It has been wonderful 9 weeks watching our preecious little girl grow. She started with just a heartbeat to cries and movements; the struggle of initiating breastfeeding to wanting to eat every hour; from newborn diapers to #1's that she tears up when she does her work, if you know what I mean. From lacking sleep to being comfortable of having 3-4 hours of sleep for the night. From finding ways to put her to sleep...singing, rocking. swinging, listening to lullabies, praying or just simply being quiet. Dressing her up to church is so much fun. Even though she sleeps mostly @ church, we feel that God and the angels watch her. We are so proud that her developmental milestones are advance to her age. She starts to converse now and wants to stand with out support. She is a strong girl.
Tuesday, March 31, 2009
Monday, March 23, 2009
Anna Visits her little sister
Since it's Spring Break, Anna flew to Texas to see her newborn sister. Anna is 14 years old. She is excited to turn 15 because of her oppurtunity to learn how to drive. She loves to read books. Last weekend, we took her to Austin. It was a busy day when we were there. Obviously, Mark and I haven't been to the city for a while. I was stressed from finding parking. Madelynne enjoyed her ride from her stroller. Anna got the chance to walk trough downtown Austin and saw the capitol. Then on Sunday, we went to Cameron Zoo in Waco, TX. It was Anna's first time to see the largest turle and the largest rat. Anna will be with us until Thursday.
2nd Month Visit to Doctor
Madelynne had her 2nd-month visit to her Doctor, Dr. Ricky Mitchell. Dr. Mitchell goes to the same church wherre we go, Killeen SDA Church. She was 10 lbs, 1.5 oz. and 22 inches long. She is growing and getting heavy. The whole family had to come, because of this milestone. The visit was going well, until she got her shots. The nurse thought I was not doing well, but I was putting away the burp cloth during the shots, while Daddy held her. However, in the afternoon, she got very upset. I thought she was wet, but her R thigh was red and swollen. She did not have fever though. I tried feeding her, but she did not like it. Her Daddy applied cool pack on the site. She did not was us moving it. She cried for an hour. The doctor said to give her motrin and tylenol. Daddy went to the store to get those medications immediately. Daddy was sweating from being worried. We gave her Motrin and after 30 mins, she fell asleep with little sighs in between. I guess she is like me who doen't like pain. Mama called her "Kal-lay," she was worried and stayed stayed in the baby's room the whole time. Here you go, enjoy her pictures.
Madelynne's New Play Pen
We have decided to get a new playpen for Madelynne. This has a changing table, a massager, music and nature sounds. Madelynne likes her little massages on it. Since it was nice outside. We took Madelynne out and took some pictures, she did not like her Pooh hat on. Anyhow, enjoy the pictures.
Monday, March 16, 2009
Baby Shower # 3
Yes! There was a baby shower # 3 for me. My church here, Killeen SDA Church, coordinated a baby shower for 3 new Moms and their babies and I was one of the celebrants. One of the mothers has a 4-month old baby girl and the other has 2 1/2-months boy. Madelynne was the youngest among the celebrants. My mom made lumpia for the potluck. There were nachos, fruits, mashed potatoes, vegetarian patties, vegetable trays and dips and ice cream float punch. We cannot forget the cake, half was chocolate and the other vanilla. There were cool games too, such as name parts of your body that has 3 letters only. Then filling out the blanks for the nursery rhymes ( which I hardly know!). Truly it was a blessing for us to have a nice and generous church. The shower was exclusively by the ladies from church, so Mark and Papa did not attend. Mark was very surprised about the gifts galore we received, so he had to reopen the gifts. I had to take pictures from his excitement.
Sunday, March 15, 2009
Celebrating Papa's 77th B-day
March is Papa's birth month. First, we celebrated @ my friend, Maryann's house, in Harker Heights. We had a potluck, Mama prepared her infamous pancit and pitchi-pitchi. There were, kare-kare, beef & chicken adobo, another kind of pancit, dineng-deng and of course his cake and ice cream. After our little early dinner, the gals played their guitar and we started singing. On his actual Birthday, we went to Chili's Restaurant. He ordered steak, mashed potato and mushrooms. The crrew in Chili's surprised him with chololate shake that he shared with us. We are all glad that Papa reached his 77th year and he is enjoying life with his partner in life. We are glad that he is still around to see Madelynnes Ray and able to sing to her with his wonderful voice and make funny faces.
Monday, March 02, 2009
Madelynne Ray's Ist Month Moments
Let's see....Madelynne Ray is about 10 lbs this time. She loves to sleep, but it's hard to put her to sleep at night. It can be frustrating, but we are accepting that this child that God above brought is the answer to our prayers. I can say that my life is complete with my family. The color of her hair is like her Daddy's, brown. Her eye color is hazel and she is starting to focus. I just love it when she smiles in her sleep that's when I say, "Your angel is visiting you." Mark adores her and Madelynne just loves sleeping on her Daddy's chest. The funny thing she does is when she passes gas, it's as loud as grown up's "toot." We all laugh when she does and she does it often. She is a regular cradle roll attendee (Sabbath class for young ones). She is the youngest in her class. She gets to paste little children on the felt cloth and participates in the class. Mama and Papa sing to her in Ilocano and she falls asleep with their songs. Mama even made a swing for her which, made of a sheet, like the one they had me sleep during my infant year. It's funny, because this little girl likes it too. Well, enjoy the pictures and more to come.
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