Addy's 2 month appointment

Yesterday I had Addisons 2 month doctor appointment. She is doing great - currently she is...

11lbs 4oz - 52%

22 3/4 inches long - 56%

Head 38 cm - 23%

Haha, poor thing has my tiny head! Jax's was small too - they get bigger so no biggie. She screamed like a champ when she got her shots, breaks my heart, but after they were done it took me about 2 mins to calm her down, I put her in her car seat and she was OUT! She slept from 10:15am-3:30pm, woke up to eat - fell back asleep at 4:00pm and didn't wake up to eat until 8:30pm, fell right back asleep after that until 1:00am. When she was awake she was smily and happy as usual - but she wasn't awake for very long, just long enough to eat, I would change her diaper and she would go right back to sleep. I check on her every 30 seconds it seems like because she is sleeping so much, but I guess that is how her body is dealing with her shots.

A few things about Addy at this age:

-She loves to sleep on her right side - so much in fact that the back right side of her head is getting a little flat so we are trying to correct that by forcing her to sleep on the other side too lol.

-She LOVES getting her diaper changed. As soon as I lay her down on the changing table she smiles and coos and does that the entire diaper change.

-She loves baths

-She loves her swing and carseat and sleeps great in them both - she sleeps better in them during the day but sleeps great in her crib at night

-She is holding her head up really well! 

-She does not like tummy time

-She doesn't like to be touched with cold hands (who does though)

-She loves her brother

Overall she is a really happy baby and we all just love her so much!



Got Milk?

Quick update - I am still breastfeeding Addy which is good... but it is still not enough to satisfy her. In the mornings I am getting enough that after I breastfeed she will usually fall back asleep for 2 1/2 - 3 hours and then I breastfeed again and sometimes at that feeding she doesn't need a bottle either - and it's so exciting and I love it. And then from then on I have to give her a bottle after or she is super fussy because she is still hungry and I have to give her more and more each feedind because I have less and less milk during the day. When I pump I get 2 1/2 ounces in the mornings and I'm down to 1 - 1 1/2 ounces at night. I know that pumping doesn't always give you an accurate measurment of what you are actually producing so I am choosing to believe that I have much more than that :) It is really hard though still because if I don't pump, don't eat enough, or don't take my Fenugreek pills - I can tell my milk supply goes down. I don't leave the house much because I want to be able to pump right after I breastfeed to tell my body to keep producing and to produce more since it is all about supply and demand. This makes life hard. I also have put off working out because I read that that can decrease your milk supply. So weight loss has been put on hold for a little bit. :( I'm not going to lie - it is hard and gets tiring when feedings consist of breastfeeding, making a bottle and bottle feeding, then pumping, then cleaning everything to be able to do it all agian at the next feeding. I also feel like I'm not giving Jaxon all the love and attention I could because I spend so much time doing this.
BUT

I am very blessed to be able to have the milk that I do have because with Jaxon my milk was totally gone at 6 weeks so the fact that I am still able to feed Addy is so exciting! And knowing that Addy is getting SOME of my milk at each feeding keeps me going! Jax is a champ and other than being more emotional about pretty much everything - he has adjusted to all of this VERY well and he loves his sister so much that I don't think he really minds :) And I know formula is so much better now than what it used to be, and I know Addison will turn out just fine if I were to only feed her formula - but breastfeeding is more than that to me for some reason. I can't explain it. But I'm happy I am still doing it and I will keep going for as long as I can. Thanks to all of you for your comments, help, and support after my last post! It all REALLY helped me so much! I am so lucky to have such wonderful family and friends!

Our fun visitors

After Addison was born, my mom came and stayed with us for a week. We loved having her here. Jaxon loves her so much! They play so well together haha. And it was wonderful for me since Dan had to go back to school so my mom was there to help me during the day - she cooked for me, cleaned, played with Jaxon so I could spend time with Addy and rest... it was just wonderful. It always makes me homesick when I see my family - I wish we lived closer so Jax and Addy could spend more time with them. Oh well... maybe one day. Anyway - I didn't take very many pictures - I was too excited to hold my new baby every second but here is my wonderful mother who I don't know what I would do without!!!

A couple of weeks after my mom left - one of my best friends Jen flew out to stay with us for a week. Aunt Jen is loved around here. She is so great with Jaxon and wouln't let Addison get put down... EVER haha. If I had to do something she made sure she was holding Addy instead of her being put in the swing or on the floor. Jen and Addy loved cuddling :). It was so sweet of her to take a week off work and fly out here to spend time with us! Jaxon was so sad when she left - he loved all the attention! I didn't take any pictures which I am so sad about... so she will just have to come again soon so I can get some!

Then the next week Dan's family made the LONG drive from Utah to Lubbock to be here for Addisons blessing. They got in Lubbock Friday night and left early Monday morning. It was a short trip but we were SOOOOO glad they made it! They were able to meet Addison, hold her, and spend time with us! We loved every second they were here! This was the first time they have been to Lubbock since we moved here so they got to see where we live, the Law school that Dan spends WAY too many hours at haha and play with Jaxon who misses all of them! I loved having our house full of family! We were so sad when they left!

Addison was blessed on March 4, 2012. Dan did a great job with her blessing. We were so lucky to have family and friends in the circle supporting us. Addison was blessed in the dress I was blessed in. I loved that my mom kept it and it was in such good condition. I think she just looked BEAUTIFUL in it and I loved knowing that I wore that dress too. Maybe one day her daughter can wear it! After the blessing all the family came back to our house and we spent the day together playing games, eating yummy food, talking, and celebrating sweet Addison (who slept most of the time haha) Here are a few shots of Addy's blessing day and our wonderful visitors! (Not shown in the pictures are Grandma Lockhart, Jake, and Uncle Brad and Aunt Ghyslaine. Brad and Ghyslaine came from San Antonio to be with us for the blessing. We are so lucky to have them in our lives! We love them so much!)

And finally - I decided to do a little photoshoot with Addison since our student budget doesn't allow us to get them done professionally haha. Part of me wishes I would have done it when she was younger so she would sleep through it - but I love that I was able to catch some of her cute expressions. My friend Melia made the tutu and bow for her hair and I love how she looks in them! Here are just a few of my favorite pictures of that little shoot.

It's not a cookie

We have had a lot going on the past few weeks - and had a lot of fun visitors. I will be updating about that soon and putting up pictures, but in the meantime....
I am the Activity Day leader in my ward (which I LOVE doing!!!) and for our activity last night we cleaned the sacrament trays. Not the most fun activity I know - but it needed to be done and the girls were so cute and glad we were doing it when they saw how dirty they were. Anyway - I took them treats to have after while we were practicing our Articles of Faith and going over the upcoming activities. One of those treats was those store bought sugar cookies that are super soft and have way too much frosting on them and sprinkles. I didn't think the girls would eat any because there were other better options there, but they did - they ate all but 3.

This morning, Jaxon saw them sitting on the table and asked if he could eat a cookie, I told him no and went to go feed Addison. After a few mins I came out to check on Jaxon and he was shoving one of the cookies into his mouth. So I start walking over to him to get them and I say - "Jaxon, we don't eat cookies for breakfast" to which he replies - "its not a cookie - its a pancake".

Oh that's a pancake? What was my mom feeding me then all those years and calling a pancake? I guess if it's a pancake its ok to eat for breakfast - eat up Jax! LOL