8 weeks old

May 1st little Sadie bug turned 8 weeks old! She is such a sweet, loving and snuggly baby.  She is smiling and cooing all the time now.  She loves to sit and "talk", especially while she is laying on her changing table.  Her nighttime/sleeping schedule these days is usually like this: bath around 8, bottle around 8:30, lay down for a bit, "dream feed" (usually around 2 or 3 oz) around 10:30 or so, wake around 3:30 then again around 7:30.  Of course our times can vary 30 minutes or so either way of those times depending on how the day goes.  

We went for her check up on Wednesday and she is now 12.14 lbs and 23 3/4 inches long.  90th percentile in both areas.  Growing little girl! Everything else checked out just fine! Such a blessing. 

2 month pics!

this was the 1st so I was a little nervous for the rest! haha

whoa mom! I don't feel so secure!

so we moved ......

roly poly

I've grown!

trying the chair out again...

Aunt Rach this one is for you!!

on the move!

balance...balance....

We love you more everyday Sadie!!

Easter

This Easter was quite different! Its so fun having a child to share it with.  The Saturday before we ate lunch with Tyler's family.  That Sunday we went to church followed by lunch at my parents house.  The girls were a bit too small this year to hunt eggs so we just took a few pictures instead! Trying to get 2 little babies to look your way is quite the task so these are the best ones we got!

Sadie in her Easter pajamas!

What is that? I have a hand???

The girls Easter baskets

First family Easter! 

All of us and the babies! 

I have about 15 pictures like this...trying to get little babies to look your way is pretty much impossible! This is the best one we got though!

Mom, really? I'm over it.

But...I really wanted to get a good picture of her in her basket.  Right after this was taken she spit up everywhere!
Photo session done.

What do you do all day?

I have been asked that question quite a few times here lately! So here is a typical 24 hour period for me

12am- we are usually asleep at this point

Then, depending on how the night goes there are 2 typical schedules:

Schedule 1:

2am- bottle/change time then back to sleep....

5:30am- another bottle/change then back to sleep

9am-bottle/change then we get up!

Schedule 2 (my preferred schedule):

5am- bottle/change then back to sleep

9am-bottle/change then we get up!

At this point we get back to the rest of the day!

9:30-12ish- If she is going to be fussy, this is one part of the day where she will be.  She is normally awake during this time and if she isn't fussy, we "talk" and do things around the house and if I'm going somewhere for the afternoon, I try to get ready in bits and pieces during this time (people with new babies understand this!). Sometimes we go to Mimi's (my mom) house and visit for the rest of the afternoon while Tyler is at work.

12:30pm(sometimes to 1:30)- another bottle/change

1:30-4:30pm- she is usually asleep during this time no matter where we are.  I have started trying to be at home (or my mom's because she has a cradle and she sleeps good in there) and putting her in her bed during this time.  I have quickly figured out that if she doesn't get a good nap during the day, she isn't her happiest that night before bed time.  This is also the time that I will usually go and run errands or get out and about if I need/want to.

4:30pm- bottle/change

5:00-8:00pm- she will nap on and off during this time and we are either at Mimi's or at home visiting with dad (if he isn't playing golf! ha) Sometimes she will take a bottle around 7:30, just depends..if not!....

8:00pm- usually bath time! She still loves her baths so this is always a favorite time of the day.  I am still trying to get some sort of schedule down with her and this part is working out pretty good.  Since she is so little still, a "schedule" sometimes goes to hell in a handbasket :)

8:30pm- bottle/change, change into pjs and start trying to get her to sleep for the night

9:00pm- this is another time during the day that she will get fussy...I think sometimes she is worn out and is fighting her sleep and/or tummy issues.

From this point on we are usually in the bed for the night until the next feeding and we do it all over again.  So, this is what I do all day :)

Might I add, that as I type this, she is napping, peacefully and soundly (she'll probably wake up and I post ha) in her bed. Enjoyable:)

One Month Old!

My sweet little Sadie bug is a whole month old! It hurts me to say that already.  It is unreal that over 4 weeks has gone by since she has entered the world. Other than the occasional stomach pains and fussy periods,  she has been a great baby and we feel so blessed. She sleeps in between bottles at night and is still going around 3 to 4 hours in between bottles. Although, I will say, that for some reason after her nightly bottle (which is usually between 7 to 9, depending on how the day has gone) she goes 5 to 6 hours until her next bottle.  She also gets a bath every night now and she LOVES it! It is the sweetest thing.  She turns into a limp noodle when you put in her the bath.  Makes my heart smile!  I am starting to get out with her a little more now but still not too much.  She hasn't entered Wal Mart yet, I just can't do it.  Too many germs and nastiness there! Yuck.
It is amazing how much one little person can change your life.  My schedule is now HER schedule, she is 100% in control! I never knew I could love something/someone so much until she was here.  We are still falling more in love every day!

I bought some stickers for onesies so I can take pictures of her every 4 weeks, so here they are! She has grown so much!

I love my passy :)

What's over there?

Or back here?

Eeeekkk! Not real sure what she was looking at here haha

Chunky Monkey

I kinda like my chair!

We love you Sadie bug!!

2 Week Check Up

We went for Sadie's 2 week check up on Monday.  She weighed 9.8 lbs and was 20 1/4 inches long! Growing little girl! We are using Dr. Robertson at the Saltillo clinic.  He said she was "growing fabulously".  All good news :)
Tuesday, we had her newborn pictures done with Jill Carter out of Oxford.  She got there around 10 and because of little priss' mood that morning we weren't able to start until around 11:30 or so and it lasted until 2.  I can not wait to see the pictures! Once things got going, she acted perfect and Jill did an amazing job!
Having a newborn in the home is quite an adjustment, one that I am loving more than anything, but definitely an adjustment.  Sleep is a thing of the past.  I haven't slept for more than a 2 hour stretch in almost 3 weeks! Life 110% revolves around HER schedule! No more walking out the door! Its: is she clean? hungry? wet? dirty? do we have diapers/bottle/extra clothes/diaper bag/blanket/burp cloth etc.... ???? But I wouldn't have it any other way!! We fall more and more in love with her every day. I'll leave you with some pictures I have taken lately.....

sweet girl :)

I kiss these cheeks all day every day

sweet little leg 

chilling in bed with mom

Sweet Noises

Just a little preview of the sweetness I get to listen to all day....

Sadie's Grand Debut!

Sadie Lea Tucker made her grand debut March 1st, 2012 at 11:06pm.  When I went for my check up on that Tuesday, February 28th, I was starting to get borderline for preeclampsia/toxemia so Dr.Wonderful (Webb) decided to go ahead and induce on that Thursday.  Tyler and I arrived at the hospital that morning at 6am to get everything started. We got a slow start that day and things didn't move along as we had hoped they would, so around 10:30 pm it was decided that the only way to get her here was to have a c-section.  Things picked up quite dramatically then, with around 20 people in the room doing at least 20 different things, I was quickly moved back to surgery and Sadie made her debut at 11:06pm weighing 8 lbs 6 oz and 19 in long.  She was/is perfect! I think it all scared poor Tyler because once they decide that is what they are going to do, things get moving along pretty swift.  They ended up having to put me to sleep because the epidural wasn't taking so Tyler wasn't able to be in the room with me, poor thing had to sit out all alone just wondering what exactly was happening! It only takes about 15 minutes so it wasn't long before he had the little angel is his arms and everything was okay.  We stayed in the hospital for a few days and went home on Sunday.  Those few days kind of seem like a blur now.  It's like I remember and don't remember a lot all at the same time.  Since we have been home things have been going really good.  We went for her newborn check up today and she has already surpassed her birth weight.  She is up to 8 lbs 6 oz now! Big girl!  Lots of eating and sleeping going on around here these days! Everyone tells you, you never know how much you could love something until you have a child, and they are correct.  My every thought and move concerns her and I couldn't be any happier! We are absolutely in LOVE.

I will probably regret posting this but it shows just how swollen I had gotten! 

headed back for surgery

only 6 people got to come back after she was born, so there go the grandparents...

Proud new daddy!

Brand new baby girl

she found her thumb pretty quick!

Very first change of clothes

snuggle time with mom

heading home

had to have a quick photo op before leaving

first bath

she looooved getting her hair washed

Headed to my newborn checkup!

Hanging with Eliza, her cousin who is 2 weeks to the day older than her!

One last sweet pic :)