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Monday, July 13, 2009

Firsts








This week we had a few firsts.

Adalyn had her first "real" bath and also her first sunday at church this week. I will admit, church did not go as well as I thought it would. She slept through Sacrament and Sunday school so by RS I was thinking this was a breeze. I soon found out why everyone was so amazed that I was trying to go to all 3 hours. She woke up 5 minutes into RS hungry. I took her to the mothers lounge which is far from sufficient and was crowded with women from other wards that I did not know. Then in the middle of feeding we get a blown out diaper. Then she was just mad. I quickly texted Jared and told him we were going home. Luckily it was only 10 minutes early. Did I mention that in the process of changing the blown out diaper I was leaning over to get stuff out of my diaper bag and I split my skirt all the way up to my butt! Yeah...I didn't know until we got home. I was soooo embarressed. It was an interesting day!

The bath, however, was much more successful! Adalyn hates being naked so she was crying until I put her in the water. Her face almost looked shocked, like "wo, this is not too bad". It was cute. She loved it! Hopefully bath time continues to be a good part of the day.
On a second note.... we had her second check up last Wednesday. She had to get her heel pricked for blood. I hated that and so did she. But we found out she now weighs about 8.5 lbs and is 20.5 inches long! She grew 2 inches in 2 weeks. She is in


Thursday, July 2, 2009

Pictures of my Angel and her one week check up



We had our baby girl! :) Forgot that I hadn't posted anything about it yet. I guess I am skipping a step. Adalyn Ava Mellor was born June 24th at 6:16 pm. She was 7lbs 8oz and 18 inches long. They had to induce me but once I was on my way to having her there was no stopping me :) I was in labor for 8 hours but only had to push for about 10 minutes. The epidural made it seem so easy but I know if my legs hadn't have been numb I wouldn't be saying anything close to easy. We brought her home June 26th in the afternoon and have been having a great time adjusting ever since!

(thanks to my wonderful mom for coming and staying for a few days to help me adjust!!! It was fun to learn from the best! :) )


So... yesterday we took Adalyn to the doctor for her one week check up. Yep she gained weight! :) Usually babies lose a little wieght the first week. Guess this means feeding is going well. I can't complain though because her little chubby cheeks just make me smile all the time.

I can't believe it has been a week. Those days in the hospital are just a blur. Not fun. We are having such a great time adjusting to the parenting thing and it melts me to see the connection Jared has with our little girl.


Here are some pictures from the hospital and the past week.......

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