Maddox part 2

Here's the second half of that video. A continuance . . .

Video clips

I tried out my video editing program for my camera last night. It's not the easiest program to use so the longer I worked, the less I cared about adding transitions and other fun details. But it works, and you get the point. This one I had to split into two different clips after I made it because it was so big. Who knows if it'll work. Hopefully if I do it again in the future they'll just be a short clip that I wanted to share. Enjoy!

Random pictures

I'm still trying to figure out how to edit a video on the computer so I can put one here. In the meantime here's some of Maddox's latest pictures.

A couple of weeks ago I took the kids to the park and Jeremy met us. He took her down the slide and had her swinging on the monkey bars. I'm not sure what she thinks of it at this point.

She loves it when I say "I'm gonna get your toes!" and then grab them and try to eat them. She thinks that's the funniest

Daddy's already trying to influence her. Last Sunday they were both sitting in their recliners reading the paper. Daddy of course gave her the sports section. I tried to give her the Arts section but he wouldn't let me. She goes to choir with me every Tuesday though and sits on my lap awake and listening and talking and "singing". She cries when we sound bad or sing a dissonant song so she's getting her arts there. Start the training young!

There are a lot of pictures of me sleeping with Maddox. It's one of my favorite things to do. Sleeping AND cuddling with my sweet smelling soft baby. But if it's not me, then Jessi tries to get in on the deal.

Here's one of her big beautiful smile! It's so easy to get her to smile. She does it all the time. The other morning after a late night of choir so she slept all night I finally peeked at her in her bassinet and she was just laying there looking at her mobile and smiling. These days all you have to do is talk to her or give her the slightest bit of attention and she smiles for you. It's so awesome to see how her eyes light up with a big grin when she sees us. It won't be long before she's really laughing!

I guess I'm all caught up on her 10 weeks of life. Hopefully I'll be able to figure out the video thing soon and you'll hear her talking and see that it took me 10 weeks to get her to enjoy baths. Well, tolerate anyway. Later!

Maddox's first trip

Maddox had her first trip Easter weekend to Nashville, TN. My Grandma Wheeler (Memo) and Aunt, Uncle, and cousins live there. It's a seven hour drive and Maddox was great! Of course she was only about 7 weeks old then. She slept a lot but stayed awak for a little over an hour and just looked at Jeremy or stared out the window. We stopped once to feed her and us and spend our live savings on a tank of gas.

She got to meet her great-grandma Memo there. Memo adored her and loved holding her. Memo also tried to feed her a Cheeto, a french fry, and some iced tea. She told us we could leave her there and she'd take care of her if we wanted to. Hmmm, I don't think so.

We went to Easter services and Maddox slept the whole time. In case you need any evidence of that fact . . .

After church Maddox wasn't so happy. I don't think she liked the Easter egg part of the day. Or she's like her mother and was sick and tired of wearing her new frilly Easter dress that Grandma bought her.

Birth Day

I guess we'll start the day Maddox came into the world. She was born on Monday, February 11, 2008 at 9:27am. She was 7 pounds 7 oz. and 20 inches long. And she was beautiful! She still is. I woke up Sunday morning at 8am and knew something was different and knew I was going into labor. By mid morning I thought my water had broken so I called the nurse and she said to go to the hospital to find out for sure. After sitting on a bed pan for an hour there I found out it was just urine. Grrrr. So we left that afternoon and went to the mall to walk around. My contractions were getting stronger as we walked. We ate our last meal at Sbarro pizza then went home. By 10pm contractions were 3 min. apart but only 50 sec. long so we waited some more. By 1am they were more frequent and over a minute long and I knew it was time to go. My whole body was shaking from the pain and I only let Jeremy time 2 contractions before I told him to load the car . . . NOW.

By the time we got to the hospital I was dilated to 5cm and got an epidural. My water immediately broke and I was dilated to 6cm. I slept for a couple of hours and woke up dilated to 10cm, ready to push. I pushed for 3 hours to no avail. Maddox was face up and had her head tilted back so she was forehead first and not coming out. I had to have a c-section which was much faster than all that pushing! During my pregnancy EVERYONE had said the baby would be a boy ( we were going to be surprised) except my Grandma Garrison. So when the baby was pulled out and they said "It's a girl!" we were a little surprised. But of course Grandma would know. We named her Maddox Evelyn. Evelyn was Grandma's middle name.

When she was born Jeremy cried and it was so sweet to see how touched he was. I was just trying to stay awake which took all the power I had left. I stayed in the hospital until Thursday to recover which let me tell you, definitely was needed. I never thought surgery would be so painful! Jeremy spent every night there with us sleeping in the chair beside my bed. It was sort of like a really bad vacation, except you got this great reward at the end, Maddox.

My Mom and Dad came up on Tuesday to help out. Dad stayed a few days and Mom stayed for 2 weeks. I hated to see her go when she left. She let me lay around and recover while she cooked, cleaned, and was at my beck and call. I'm thinking about having another c-section soon just so I can get her back! We still have one dish in our freezer from her. It's about time for her return so we can eat again!

So anyway, we took Maddox home on Thurday, Valentines Day, her actual due date. Jeremy almost missed out on the occasion since he was at clinical but he ladies there told him to get out of there and go to the hospital to bring his baby home. I like those ladies.