not really an update...

i am so far behind in everything that i am just now getting pictures off the camera from Easter, yes EASTER!  Ugh it would be so nice if Addy would take a nap in her crib. oh well, oh gotta go she just filled her diaper for the 3rd time today and it's only 320!

I

miss this! no time! but this is what makes everything ok...

A little dose of Addy...

 

I love her!

rolling rolling rolling no more!

So Addy rolled over last week, about 5 times in one day and then hasn't done it since.  She is so busy trying to suck/chew on her hand that she won't even push herself up when she's on her tummy.  I am pretty happy I was able to catch one of them on video otherwise I'm sure no one would believe me!  I am a little sad her daddy hasn't gotten to see it for himself.  It's like she thinks she's mastered it so why bother.  Now she tries to pull her legs under her when on her tummy in an effort to crawl (please not yet!)

I was able to capture a super cute pic of Addy wearing her daddy's hat.  It was in color but I liked it in black and white with a little edge blur.

JC loves this pic!

new favorite game for ipod/iphone

Ummm yeah, it's a pretty simple game but so addicting...i have my husband to thank for this!  It's called DoodleJump and it's 99 cents!  Can't beat the price.  I usually only play after Addy has gone to bed but then I don't want to go to bed because I want to beat my last score...ugh why do you have to be so addicting!

Race for the Cure!

So I got our team, Rhonda's Renegades, registered last week.  This will be our third year raising money for Susan G. Komen.  Our first year was fun and exciting because it was just that, our first year.  Last year because of the economy fundraising was so-so.  Couple that will me being preggo and not being able to walk the 5k and Tisha's son was sick and she couldn't go...last year was a pretty sad story.  Little did we all know then that our team's namesake, Rhonda Knudson, would lose her battle with breast cancer in October.  So this year there is a little more oomph and a whole lotta wanting to do Rhonda proud!  I am upping the ante and have pledged to raise $650.  We have until June 6th so getting an early start is so gonna help!  So if you feel so inspired, check out my website and donate or join our team at: Sarah's Race for the Cure page

Baby legs

A while back (before Addy made her entrance into this world) I found the cutest thing...leggings for babies! The ones that I got are pink (of course) and say "princess". Addy had been going through pants like crazy and most of them were in the laundry so I decided to put her leggings on. CUTEST THING EVER!

Things I Know for Sure...

As long as I get a shower it's a good day

Dressing my daughter is more fun than dressing myself

Family really is the most important thing

A girl can never have too much pink

Television is overrated

If Addy isn't happy nobody is

A supportive spouse is more valuable than gold

Thank you goes a long, long way

My parents really did have my best interests in mind back then

I will never get tired of rocking my girl

Just some thoughts I had today...

Way, way behind...

Well, I don't even know where to start! During the last few weeks of my pregnancy my doctor discovered that my platelet count was low (which can cause excessive bleeding.) I had to stay at the hospital overnight and take a round of steroids in hopes of bumping them up. It worked, for a few days and they started dropping again so they decided to induce me! I knew that could be a possibility but when they said that neither of us were prepared to have a baby the next day. I checked into the hospital on October 10th and they started me on meds to get labor going. They also checked my platelets again only to discover they were lower and that put my chances of getting an epidural in jeopardy. When I was 4cm dilated I decided I'd had enough of the pain so I asked them to check my platelets again (to determine if they could in fact place the epidural.) They were a little lower than the anesthesiologist would have liked but my doctor convinced her to place it, mostly because it wasn't a chronic condition but one induced by the pregnancy. After the epidural things were dreamy! At about 11:25pm I was told it was time to have a baby.

I pushed for an hour and Addyson Genevieve Dahlbeck was born on 10/11/09 @ 12:25am. She was 7lbs 5oz. and 19 1/4 inches. Oh man she is soooo perfect! What can I say, we love her!!! JC was the only one in the room with me but we had both sets of grandparents and JC's sister and her fiancé there at the hospital waiting to welcome her.

We have been adjusting to life with baby pretty well. The first 3 weeks were the hardest only because Addy wouldn't sleep by herself for more than 10 minutes. But now she is sleeping in her crib in her room at night for 3 hours at a time, only waking up to

eat. Not too bad! It couldn't have started at a better time because JC goes back to work this week. It has been such a blessing having him home for the first month. I only worry that I won't get to eat as good when he's back to work. Oh well, I'll figure something out.

She has already survived her first holiday, Halloween. We got her the cutest costume ever, a Pea in the Pod! I bought it when the halloween stores first opened (way before she was here) so I was worried it would be way too big but she fit perfectly. As you can see, she wasn't too impressed by halloween.

Chester has been doing ok with having a baby around. He has mellowed out a little but you can tell he feels a little neglected when the baby is in his Momma's lap. We didn't change any of his routine in the hope he wouldn't associate baby with change and it worked I think. When I was pregnant I would have Chester bark at my belly so the baby would know that sound and it has totally helped because when he barks when the doorbell rings Addy doesn't even flinch, she just keeps on sleeping.

Well that's about it I think. I'll post a few more pics if it will let me!

Piggies!

Proud Dad!

Mom and Addy

10 weeks to go!

I can't believe I only have 10 weeks left of being pregnant! Time has really flown by. It's totally because I work full-time and don't have a lot of time to sit around. We have really been working on the baby's room lately. I will try and post pics but I don't know if it will work because our camera takes giant pictures that blogger.com doesn't like to load. We have painted, assembled the crib and the dresser is almost there (a piece got damaged in shipping and we have to wait for the new one.) We also got the stroller/car seat combo last week and I love it! JC's parents got us the crib and my parents got us the dresser and stroller...this baby is so loved already, we are all so excited! I found the cutest fabric a few weeks ago and a friend is gonna help me make a quilt out of it. It's kinda different for a baby, black w/ skulls and crossbones with a pink bow on her head and heart eyes. It will fit right in with the black/white/hot pink nursery!

In other news the Mustang is finished...let me rephrase that...the engine is done. That in no way means the car is done! It's always something. It is so much fun to go riding around in. I am, however, scared to drive it (not that it's been offered though.) It's pretty fast now...yeah I should probably get him racing seats for Christmas with the 5-point harness.

Well that's about it. Now let me work on those pictures...

Her chandelier...

The pink wall...

Her crib and bedding and you can kinda see the stripes on the wall behind it!