Two Weeks Old and Pictures

My baby girl is two weeks old today! I can hardly believe it.  It seems like she has been born for much longer then that but at the same time I cant believe how quickly these past two weeks have gone.
I thought I would share how my little Julie is doing and some of the changes I have seen in her.

Julie is SUCH a good baby.

We have gotten a lot better at breast feeding, although, Julie still does this funny thing where ill be stroking her cheek to try and get her latched on and she will start rooting in the opposite direction. It's pretty funny.

Julie still prefers to be swaddled or held close. She does not like diaper changes, changing cloths or anything that would require her to be free. I think that open feeling scares her, pore baby. Although, last night I changed her diaper and she hardly cried. I was so proud of my girl!

Julie's hair has grown seance she has been born. Fred and I were afraid that her beautiful white/blond hair would fall out like most new borns but it seems to be growing and staying. I am so, SO happy about this.

Julie's eyelashes have filled out and are easy to see now. (unforchanitly they are so fine and white/blond that I can't really get a good picture for you) but trust me when I say that they are beautiful!

Julie's Jaundice has all but cleared up and I think she is putting on a little weight. 8)

Julie's ears are filling out, they were kind of squished when she was born.

I think Julie's eyes are going to be blue like Tommy's. Fred thinks she may have green eyes but who knows? It is fun to guess though.

Most of the time julie is sleeping well, we do have our nights though. It is really nice that I can sleep when she sleeps, even though it typically means that I get up for the day at 10:00am or 11:00am. but I think I usually get around 5 to 7 hours of sleep a night, which is not bad at all.

That is all I can think of at the moment. Julie has her two week Dr appointment today and is going to have to get her PKU test done (pore baby) that is where they prick her heal, get a blood sample and test her for all sorts of things.

Ill let you know how much she weighs and all that jazz in my next post. but for now, PICTURES!!


                             Check out that cheek action going on there, they are SO chubby!

                                                     I love it when Julie opeens her eyes!

                                                                      Oh big yawn.

                        This is one of the hats I made, I think Julie makes it look great don't you?

                                                                        SO CUTE!!!

                                                    There are those eyes again, LOVE it.

            This is one of my favorite pictures. Julie and Fred look so much alike in this picture I think.
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                                                     Julie in the dress I made for her.

                                            All snuggled up and sleepin'. I sure love that girl!

Newborn Pictures

Hey every one, so this past week my sister Melanie came up from Utah to visit and see little Julie. when she was here she took some gorgeous pictures of my little girl.
here are some of the Julie's pictures, if you want to see them all go to Melanie's photography blog here: http://medalydia.blogspot.com/
She is the best!
Thanks Melanie!!!!

Julie Karen Eaton!

Well It's been about five days, things have kind of slowed down and I'm not super tired so I thought I would post pictures and tell you all about our beautiful little Julie.
I hope you dont mind all the detail, this is kind of my Journal entry 8) you can feel free to skim through if you want. 8)

Wednesday I had my midwife appointment, I was looking forward to it because I had been experiencing a lot of pressure on my cervix and random but strong pressure waves (contractions). It turns out I was about  4cm dilated and 90% effaced. I was 80% effaced and about 4 cm dilated the previous week.

 I was so ready for my Julie to come, I had been feeling very waterlogged and was having a lot of hart burn, plus I was really excited to meet my baby girl.  I was hoping for more progress at my appointment but was glad that I was at least moving forward.

That night Fred went to a good bye party for our friends Audrey and Keven who are moving.
I stayed home, took a bath and watched a movie. Around 9:30 I texted Fred letting him know that I had had two pritty intense pressure waves about 15 min apart.

Fred then decided to come back home and be with me "just in case".  He got home around 10 and we spent the rest of the evening together watching the rest of my movie and some other internet videos.

I decided to head to bead around 11:00 or 11:30. I had not had any pressure waves other then the two I mentioned so I thought nothing was going to be happening that night.
At around 1:30 I was woken up by a rather intense pressure wave that lasted a few minutes. I waited until it was over,  got up and used the bathroom then went back to sleep. I didn't think any thing of it because this had happend quite a few times in the past week.
Then around 4:30 I was woken up by another intense pressure wave, I got up to go use the bathroom then suddenly my water broke.
After I cleaned up, I went over to Fred who had been sleeping through all of this, and woke him up by asking him if he wanted to have a baby today. He sleepily replied sure, why? then I told him that my water had broken. That really perked him up. 8)

It was pretty cute watching him hurry around collecting last minute things as I  sat on our bead as pressure waved came and went. I thought I would be able to stay home for a while then head up to the hospital but after discovering that my pressure waves were coming about every 3 to 2 minutes Fred insisted that we go and I'm glad he did. 8)

We arrived at the hospital at around 5:00am. were admitted and really got into the swing of things. I dont remember much of what was going on around me you will have to ask Fred about that but around an hour latter at 6:08 am Julie was born!!!!
She and I did such a great job! We thought she was born bald at first because of all of the white stuff ( I cant remember names of things at the moment) that covered her body but then we discovered that she actually had blond/white hair! a little on top and long locks in the back. she has the prettiest little mullet you ever did see.

After Julie and my placenta were born I was given a shot of patosin and then an IV of it for a bit to much bleeding. That seemed to help a lot and after a while I decided to get cleaned up.  I gave Julie to Fred and the nurse helped me into the shower. after I was done the nurse helped me get dried off. I think it was a combination of loosing a little to much blood and the hot stem in the bathroom because I passed out. then passed out again. It scared Fred but I thought it was nice, It was amazing how rested I felt after words.
I then rested, ate some food, fead Julie and watched her get her first bath then around 2:30 that afternoon we were moved into the mother baby unit.


Things have been great sense then, we had some great visitors at the hospital and on Saturday we brought our baby girl home!

We are doing great, Julie is a good eater and sleeper, she has a bit of Jaundice but we have gotten that taken care of hopefully. we well see at her Dr appointment today.

And here are some pictures of our beautiful girl.

                                                              Julie sucken her thumb 8)

                                          Right after her bath, look at how rosy she looks now.

                                                              Just look at all that hair!

                                The nurse gave us this sweet hat, I think Julie makes it look good.

                                                   And here we are all ready to go home!

                                          I LOVE it when Julie wakes up! I just love her eyes.

                 And here is Julie sporting one of the hats I made her. she looks like a little sheep.

                                                             My sweet girl 4 days old.

An Up Date

I thought I would post what I have been up to these past few days.

Lets see.... I loved conference, it was just what I had been needing.

On sunday I was watching conference when I notised that I was feeling a lot of pressure on my cervix. It would come and go along with some sporadic pressure waves (contractions) I was pretty excited but at the same time nervous because I was not 37 weeks yet and up at Madison Memorial If you have your baby when you are less then 37 weeks then the baby has to go to the NICU for observation for around 6 hours. even if you are 36 and 6 days and the baby is doing well.

On monday I called and scheduled an appointment to be checked. It turnes out I was almost 4 cm dilated! (3 and like 7/8.) I was a 2 last monday and around 80% effaced.

I've been taking it easy the past couple of days to try and make it to 37 weeks which in case you wanted to know I am today! YAY for full term babies!!!

The pressure on my cervix has continued and depending on what I am doning I have been having quite a few pressure waves. I personally don't think any thing is going to happen supper soon but it is nice to know my body and Julie are prepping for Julies birth.

Lets see.... I have also deep cleaned my bathroom (something I have been putting off for about... well you dont want to know how long 8))

I have been trying to keep up on my other chores and I have packed my hospital bag (I have never done that before)

Oh and I have almost completed my list of chores  to do before Julie comes! I am so proud of my self.

Well, I think that is about it. when I right it down it dosent seem like I have been up to much but I've felt bussy. (shrug) go figure 8)