Thursday, January 15, 2009
Wednesday, January 14, 2009
Back to work!
Happy New Year Everyone!
The New Year has brought more sleep in our household, which Mike and I are SO grateful for! I went back to work the second week of January and things have been going great. Ellie gets to spend her days with her cousins Dovie and Sylas and her new friend Maylee. I am working 3 days at Action and a day at home. So far so good. We are so thankful for having wonderful people to watch our precious little girl. (Thanks Brenda and Jenna!) And Ellie loves watching the kids play.
Ellie is now 3 months old! Wow did that go by fast. She smiles all the time at her mommy and daddy, or pretty much anyone that will talk to her and she loves to coo and jibber jabber. She is now starting realize she doesn't like when Maizy barks in her ear but she likes when Maizy licks her hand. (gross!)
We hope you all had a wonderful Christmas and New Years! Stay Warm!
Friday, December 5, 2008
Anyone else awake?
Well it's the second night of trying to get Ellie to sleep in her crib. It is 12:30am and I figure I might as well update our blog while I sit and pray Ellie goes to sleep in her crib for longer than 20 minutes at a time.
I spent two hours last night trying to get her to sleep in her crib. I'd lay her down while she was still awake and leave her room praying she'd go to sleep. Within 5 minutes she was crying. I'd wait 15 LONG minutes of her crying and finally go in and calm her down and then the process would start over again. I did this for two hours and finally gave up and let her sleep in the swing. I was desperate for some shut eye. Of course, she fell asleep in her swing right away, so I was stuck sleeping on the couch, again. She always seems to wake up at 5am after sleeping in the swing and want to eat. After her feeding I can manage to put her in her crib and she'll sleep for 2-3 hours until she is hungry again.
Besides the sleepless nights parenting has been amazing so far. We love our little girl and are enjoying every minute (during the day at least) of being mommy and daddy. =) Ellie is now 7 weeks old and is starting to look less like a newborn and more like a pudgy cheeked little baby. She loves to smile at daddy and her pink bunny. She still doesn't seem to know about Maizy and I think Maizy is in denial that there is a new baby in the house. Maizy likes to sit on my lap while Ellie eats and tries to sit on the glider footrest. The barking of the dog and the crying of the baby doesn't seem to bother either one of them-they both sleep thru each other's noises. We pray each day there will be less barking and crying because we definitely notice their noises...ha!
We're trying to break Ellie of only sleeping in her swing, our arms, and her car seat. If anyone has any suggestions of what has worked for them we are WIDE OPEN to suggestions. I must say, I am looking forward to the weekend when it is Mike's turn to sleep on the couch and attempt to get Ellie to sleep in her crib.
My 15 minutes of listening to Ellie cry are up...wish us luck!
I spent two hours last night trying to get her to sleep in her crib. I'd lay her down while she was still awake and leave her room praying she'd go to sleep. Within 5 minutes she was crying. I'd wait 15 LONG minutes of her crying and finally go in and calm her down and then the process would start over again. I did this for two hours and finally gave up and let her sleep in the swing. I was desperate for some shut eye. Of course, she fell asleep in her swing right away, so I was stuck sleeping on the couch, again. She always seems to wake up at 5am after sleeping in the swing and want to eat. After her feeding I can manage to put her in her crib and she'll sleep for 2-3 hours until she is hungry again.
Besides the sleepless nights parenting has been amazing so far. We love our little girl and are enjoying every minute (during the day at least) of being mommy and daddy. =) Ellie is now 7 weeks old and is starting to look less like a newborn and more like a pudgy cheeked little baby. She loves to smile at daddy and her pink bunny. She still doesn't seem to know about Maizy and I think Maizy is in denial that there is a new baby in the house. Maizy likes to sit on my lap while Ellie eats and tries to sit on the glider footrest. The barking of the dog and the crying of the baby doesn't seem to bother either one of them-they both sleep thru each other's noises. We pray each day there will be less barking and crying because we definitely notice their noises...ha!
We're trying to break Ellie of only sleeping in her swing, our arms, and her car seat. If anyone has any suggestions of what has worked for them we are WIDE OPEN to suggestions. I must say, I am looking forward to the weekend when it is Mike's turn to sleep on the couch and attempt to get Ellie to sleep in her crib.
My 15 minutes of listening to Ellie cry are up...wish us luck!
Thursday, October 30, 2008
Two weeks!
Today Ellie had her 2 week doctors appointment. She's up to 9lbs and 15 oz, up 10.5 oz since last week Tuesday. The doctor said shes at the 94th percentile for her weight, 93rd for her height, and 75th for her head size. So everything is going pretty well!
I've started a new album at http://picasaweb.google.com/mcochran/Ellie2Weeks. Any date that says a month before October in any of the Ellie albums (and probably a lot of them before that) are a month off. I finally fixed the date in the camera, so some are right now.
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| From Ellie - 2 weeks |
I've started a new album at http://picasaweb.google.com/mcochran/Ellie2Weeks. Any date that says a month before October in any of the Ellie albums (and probably a lot of them before that) are a month off. I finally fixed the date in the camera, so some are right now.
Thursday, October 23, 2008
Almost one week
Well, it's been almost one week, and we've been adding pictures to our web album almost every day. I usually sync these pics to facebook, too, but sometimes I get a little behind on that.
Ellie of course has had many firsts this week... Her first doctors appointment (all is well!) followed by her first trip to Meijer (which she slept through), her first diaper changed by dad (scary!), and many first visitors (most of whom I forgot to get pictures of). Maizy has been ignoring Ellie for the most part, and likewise as Ellie must've gotten used to Maizy's barking over the past 9 months.
Here is a link to check out Ellie's hospital picture. You'll need to type in Hospital ID B03 and ID# 30690.
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| From Ellie Morgan |
Ellie of course has had many firsts this week... Her first doctors appointment (all is well!) followed by her first trip to Meijer (which she slept through), her first diaper changed by dad (scary!), and many first visitors (most of whom I forgot to get pictures of). Maizy has been ignoring Ellie for the most part, and likewise as Ellie must've gotten used to Maizy's barking over the past 9 months.
Here is a link to check out Ellie's hospital picture. You'll need to type in Hospital ID B03 and ID# 30690.
Saturday, October 18, 2008
Day #2
Subtitle: It's only been one day?!?!?
Ellie and Nicole are both doing very well, and it sounds like we'll be going home on Sunday. That means we'll be here all day today if you want to stop by and visit! Ellie will be spending most of the day getting ready for her first Michigan football game. She surprisingly said she thinks Michigan will pull out the upset, but definitely recommends taking Michigan to beat the 23.5 point spread.
If you haven't seen that there is more than one picture if you click the link below that confusingly says "click for more pics", click this link right here for more pictures.
Ellie and Nicole are both doing very well, and it sounds like we'll be going home on Sunday. That means we'll be here all day today if you want to stop by and visit! Ellie will be spending most of the day getting ready for her first Michigan football game. She surprisingly said she thinks Michigan will pull out the upset, but definitely recommends taking Michigan to beat the 23.5 point spread.
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| From Ellie Morgan |
If you haven't seen that there is more than one picture if you click the link below that confusingly says "click for more pics", click this link right here for more pictures.
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