Unpacking the Heart

I can't believe Elliott is one month old already!  It doesn't at all seem possible.  This month has flown by!  I have learned so much from this sweet girl in the last month...both about being a mommy and about myself.  I have enjoyed all of the sweet cuddles and those adorable smiles.  I am sad that she is growing so quickly but I am excited to see what fun things come next.  A little about my sweet Elliott: 1.  She can hold her head up.  Still wobbly at times, but she can hold it up! 2.  She is ticklish! 3.  Last night she slept for 5 hours...IN A ROW!  (it was beautiful...) 4.  She is starting to respond to different stimuli...such as toys. 5.  She has her Mommy's temper.  :( 6.  Her hair is falling out.  This makes Mommy really sad.  I hope more grows back quickly.  7.  If she is propped up and laying on her tummy she can roll to her back.  8.  She doesn't love ...

If you can't tell, I am super pumped that A.)  I found my pre-pregnancy pants since the move. B.) I fit into *some* of the pants I had before being pregnant.  C.)  I don't fit into all of them because (drum roll please!) they are TOO BIG!  Woot!  It has been great...I have been shopping in the boxes downstairs and fitting into all of those *one day* clothes.  Who would have thought that I would fit into them AFTER being pregnant?  Anyway...enough about me.  I just had to share my excitement.  Elliott is *gasp* almost a month old.  I am having a hard time coming to terms with that.  Time is going too fast! Elliott is growing more and more everyday.  She is beginning to settle into a routine and we are definitely figuring each other out.  She is becoming more consistent in her sleep...I prefer to go to bed at 9:30-10:00...she prefers 2:00am-2:30am.  She cluster feeds several times a day...which is great because that...

I can't believe baby Elliott has been with us for 16 days already!  The last 16 days have been a whirlwind of emotion.  We have had our ups and downs, but I think we are finally getting the hang of things.  Coming home! The first few days in the hospital were trying, but we thought it was because we weren't getting any sleep and we were still figuring this whole "parenting" thing out.  Once we got home, we realized there was much more to it than that.  I take responsibility for not doing enough "homework" before baby girl got here.  I knew that I wanted to breastfeed.  I know that is incredibly healthy for babies and offers so many good things for them.  I also knew that I *could* have trouble due to some of my health conditions.  We had been very optimistic and hopeful that things would work out.  I did not do enough research about the whole breastfeeding process...like how long one should nurse, or how much babies sh...

If you haven't already heard.... Elliott Grace Kimmons is here!  She arrived at 1:08 pm on Sunday, August 26th.  She weighed 7lbs and 7ozs and measured 19 1/4 inches long.  In other words.....she is PERFECT! Saturday I woke up to contractions and we measured them throughout the day.  They were very consistant at 10 minutes ALL DAY LONG.  lol.  Finally, that night I gave up and went to bed, figuring that nothing was going to happen and that we would have the C-section on Monday as planned.  Well, at about 4:30 on Sunday morning the contractions were awful and down to about 7 minutes apart.  We called our doctor, but were told to go on to the hospital.  When we arrived we were sent to triage.  They were unsure about whether to send me home to wait til the next morning, or to try and go ahead with delivery.  Baby Girl was the determining factor.  She wasn't very responsive on the monitor, so they sent us to ultrasound wh...

I know many of you are very curious about what's going on...."it's the 22nd....shouldn't there be a baby??"  Well...yes, but no.  lol.  The original plan was that I would be induced today - but that plan was with my original OB/GYN, who is out on an extended maternity leave.  So the doctor I have been seeing has had to alter the plan.  First of all, Baby Girl and I are fine.  Both healthy, as far as we can tell.  :)  But I have the possibility of some complications so to avoid those, we have scheduled a c-section for Monday afternoon.  It will be on Monday because that is the day that my current dr does surgery at the hospital and because the hospital has a rule that if there is no medical emergency, then the baby can't be taken until 39 weeks.  :)  Now, that doesn't mean that baby girl won't decide to come on her own...and that if she does that I can't deliver naturally, it just means for now, we are planning to avoid possible comp...

I appreciate many of you following our little story.  Thank you for your kind words and support.  We went to the doctor today and honestly, there isn't much to report.  We are still waiting.  lol.  My in-laws are putting stock on this storm system about to move through....I'm not so sure.  Matthew and I (mostly me) are anxious for this baby to make her debut.  I figure if I'm not getting any sleep and I am super uncomfy, there might as well be a baby with it!  This week has been fairly quiet.  On Sunday our new church family threw us a baby shower.  The kindness and generosity of this church has been overwhelming!   This baby girl is already so rotten, and she isn't even here yet.  Thanks to everyone who came out, sent gifts, prayers or words of encouragement!  It was a beautiful afternoon! Not a lot of updates on the nursery this week....it is as ready as it is going to get before she arrives.  :)  I ha...