afford them. They are from Pottery Barn Kids and I want them sooooooo so so bad. I also plan on painting the chair rail and window and door facings in her room white. They will match perfectly!!!

The other problem is that I am looking for a less expensive option but now that I have found the perfect ones...I'm not going to want to settle for anything else. Darn it!!!

busy busy weekend!!

2009-01-26T17:39:00.004-06:00

Well, thursday my mom took Maddy to Ponchatoula to spend the night with them. It was good to have a little time to myself but I missed her SO much. It was so hard to watch her drive away with my baby!! Mitch got home the next morning and we slept in till about 11. Then we were on the road to get Maddy! We got there and I just wanted to snuggle her and squeeze her but she thinks I'm putting her to sleep when I do that so she fusses. But I needed baby snuggles so bad!! She was good for Nanna and Nanny but I don't know when I will do that again. It was really hard!

From there we took Maddy on her first trip to Kirin in Hammond, the BEST sushi restaurant in the whole entire world. Here is Maddy wishing she had teeth so she could eat some sushi!

After our yummy lunch, we stopped at a children's shop called Lisa's and got Maddy a cute little set of pearls! They are too big for her right now but I hope they fit soon because I would like her to wear them for her Easter pictures!

Next, we headed to Mandeville to visit my aunt and cousins and exchange Christmas presents.

Then we finally headed home!! We were exhausted. The next day was kind of lazy. Maddy snuggled with daddy....

Then read some magazines with mommy.

Sunday Mitch had to work an overtime day. Yuck. Maddy also decided that she would be the whiniest baby ever that day. She would not let me put her down at all almost the entire day. When Mitch got home I was like PLEASE TAKE HER!!! AHH!! I literally took her everywhere with me...to the bathroom, I held her while I cooked gumbo for dinner...although she did allow me to put her down for about a minute to make her a bottle. Here she is reading her book and waiting patiently for her breakfast.

Needless to say I was very relieved when bedtime came. This morning she woke up in a lovely mood, though. She actually let me take a bath, and blowdry my hair, but she started to get restless before I could get it flat ironed. Big improvement, though!! Then I decided to would suprise Mitch with lunch so I went to Popeye's and got some chicken and headed to the station. We were there for about 5 minutes when he got a call, but thankfully the other guys took it for him! We got to eat and talk for a little bit until he ended up getting another call, so Maddy and I went home. Then she got into a bad mood all of a sudden, I think because her nap was interrupted when I got her out of the car, so I rocked her and she fell back asleep...then I fell asleep...and we ended up taking about an hour long nap! Whew did I need that!!!

Well I am going to go give Maddy her bath and get her in her jammies before The Bachelor comes on tonight!

Maddy first sleepover!

2009-01-22T21:17:00.003-06:00

Well I was brave and did it...I let Maddy go home with her Nanna for her first sleepover. Its kind of killing me and yes I cried a little when I got inside but I know I needed to do it. I needed a break although my break will probably consist of me getting laundry done and cleaning house tonight. But I did let myself watch Grey's Anatomy the whole way through and I didn't have to pause it once!

Mitch gets paid tomorrow, yeah!! I love payday. We are going to eat at the best sushi restaurant EVER tomorrow for lunch. I am sososooooooooo excited!!! Not as excited as I am about picking up my baby though! I miss her so much!!

Well since Mitch doesn't get off until tomorrow morning and my baby is not home, I am going take a long shower while my clothes finish drying and I'm going to try and get to bed early tonight!

grrr

2009-01-21T21:12:00.003-06:00

I don't know if its just my computer or what but I can't see the video in my previous post. Click here for the link if you want to watch.

So I have a huge headache and I can't wait to go to bed. Maddy should be waking up soon for her last bottle before she goes down for the night. I hope she eats fast because the bed is calling my name...

And yeah I got...like 2 loads of laundry done...my living room halfway cleaned and I haven't even started on dishes. I have no motivation today! Someone come clean my house for me PLEASE!!!

video

2009-01-21T15:14:00.002-06:00

You can see Madelyn's new favorite thing to do on the video. She scoots down in the bouncy seat and kicks the toys with her feet. Its amazing how long this can keep her occupied. I borrowed this seat from my neighbor and it has turned out to be the best baby thing I have. I don't think she is EVER getting it back!!! Ha, just kidding...I will give it up...but I can't promise I won't cry...

So this afternoon I went to babysit my neighbor's little girl. Thank goodness because I got to procrastinate cleaning my house for a few more hours! I am so not looking forward to the piles of laundry...and the dishes...and one load of clean laundry somehow got mixed up with a load of dirty laundry so now I get to wash that all over again. Not fun!!

And I am kind of annoyed that Lucky is having their 50% off sale right now. Why couldn't they wait until I had the money to spend??? I love love love their jeans...and the baby clothes are cute. Blah!! I did get a check for $14 in the mail today from Allstate for not having an accident in the last 6 months. Lucky me!!

Well I am going to drag myself out the chair and get back to cleaning now.............

random

2009-01-18T14:38:00.004-06:00

We have this cat, Lola, the fluffy white one. We got her from the shelter and she was all nice and cuddly. Then we got her home and she turned into satan cat. She hid all day and only came out to eat, growled and hissed at us...she was horrible. We almost brought her back. Well then she finally started to come out of her shell but she still doesn't like to be touched or held or petted. So...last night I woke up to her ON MY CHEST. PURRING. Umm..I close the door every night since Lily decided to snuggle Maddy in her bassinet one night. So I have no idea how she got in, first of all. Second, she must have gotten into the Prozac or something because she NEVER does that. Well I carefully picked her up and put her outside the room and went back to sleep. This happened TWO MORE TIMES last night. I don't know HOW she kept getting in!!! Freaked me out.

Anyway...Maddy laughed last night. She was starting to fuss and I was telling her no no no and she started smiling, then I just started talking to her making random noises and she was cracking up!! I called Mitch and put him on speakerphone so he could hear but then she quit doing it. She always does that! Drives me nuts that I can't share these things with other people, especially her daddy!!

So Maddy did not want to go down for her lunchtime nap today so I decided to put her in the car and go get myself something for lunch. So we went through the drivethru at BK and she fell asleep. I got my food and I was driving back home when I decided to check the bag. They gave me the wrong order!! UUGH!! So I went back and there were 239048 cars in the drivethru so I had to wake Maddy up, go inside looking like a hot mess, and get my right order. Oh I was so mad. Luckily when we got home she played for a little bit in her bouncy seat and I got to eat, then she went down for a nap and I got a nap in, too.

Yesterday Aunt Savannah came over with the girls. I can't wait until Maddy can play with them. Now she just lays there and lets them do whatever they want to her...lol. It was nice to have an adult over. Someone to actually talk back to me when I talk to them!! lol! Baby talk is fun but you can only talk so long before you realize you're basically talking to yourself...haha.

Woohoo today I caught this cute pic of her smiling! Its so hard to get a pic of her smiling because she always catches the camera and gets completely mesmerized and won't smile.

the past few days...

2009-01-16T18:38:00.003-06:00

Maddy waking up in her crib for the first time. She always scoots to the end of the bed and has to have the top of her head touching something. Doesn't matter where you put her down, she will always end up scooted all the way up!

Wednesday we went down to New Orleans for a doctor's appointment in which I was told I am sleep deprived and I need at least eight consecutive hours of sleep at least once a week. HA...we will see if that happens. Then I had to make all the usual stops...my dad's, mom's...and we HAD to eat dinner at Casa Garcia, the best Mexican restaurant ever. Of course McComb doesn't have one. =( We got home around 10:30pm and Madelyn was worn out so she went to bed pretty easily.

Thursday the inlaws came over...I did laundry...and not much else happened.

Today my mom and sister came over and we went to eat lunch at Golden Corrall where Maddy was the center of attention. A lady at the table next to ours thought that my sister, Maddy, and I were all sisters and Maddy was my mom's baby!!!! Umm no I am her mommy!! lol! Then the lady's 94 year old aunt kept asking to see her so we had to bring her over to their table. Never seen these people before in my life. And we were trying to eat! Eventually they left but not before coming over to our table for one last look!

So I am 100000% absolutely positive that Maddy is teething. She is so moody lately, chewing on everything she can get her little hands on (which is usually her hands or her clothes)....she screams and screams in pain and it makes me so sad!! I have been giving her a little tylenol about every 4 hours. I've tried everything else...frozen teething rings, icy cold water, frozen towels, nothing works except for the tylenol. She will chew on the teething rings and towels but only before she starts throwing her fit. Once she starts screaming the only thing that quiets her down is lots of walking around and some tylenol. I gave her a tiny tiny bit of baby orajel last night too but I am trying to stay away from it because it can numb the back of babies' mouths and cause them to choke.

Waiting for the tylenol to kick in...lol. Poor baby.

And this is what happens if I leave her for two seconds. It doesn't bother her either. She'll lay there like that until I realize it and move her and strap her in...mom of the year here, lol.

Maddy snuggled up with her daddy. A rare kind of happy moment. ha

We survived!

2009-01-13T13:40:00.004-06:00

Well we survived our first night of Madelyn sleeping in her crib! I am very convinced that she is starting to teethe because she has been in a horrible mood lately and last night it took me SO long to get her to go to sleep. After I wrote last night's blog she woke up and it took me until 1:30am to get her back to sleep for good but she did finally spend the night in her crib! I set my alarm on my cell phone to get up and check on her every two hours, lol! The one down side of her sleeping in her crib is that the sheets are absolutely way too hard to change and Maddy leaks out of her diaper every single night. I don't know what to do. I've tried putting her in a size two (she's in 1-2 now) and those leak even more. I hope I'm not destined to have to change sheets and bathe her every single morning until she is potty trained.

So I found this website: www.simplifysupper.com . I'm going to try and make a meal calendar and try some different recipes. My favorite part about it is it gives you a shopping list that you can print out or send to your cell phone for FREE!

Ahh well Maddy is trying to escape out of her swing and its almost time for her to eat so gotta go.

I tried to upload a video but it wouldn't work! I'll try again later.

sad sad night

2009-01-12T21:22:00.004-06:00

Soooooo........... I think Madelyn is going to spend her first night in her crib tonight. I put her down three times in her bassinet and she kept waking up. I put her down once in her crib and she is still out! AHHH this is making me so nervous!! My first night not having my baby right next to me!!!!! =(

Also I have to post a picture of her grumpy face. She sticks that lip out and looks so sad but it makes me laugh everytime! It is just too cute! I was taking pictures of her today and I happened to catch this face!

Also, tomorrow if I have time I am going to post some videos I've taken. Right now I'm going to try to get some laundry folded and hopefully Maddy will stay down for the night!

my big girl!

2009-01-12T13:36:00.003-06:00

We had a busy weekend! Friday night nanny came over to babysit and Mitch and I went out to The Caboose with some friends. The food was AWESOME. After that we went out to a bar, then to the Ice House. We ended up coming home at around 2am. I was exhausted!! Apparently Maddy was not a happy baby the whole time we were gone...she must have worn herself out because she slept LATE the next morning. Good news for mommy and daddy since we were pooped!

Saturday we worked on getting the house clean while taking turns entertaining Maddy. I got some new oil for my lamp...one is called sugared almond and smells like wedding cake. It smells sooo yummy!

Sunday we had the neighbors over for dinner. Mitch grilled steaks and I made green bean and artichoke casserole which I think came out pretty good considering I'd never made it before! And we had banana split pie for dessert. My FAVORITE!

Today Maddy took her first nap in her big girl crib!!! I checked on her every 5 minutes even though the baby monitor was on in there. I was so nervous. She slept for about an hour and I was kind of relieved when she woke up. I'm going to let her take her afternoon nap in there too, if she goes down for one. Sometimes she wants to sleep on and off for 15-20 minutes at a time, sometimes she will take a long nap. Here is the obligatory blog picture of the day.

Last night my eye started to hurt and this morning I can feel a bump in the corner. I hope it is just a stye and it goes away. Its not that painful...just annoying that its sore everytime I blink!

Well Maddy is letting me know she has had enough of her swing and is ready to eat.

Its always something...

2009-01-09T13:01:00.002-06:00

I woke up yesterday morning to find my computer DEAD! Turns out it was just the monitor. We bought a new one this morning and now its all better. I was really nervous thinking I was going to lose all my pictures and everything. Whew.

So Maddy is becoming more mobile now and I am not ready for it. She rolled over TWICE yesterday. Yes, TWICE. Now she won't do it again so I can catch it on the camera...of course. It scares the crap out of her when she does it. Also in the past week I've put her down only to come back and find that she was changed positions on me. Not so bad when shes on the ground halfway off the playmat and halfway on the floor. Bad when she is hanging halfway out of her swing!! Time to start strapping the kid in I suppose! And I thought I couldn't get things done before!!!

And in the never ending story of my health problems...I have to get my thyroid tested now. Only I have to wait until MARCH when my insurance will kick in. I've had my thyroid tested a million times and it was always "normal" but on the low side. Thyroid problems run in my family and I think its time I got mine tested again. Will it never end??? The doctors in McComb are making a fortune off me I swear....I also need to get my liver tested again to make sure its returning to normal since the surgery.

Tonight Mitch and I are going out with some of Mitch's friends to The Caboose. Nanny is coming over to babysit Madelyn. My goal for the rest of the weekend is to get my house CLEAN. Like...deep clean. Its been a while since we have gotten a chance to get all the floors mopped, the bathrooms scrubbed, the fridge cleaned out. I don't know why I have the urge to do all this all of a sudden...but I guess I should take advantage of it. I need to run out today and get some more oil for my lamp and a new bird of paradise candle. I went to light it yesterday and it finally gave out on me. =( I was wondering how long it would take since I could see the bottom of the jar....lol.

Well Maddy is getting restless on her playmat...and I think she has a present for me. Bleh.

Maddy is 3 months old!!

2009-01-05T23:14:00.004-06:00

Pictures as promised!!

Mitch came home this morning and made me breakfast in bed. Best husband EVER!! Then he took Maddy to the mall and Lowe's and I stayed home and got a break. I did get up 3 times to check on my baby only to realize she wasn't home. It was very weird. Then we had a freeeeaking awesome steak dinner. Good day today!! Maddy is already in bed and I think we are going to bed soon too. Even though I got a break I'm still exhausted!

don't read if you're eating.

2009-01-04T21:30:00.002-06:00

Today makes 3 months old for Madelyn!! Pictures tomorrow, I am way too tired tonight.

So Maddy has been getting back on schedule. She is such an awesome sleeper once she actually goes down for the night. It takes about an hour-3hours to put her down but once she is down, she will sleep 8-10 hours. YEAH!! She hardly naps at all during the day anymore and I'm totally ok with that as long as she sleeps at night so I can get some rest. I'm crossing my fingers that she continues this. It will make life so much easier.

Today my mom and sister came up to visit and we went to eat lunch at Tortilla Soup. Got my yummy chicken wings! Then we came home and Maddy was going for the grumpiest baby alive award. She screamed and screamed until finally she fell asleep, woke up, and screamed some more. Right after they left, I brought her in the bed with me and held her in the quiet room so she could calm down. Then all of a sudden...I smelled it. The hugest poop ever. It was so gross...and I am not easily grossed out by baby bodily functions, but it was taking all I had not to gag. I'm sure you are loving this story, right?? It got all over her clothes and her feet. Ugh. But then she was happy again so I guess her tummy was just hurting all day. ANYway...that's enough poop talk.

I'm going to go lay down and try and get some rest. Maddy is asleep but I'm not sure if she is down for the night yet. I haven't heard any peeps in about 10 minutes so I'm crossing my fingers. And Mitch comes home in the morning YAY!!!!!!! I hate it when he works weekends.

I'm still alive!

2009-01-02T20:22:00.004-06:00

I've been neglecting this blog for the past couple weeks, I know. Its been so busy with the holidays and everything. Maddy's first Christmas wasn't exactly how I planned it because of several things going on, mostly her being sick. She got lots of presents and especially loves her play gym. Mommy loves it too because it keeps her busy while I get stuff done! Usually not for 15 minutes at a time but...long enough for me to eat lunch at least, lol. She has been so smiley and happy lately and is perfectly content for you to just sit and talk to her. I can't believe she will be THREE MONTHS OLD in two days!!! I just cleaned out most of her 0-3 month clothes because they were getting too small. Now she is in 3-6 month clothes which are a tiny bit too big but I'm sure she will grow into them quickly.

Lets see...other things going on. We purchased my wedding band so the big day is coming soon hopefully! I'm still a bit concerned about my health because I'm still very tired, nauseous, and itchy but my mom (she's a nurse) said that it can take months for your liver to heal and for the chemistry of your blood to get back to normal. That's kind of depressing because I'm ready to be back to normal NOW!! But I guess all I can do is rest as much as I can and let myself heal.

Well here are some pictures from the past two weeks that I finally got a chance to upload onto the computer for my adoring readers. lol! Aunt Savannah still needs to send me the pictures from Christmas at the Webb's!!! =)

She fell asleep on her daddy's arm. awwww!

And this is why we have to lock up our bedroom at night from now on. Lily snuck into Maddy's bassinet when we weren't in the room!

Bundled up getting ready to go run an errand with Mommy.Opening her seahorse from Uncle Reed. She LOVES that thing!

Checking out her first pair of diamond earrings. Thank you Nanna!! We are going to get her ears peirced at the pediatrician sometime between 6 and 9 months probably.

Well its 8:30 and Maddy is already sleeping, I kept up her most of the day so I'm hoping she is asleep for the night! Time for me to hit the bed!!

still awake

2008-12-22T02:30:00.002-06:00

Its 2:30am and I'm still up!!! I am having the hardest time falling asleep at night. I think it is stress. Too much is going on with my family, as always, especially since the holidays are here. Family drama ruins every single holiday it seems like, and its gotten worse since my parents' divorce a few years ago.

Anyway, here are the latest developments in Madelyn's life. First of all, she has discovered that she has HANDS! She balls them up into a fist and just stares at them like its the most amazing thing ever. She is starting to reach for her toys that dangle from the bar on her swing and bouncy seat, too. Second, she is so much more interactive now. She loves to be talked to, especially if you make simple noises like "oooooh" or "aaaaah" and she will coo and smile back at you. I got what I think was a giggle the other day, too. Third, unfortunately, she has become a drool machine. She soaks her clothes and when she wakes up her face is covered in it. She is getting little red bumps on her cheeks from laying in it, poor baby. And she constantly blows spit bubbles...yuck.

I try to add a picture to each entry but I don't feel like hooking up the camera to upload pics at 2:30am. I am going to make an attempt to fall asleep now. Wish me luck!

Christmas pics

2008-12-19T14:16:00.003-06:00

Well I had my post op appointment yesterday. Everything looks good except that I am STILL itching all over. He gave me a prescription to help with the itching but it puts me to sleep. Not good when you're home alone with a two month old!

Maddy is growing way too fast. She has dropped a nighttime feeding now. So, she sleeps through the night!!!!!!! She usually goes down at about 11 and wakes up around 6. Then she will eat and want to go back to sleep until about 11. Its great! The rest of the day she is up for the most part, she will nap for an hour here and there.

Yesterday we also went over to Amanda's and she took our family Christmas pictures! I had been trying since the beginning of December to get them done but it has been a little hectic around here!

I am working on a project. I am going to put our "year in review" in either a slideshow or a scrapbook. I want to do a scrapbook because then I can get it printed out but I can't find any that I like on Smilebox which is what I usually use. This year has been CRAZY. So many great things have happened to us.

Well Maddy is trying to scoot off the couch so I better go catch her!

Feeling better!!

2008-12-15T23:27:00.003-06:00

Today was my first day at home alone with Maddy since the surgeries. Everyone has been so great with coming over to help take care of her. I am SO glad to be feeling better...enough to take care of my OWN baby!! We had such a great day. She is staying awake more and more each day and sleeping better at night. Woohoo!!!

I put her in her Christmas dress today, which she promptly spit up on. *sigh* I was going to try to get some cute pics of her in it but that didn't happen. So, I put her in a different Christmas outfit and she got all mad so I fed her and put her down for a nap. When she woke up I hurried to get some good shots of her. She is always so happy when she first wakes up. I got THE CUTEST PICTURE OF HER EVER. I want to poster size it and wallpaper my house with it. I love love love it.

Sooo as far as how I'm feeling these days, today was actually the first day that I wasn't crying from frustration from all the itching. I still itch but not nearly as bad as I have been. Hopefully now my skin can start to heal. I also still get nauseous pretty much every time I eat but at least my appetite is coming back. The best part, though....NO MORE PAIN. Absolutely none!!! Getting my health back will be the greatest Christmas present I could ever ask for.

Well I haven't heard any peeps out of baby girl in about 15 minutes so maybe she really is asleep this time. Going lay down before she wakes up again!

Surprise Surgery #2 update!

2008-12-14T18:57:00.003-06:00

Thought it was all over didn't you? So did I! Wrong!! The two days after my gall bladder removal surgery were fine, I felt better, and I thought everything was finally on the way to being normal again. Thursday I started feeling more pain, and Friday it was so bad that I called the doctor. I spoke to his nurse and she said the pain I was feeling was most likely from the CO2 that they pump into your abdomen when they do the surgery. I said okay...went all weekend and I was back to taking vicodin every 3 hours or so. I had gone through 2 whole bottles of it in ONE week. My post-op appt was supposed to be tuesday but I was in so much pain that I called monday and had it rescheduled for that day.

We went into the office and I was in so much pain that they let me lie down in one of the rooms while I waited on the doctor. He ended up having to go over the hospital to do an emergency surgery or something so I waited there for an hour. I was sobbing and ended up throwing up from the pain. He finally came in and checked me and ordered some tests for the next day to figure out why I was still hurting so badly. He sent me home and told me I couldn't have any pain meds after midnight because they would affect the tests the next day which were scheduled to start at 7:30am. I made it to about 5am before I couldn't take it anymore and ended up in the ER.

We got there and the pain was soooo bad. I was crying and couldn't breathe, swallow, or move. I begged the ER doctor for some pain meds and he told me I could have a small amount of Demerol. It took the edge off for a little while and I went for the first test, which took an hour and half. I had to lay on this table and they took pictures of my abdomen every 5 to 10 minutes. The first hour was ok but by the end I was crying in pain again. My nurse from the ER came to give me some more Demerol when the first test was done and the stupid guy in Nuclear Medicine wouldn't let me have it. I yelled at him that I HAD to have SOMETHING and he still sent her away. So I ended up crying and throwing up AGAIN...and then I was off to ultrasound. That took about 30 more minutes. After that they took me back to my room in the ER and told me I had to drink this contrast stuff so I could have a CT scan, THEN I could finally get some pain meds. I took one look at that stuff and told my nurse I could NOT do it. I was sobbing and couldn't breathe let alone swallow two huge bottles of contrast. She said to "try" and left me there. My mom and Mitch kept telling me to just drink it and I kept crying and yelling at them that I just could not do it. My mom was so upset at one point that she had to leave the room. I seriously was in so much pain that I don't really remember a lot of what happened but I know I was yelling at them telling them that I could not take it anymore. Anyway, I got about half of one bottle down and it came right back up. The radiologist came back and told me not to worry about trying to drink anymore and she took me to get my CT scan done. That took about 10 minutes thank God, then I had to go back to Nuclear Medicine and have one more picture taken. FINALLY I got back to my room and got some Demerol. It did NOTHING for the pain. The nurse came back and had to give me some Dilauded which is pretty much the strongest thing she could give me. I could still feel pain but at least it was tolerable.

So finally the doctor says that he could basically tell nothing from all the tests. Great. So he sent me up to the GI lab and they put me to sleep and put a scope down my throat to find out what was going on. Well it ended up that I had a leftover gall stone stuck in one of my bile ducts blocking anything from flowing through it. They took out the stone and opened up the duct with a balloon. FINALLY. RELIEF!!!

I woke up in the recovery room and asked my nurse what happened. She explained it all to me and I cried and kept saying over and over that I was SO glad it was finally all over and I could take care of my baby now. I was in and out of sleep for the next few minutes and finally I ended up in a room. The doctor asked if I wanted to go home or stay and I chose to stay just in case. I'm glad I did because I couldn't hold ANYTHING down...not even ice...for the rest of the night. If I wasn't there getting fluids I would've been dehydrated.

But anyway...I am still recovering. My liver was not working right because of the gall stone, so I ended up getting jaundiced which causes my whole body to itch and feels like I have a sunburn everywhere. I have gashes and scratches all over from scratching. I am sooo tired but sooo glad not to be in any more pain!!!! I really hope this is all over with. It was worse than labor. Seriously.

Ok well I am going rest. Thanks for all the thoughts and prayers AGAIN!

2 month checkup

2008-12-04T17:23:00.003-06:00

Madelyn had her two month checkup and shots visit today. I couldn't go because I was having a lot of pain last night and needed to take a vicodin, so daddy took her. I'm kind of glad I didn't go because apparently she screamed bloody murder for her shots and I know I would've cried. She weighs 11lbs 8oz and she is 23 1/2in long! My big girl! I think that was the 75th percentile for height and weight. She has been super cranky all day from her shots. I feel so bad for her. Thank goodness my mom was here today, she held her pretty much all day long so I could rest and Mitch could get the housework done. I am sooo tired of being sore. I keep trying to go without taking the pain meds because they knock me out, but I end up in so much pain that I have to. Yesterday I started to feel back to normal and I think I did too much, because last night I definitely paid for it. bleh.

Pictures from the past couple days:

Post-Surgery snuggles with my baby

She was holding her ring! I don't think on purpose but still...lol

Her cute going to the doctor outfit

Maddy and Daddy going to the doctor

And this pic pretty much sums up the rest of the day. =(