Baby Madison - The Experience

TOUCHDOWN!!

FIRST BATH

MYCONUM DIAPER - it was all Daddy with these diapers

FIRST DR. APT. - Clean bill of health, she just has a bit of jaundice

The trip to the hospital

Sunday morning at 630am we arrived to the hospital for an 8am amniocentesis. Then we left the hospital at 10 and got some breakfast, waiting for the call from the hospital saying to come back for the induction. We had to get the test to see if the babies lungs were fully developed. Since they were, we arrived at the hospital around 4pm. As you can see things are very relaxed at this point.
This is the first time I have ever been admitted to a hospital, and I hope the only reason I am admitted again is for the same thing. Hospitals are not my favorite.

Here is a picture of my parents anxiously waiting for the arrival of their new little granddaughter.
Two and a half days later and here she is. Below is our doctor.

The First Baby Pictures

It was soooo difficult getting a 1 week old to pose for pictures. Her life is all about eating, sleeping, and soiling diapers. Even though I just got done feeding her, and expected her to be calm and satisfied, she was expecting food. She kept trying to eat that bear, but there wasn't anything for her to latch onto. The photographer was very patient and so we were able to get some good pictures out of it in the end.

This is one of my favorite pictures. Now you can really she how much she looks like him. It will be interesting to see how she develops over these next few weeks.

This pose was us pulling out the pacifier just before snapping the picture, because she wouldn't sit still and wanted to eat the bear.

Welcome Madison Nicole Moon!!

Here is our precious new arrival. She was born April 29th, 2008 at 4:52am. She weighed 7 pounds 12 oz. and was 21 inches long. We were in labor since Sunday and didn't have her until 36 hours later. (Yes, I did get the epidural) The delivery went well, I had pushed for about an hour and a half, and then she was here. The whole time I thought she was going to be a boy, wow was I wrong. It is a beautiful surprise, as I couldn't imagine life with out her.

This first week with her has been great and exhausting all at the same time. I can truly see how important it is to have a strong marriage while having children. This experience has only strengthened our relationship, and it's only been a week. :o) She sleeps solid and stays asleep anywhere from 3-4 hours at a time. She is a good sucker, so breastfeeding has been going well (well for her, pain for me)

Corey has been a great father since the beginning. He changes most of her diapers, burps her, and helps with whatever is needed. She looks like Corey. If it wasn't for the fact that I birthed her, I'd be surprised she was mine.

These are some pictures of our sad attempt to be photographers. Since our pictures weren't coming out as good as we had hoped, the next blog shows the professional ones we did today.