Happy New Year!

We get to start 2009 with a house full of visitors. David, Heather and Dax will be here in the morning and Grandpa Johnnie will be too. Audrey and I are so excited. I have a feeling my little party girl will be up at midnight tonight so I will have her to kiss at midnight. A pretty good replacement for Tony don't you think? Happy New Year!

We busted out

They let us go early! Only because my little girl is a feisty one. She ripped out her iv again and they didn't want to put a new one in so they sent us home on some oral antibiotics. Now if I can only get her to stop spitting them out...
They are still running another test to rule out the reflux and it is scheduled for Jan 20. The Dr. gave me a website about vesicoureteral reflux so that Tony could read up on it but I will put the link here for anyone who might be curious.
http://www.pedisurg.com/PtEduc/Vesicoureteral_Reflux.htm
I love the Dr. She gave me her e-mail address so that Tony can e-mail her any questions or concerns that he may have. She said she would answer him ASAP. She seems to have my baby's best interest at heart.
Its good to be home.

For your viewing pleasure...

Audrey's hospital picture from when she was born. They just came in the mail.

Sick Baby

Audrey is sick. On Saturday we noticed that she was extra fussy and she started running a fever. We took her to the ER b/c newborns aren't supposed to get fevers. When we got there they ran all kinds of scary tests, including a lumbar puncture, on her to determine the possible cause for the fever. They also started an iv and started giving her iv antibiotics immediately. They told us we would be there for at least 48hrs til all of the cultures came back. The cultures came back and they determined that my sweet angel has a urinary tract infection. They did an ultrasound of her kidneys today and they are good, although they haven't ruled out reflux. We will be in the hospital until Friday so she can continue her iv antibiotics and when she is released she will have to be on low dose oral antibiotics for at least 6 months to keep her from getting another one. She will be seeing a pediatric nephrologist (Kidney specialist) once a month for a least 6 months as well. She seems to be doing much better.
Also, Tony is officially on his way to Iraq. He was on his way earlier today.

Portrait Day

Today we went to have pictures taken. My baby girl was so good and alert. I am so proud of her. Here are some of the pics. We are very proud.

Merry Christmas

Today we definitely had a merry Christmas. Audrey woke up in a great mood and was in great spirits for her bath and for presents. We dressed her up in a pretty dress and took tons of pictures. Sorry if there are too many, I am a proud mommy. After presents she pretty much slept the rest of the day and only woke up to eat. We had a visit from our friends the Kragie's and that was nice. We really wish we could be in Arkansas for Christmas and we definitely missed Daddy but it was a very nice Christmas. We love you all. Merry Christmas. The picture on the left is my happy baby after eating her fill this afternoon.

Her feet look gigantic...

With her present from Grandma Martha

Opening a present

With the opened present

Audrey and her present from Grandpa Johnnie

Audrey and the Christmas tree

A good day

Audrey is more alert every day. Today she spent a lot of time on her tummy playing with her toys. She even lifted her head and turned to face in the other direction. She is still eating like a champ. We had quite a day today. We went to my work to visit and then we took a walk. I carried Audrey in the carrier and she snoozed the whole time. She is still eating like a champ and sleeping quite a bit. We are both very excited about Christmas.

Feeding Success!!!

Audrey and I have been having some difficulty in the breastfeeding dept. We had been feeding her pumped breast milk because of her weight loss but since she is gaining well we have been trying to get her back on the breast. She would do it sometimes and then other times she wanted no part of it. Not today!!! Today has been a total success. I am so excited. The pump has been my enemy the past 2 weeks and I think I get to put it away until I go back to work. I am so proud of my baby girl. Today Audrey discovered how to play kick off the blanket. This was the activity of the morning and kept her entertained for about an hour. She is so cute. I recorded it but am waiting for Uncle James's visit before I can post video.

2 week check up

Today was Audrey's 2 week well baby check up. She weighed in at 8lbs 2ozs, so she is up 9 ozs from her birth weight. This was very exciting considering the problems we had with her weight in the beginning. The pediatrician said she was absolutely perfect. She has a little dry skin but that is normal and other than that she is great. She is measuring right on the 50th percentile on the growth chart but in the 75th for head circumference (big surprise). She had to get her 2nd heel stick but Grandma Martha took her in for it to spare mommy. That is basically the only time she woke up.

Pictures

Here are a few pictures. I think most of you have seen these.

Missing umbilical cord and missing Daddy (day 1)

Fresh and clean after her bath.

The 1st bath (censored)

Before her 1st bath

Quality time with Daddy

Let's give this a try....

I wanted to set up a blog so that all of Audrey's friends and family, especially her dear daddy, can follow her progress and look at pictures. I am new to all of this so it might be a little rough at first but here goes....
Today Audrey is 2 weeks old. Her favorite hobbies are eating, sleeping, and pooping. She is currently multi-tasking and sleeping and pooping so I have a feeling this might be a short blog. She is awake a little more every day and during these times she enjoys her tummy time and laying on her activity mat. Grandma Martha says that this morning she reached out a grabbed her paci while laying on her tummy. She is amazing when she wants her paci. She can roll to her side to grab that "sucker".
Tomorrow we have her 2 week well baby check up. I will report back on her progress.
We are both missing Tony like crazy but we are getting our routine down and it gets a little easier each day. We can't wait for R&R though.