Photo album 24 to 28 weeks

She did it!

When Addison first came home from the hospital Mike and I were scared, no TERRIFIED, to put Addison not only in her crib, but in the other room. I was crazy scared for about the first two months at night. Don't get me wrong, I'm still a little scared, but no where compared to where I started. I would start to almost dread when the sun would go down because I just knew something was going to happen to Addison during the night. I had such issues with this that in my sleep I would dream that Addison had woken up crying and I was rocking her in the bed. I would dream I would fall asleep while rocking her and then about an hour would pass and I would wake back up only to find her missing in the bed and I wouldn't be able to find her. These nightmares would lead me to actually start frantically searching for her in our bed while I was still sleeping and Mike would have to wake me up out if this horrible dream. I'd be so disoriented that I would still keep looking for her even after Mike had shaken me out of the dream. Oh it was awful! I think it came from the fact that the hospital strongly stresses not putting the baby in the bed with you because all these horrible things would happen. Subconsciously that conversation freaked me out.

One reason why I was so scared was that Addison wasn't even 6 pounds when she came home from the hospital. She was so incredibly small! Also, she was born a couple weeks early so she would spit up all the time. I just knew if we laid her in her crib she would choke and I either wouldn't hear it or couldn't get to her fast enough. So Addison started sleeping in a hammock next to our bed. This was so great because it was portable and it tilted her up. It also hugged her body making her feel secure. Looking back I know that didn't help the transition to sleeping on a flat surface but we just weren't ready for the crib.

So around Thanksgiving we decided that we would try to get Addison to sleep in her crib when I was home for winter break. So I tried that and she just wasn't having it. I would have her in a deep sleep and the second I would lay her down, she would wake right back up. She would also wake up many times throughout the night. Around the third night of trying, I decided I had to get some sleep, so back in the little hammock she went. I know was not helping matters, but the whole crying it out, staying up all night thing is not for us. At least not while she's this age.

Then two weekends ago Addison was restless all night long. So much so that we ended up putting her in her swing so that she could get some sleep and this is what I woke to...

Seriously, something had to be done! This child is way too big for that! So again we thought about trying the crib and guess what, SHE DID IT!!!! I totally had that moment the next morning when wake up and realize that you got a full night's sleep and then you freak out wondering if your child is ok. Here is what I got when I went into her room...

Now that's a happy girl...with one proud mama!!! The next morning she was bright eyed and bushy tailed! Just look at that sweet little face enjoying her breakfast.

Yay Addy Bug!!!! Way to go baby girl!!!!

What would we do without our mothers?!

Both my mother and Mike's save the day for us way too often. They are seriously the most wonderful, selfless women that I know! Since Christmas we have had a lot go on in our household. It started with the bathroom flooding and had kind of went from there. We have battled a double ear infection with Addison, the stomach bug and now she has a rash that is viral. We've had the flooding in the bathroom, a broken camera that we were scared was going to cost way too much to fix, no heat in our house and a busted tire. All we need is a partridge in a pear tree at this point! When I type out all that we've been dealing with, the first thing I thought if was how our parents have been great! They come at the drop of a hat to help us with whatever we need. What great models as parents!

Addison had the stomach bud not too long ago. She was up all night and I took the next day off from work to be home with her. I spent most of the day rocking this puny little girl...She had made improvements over the day, but still wasn't back to 100%.

So my mom volunteered to come and watch Addison during the day while mike and I worked. I do not like leaving Addison during the day as it is, so to leave her while she was sick was a whole other story. When I got to work I noticed this little note...

My mom knows me too well! When I got home from work that afternoon, Addison was quickly becoming her smiley little self again. She had eaten her food, drank milk, and stooped with the vomiting. The next day she was back to normal...

Which makes this momma very happy ( please excuse the hair!)

Mom, thank you so much for your help! I appreciate you more than you will ever know. We are so very lucky to have to as a mom, a mother in law and a Mimi!, I love you!

Celebrating me :)

I love birthdays! I always have! Two weeks ago we celebrated my 27th birthday and it was WONDERFUL! I seriously have the best family and friends that anyone could ask for and they did not disappoint when it came to my birthday. On Friday the kids in my classroom thew me a surprise birthday party and the parents helped. It was so sweet and they were adorable. I kinda had to play dumb because they had been whispering to eachother about it all morning. "Remember the thing that we had planned for today? "Don't forget the party after lunch today!" "Shhhh....Mrs. Fogle might hear!" HA! I loved how they were trying to be quiet about it, so I obviously went along for the ride! They have made cupcakes, chocolate covered strawberries, brought in flowers and decorations, made cards and even gave me a gift certificate to get a massage. They know how to celebrate a birthday!


Then I got home and my husband was too excited about his gifts that he let me open them early. He seriously is the best. If you don't have a man like Mike Fogle, get one :) Not because he bought me a great birthday gift but because he stay up countless nights after I went to bed researching the gift for me so that it would be exactly what I needed. He is seriously the most giving and selfless man I know. Seriously I am lucky! Mike have me equipment for my indoor photography studio. Some if my close friends know this, but I am wanting to get into photography in the side just a bit and so this gift was perfect for the new path I want to take.

Then my family came up for church in Sunday and we went out to eat afterwards. Just the simple fact that I got to spend my special day with the ones I love made my birthday fantastic. Mike and I were talking and we figured out that I am now older than we was when we first met. Man we have been together for a while!

Anyway, I had a great day filled with everyone I love very much. I'm so thankful and blessed beyond words...here's to number 27!

At least one of us is an artist!

My sister Madison is really talented! I am not even really sure how we are from the same family because I struggle with drawing a straight line ( even when I have a ruler) and she is whipping out art projects like it's nobody's business. The first thing the made was a painting of one of my favorite bible verses that now hangs in Addison's nursery. It's James 1:17: every good and perfect gift is from above. Love that one. It was also in our save the dates when we got married ( fun trivia for ya...) Then she free handed Addison's initials in a piggy bank and I really have to look hard to see that it's not done professionally. Then she whips out this little number...

The drawing was done from this picture I took of Addy when she turned 3 months old.

 

She really is talented!In fact she has become so obsessed with art (and I don't blame her) that when I got into her car yesterday afternoon the backseat had a box of about a gazillion colored pencils in it to take to her art class because she doesn't like the ones that the school has provided to her. HA! In a million years I could never learn to do something like that! Thank you aunt Madi! We think you're awesome!

Addison's 6 month pictures