One Month Old

Sydney is one month old today, and we "celebrated" by having her one month check up with Dr. Wilson. Sydney weighed 8 lbs. 12 oz. and was 20 3/4 inches long. That puts her in the 50th percentile for height and weight. Over the past week or so, we have noticed that she is crying more, and not in a "oh I'm a little fussy cry" but in a "I am hurting please do something" scream! She has also been coughing/choking some when she eats, getting the hiccups every couple of hours, and wakes up screaming (as though in pain) when we lay her down after she eats. So, we are going to try a trial run of Prevacid to see if reflux could be causing her some pain. She also got a shot in her thigh which I had to hold her down for!!! Oh the fun and hard times of parenting! Sydney is a trooper though, because she cried for just a minute after her shot and then cashed out in her carrier before Daddy could even get her into the car! Please keep your fingers crossed that the medicine will help her sweet little belly/esophagus feel better soon!!

Sydney's First Easter

I love Easter!! I can tell that Sydney already does too! On Saturday we went to the Easter Egg Hunt at church, more for Mommy to get to visit with friends :), but Sydney and Elli had plenty of fun. We also got to see the Boyds and the Gerans, and Caroline was very interested in the "Baby" as she said several times in the cutest Southern accent!!! She wasn't to happy about her Sassy loving on Sydney, but I know that Caroline will be an excellent big sister in June! We also made a quick trip to Heber Springs to Brent's Nanny (no picture though) and then topped off our Easter with steaks at Gigi's and Granddaddy's. Gigi got her one of my favorite books as a child, Peter Rabbit! Oh, and Poppa Gene and Nanny D came by last night to start Sydney's collection of Easter Pez dispensers. Of course the Easter Bunny did not forget to stop by our house, and he brought her a Little Giraffe silkie and a few toys. I know she is too little to know to crave the silkie, but when I give it to her she grabs on for dear life!! Hopefully she can use it to calm herself down and be a comfort as she gets older. I told myself I wouldn't write a novel, but there I go again!

A nap in my big girl bed

March Babies!

Melissa + Jackson and Casey + Reese came over today for a playdate. Jackson and Sydney are "Birthday Twins"- he was born at 7:30 am and she was born at 7:30 pm on March 9th. At birth they were only 6 ozs. different, but he has been a growing baby boy in the past 3 weeks! Reese is so calm and quiet! It was really good for the soul to visit with other new mommies and their precious little ones! Thanks for the visits guys! Come back soon!

9 hours of "sleep"

Well, I am having a much better morning today! 2 nights ago, Miss Priss hardly slept at all, and all day yesterday was pretty fussy unless I was holding/rocking/swinging/dancing/singing/etc. to her. But last night I got 9 hours of "sleep", if you count 3 hours + 2 hours + 2 hours + hours, which I do! Brent gave her a bottle late last night, and I was supposed to sleep through it but I was too worried. Obviously Daddy had everything under control and I had to get a picture.

3 Weeks Old

I saw a couple of comments that people think Sydney may be looking more like me. I don't know... one of these pictures looks like Brent looking right back out at me! Praise God- I think Miss Priss has her days and nights sorted out. We are still waking up to eat every 3-3 1/2 hours through the night, but she goes right back to sleep most of the time. I got a beautiful email forwarded to me about motherhood- how much it changes you. I am so head-over-heals in love with Sydney, and I would do anything in my power to protect her and take care of her. I also love to "sneak up" on Brent while he is taking care of her and listen to what he talks to her about. Talk about head-over-heals in love- he is crazy about her! What a blessing the past 3 weeks have been! I can't wait for more!!!

Hey Mr. Spider

Just in the last few days I have noticed how much more alert Sydney is becoming. I laid her in her Baby Einstein "Gym" and she was just looking at the toys and turning her head. She really focused in on the spider, much to her daddy's disappointment-he is VERY scared of spiders :).

Aunt Erin is the baby whisperer

I swear all babies LOVE Aunt Erin. Sydney is no exception...

Sydney is 2 weeks old today!

She has been very busy over the last 2 weeks. Tons of visitors and great food have shown up at our door. What a blessing! Thanks again to everyone for helping out with food, phone calls, emails, and prayers. Here a few of the pictures from the past week since I couldn't upload them until now!

Technical Difficulty

Well, the Walkers have been having quite a bit of technical difficulty with our home computer. Every time I try and run a program, it freezes up. Brent has been working on it all night, so hopefully in the morning I can upload a few new pictures. Thanks to everyone for all the wonderful comments!! Sydney is doing great. She was weighed today and she is already 7 lbs, 11 oz, so she is getting plenty to eat. She does have her days and nights mixed up though, so "Thanks!" to Ashley and Keri, who offered some good advice. I'll try to feed her every 3 hours tomorrow and keep her up and active more during the day. Wish us luck, and at least a few hours of sleep tonight!!!

While the baby is asleep I thought I'd just post away. Here are some pictures from the last 48 hours. Our favorite toys so far have been our cradle swing and the "Floor Nanny", which is a big green floor pillow from Aunt Teeny. Sydney has a closet full of clothes I can't wait to put her in, but almost everything is too big for her right now. She doesn't seem comfortable in anything too fancy, so we are living in gown sacks and onesies, which is OK with me. Our Gigi went back to work today, and even though she lives 4 1/2 minutes away, I lost it and cried for at least 30 minutes after she left. I guess that is just part of this emotional roller coaster. Don't worry- I'm feeling much better this morning!

Our first bath at home

March 9th, 2007

I thought I would write down some information about Sydney's birth day, so that we can remember most of the details. Honestly, the day was great for me. We got to Baptist around 8:00am, my dr. broke my water and they started IV fluids and pictocin (spelling?). We did know that there was meconium (spelling?) in the fluid, which meant that the baby had pooped already, and we were informed that NICU would be with us for the delivery to suction the baby at birth. I started feeling some contractions, but they gave me a little medication via IV and I wasn't really hurting again until after 11:30. I did NOT like getting the epidural- people said the IV would be worse but that was not my experience. I was also nervous and started having a strong contraction right when he was saying "Don't move- Don't move". I felt a good bit of shooting pains up and down my back, and then I noticed Brent and my nurse Jessica (whom I adored!!) looking at me really worried. As soon as the needle was in they laid me down, and I hear I turned as white as a sheet and looked really lethargic for a second. But, it was worth it 110% because the rest of the day was pretty easy sailing! I progressed pretty slowly, and at one point we were thinking that the baby might not come until 9:00pm or later. So wouldn't you know, I was dilated to a 6 and I sent everyone to go relax and get something to eat, the nurse came in to check me at 6:30 and I had gone from 6 to 10 cms and was ready to start pushing. Once the dr. got there, I pushed around 7 times and she was here. However, the cord was wrapped around her neck and her coloring was not great, so Dr. Hubach rushed her over to the nurses and they started working on her. It was the longest 10 minutes of my life. I was crying and I swear I asked 100 times "Is she Ok?". Everyone kept telling me she was, but she wasn't really crying out and they just kept fussing over her. All in all though, she was great. Her apgar scores were 7 at 1 minute and 8 at 5 minutes, and once they got her lungs good and cleaned out she was so alert and beautiful!!! Brent and I got some precious moments with her before people started coming back, which was important to me. I hear everyone in the waiting room was freaking out because they were waiting so long, and when they called back the receptionist said "Someone will be out in a minute to talk to you". I wish she had said "Yes the baby is here and everyone is fine" but who knows...

Sydney's First Dr. Appointment

We went to see the pediatrician on Tuesday morning and LOVED Dr. Wilson. She was so wonderful to us and Sydney. She was down to 7.3 oz and so we go back in on Monday for a weight check to make sure she is back up to her birth weight. Sydney is just a touch jaundice still, which really makes her look pretty and tan, and if she takes after her mother she had better enjoy it now :). Other than that, she got a perfect bill of health and we are so thankful. Breastfeeding seems to be going great, so hopefully she will continue to gain weight over the weekend.

A few more pictures...

Thanks to Aunt Teeny for putting some great pictures up! Here are a few more...

More Pictures of Sydney

Hi Aunt Tenny here I am substitute blogging for Lauren she is a little busy!! Here are some pictures I took at the hospital on Saturday and thought they turned out pretty good! I just talked to Lauren and everyone is doing great just tired! They really appreciate everyones thoughts and prayers. And I am sure she will post more pictures soon!!! Sydney is so sweet and as you can tell from the last picture so loved!!! Lauren and Brent we are so proud of you and thankful for such a beautiful little girl for us to love and spoil as well!!! ily