Adon's one-month pics

Adon had his pictures taken with his cousins yesterday. We had so much fun watching the photographer make him smile! He was such a champ...he stayed awake and didn't fuss much despite how hungry he was! I love him so much!

Adon's Travels

Adon went on his first overnight trip on Friday. Daddy had to work, so Adon and I went to Kirksville for a friend's wedding. We stayed in a hotel on Friday night and went to Kate's wedding on Saturday. It was so cold!! It was about 75 degrees when we left home on Friday and had dropped to about 45 degrees by the time we got there. I hadn't packed any warm clothes for either of us. The wedding was outside by a lake and it was so cold and windy. I kept Adon in the snuggly wrapped in blankets, so at least he was warm. Because it was so cold, I didn't want to try to nurse him. I pumped at the hotel on Saturday morning and Adon had his first bottle around lunch time. He did ok with it, but neither of us liked it as much as the closeness of nursing. However, it's nice to know that he'll take a bottle if necessary. Adon did really well in the car both times.

J has this week off of school so we went to Bloomington to visit with J's family. We've been struggling with whether to let Adon sleep on his tummy. He sleeps really well and prefers his tummy, but it's much riskier for SIDS and should sleep on his side or his back. However, he cried so much on his back last night we let him sleep on his tummy and he slept for 7 hours!!! That's the longest he's ever slept! So far it's been nice to lay around and do nothing. Nona's been so helpful holding and snuggling Adon so I can rest. This afternoon, the grandkids (Adon, Bradley, and Ashlin) are having their pictures taken. We'll be in Bloomington until Thursday. We'll sleep at home for one night and then we head off to the ladies' retreat with church.

Also, here are some more pictures of Adon. I'm currently working on uploading some more current ones...however, it takes 10 times longer to upload them when you're out in the country! :o)
First Bath
First Outing
Cute Pictures from March
First Walk with Mom

Too early for graduation

After pooping out the sides of two Huggies and peeing through a Pampers, we're going out today to buy more newborn size diapers. The size 1s look ridiculously huge and after trying them out, they definitely don't hold "stuff" in.

Graduating

Adon has graduated from newborn diapers to Size 1 diapers. After several poopy blow-outs, we finished the few newborn sized diapers and moved him up. They look so big on him, but if they save us from big messes, I guess that's ok.

Also, we saw a 4 day old baby at Babies-R-Us this week who weighed 7 lbs 9 oz when he was born. I couldn't believe Adon was that small only 3 weeks ago! It doesn't seem like he's grown that much, but I know he's getting bigger. Some of his newborn onesies are getting hard to snap.

Baby Pictures...At Last

So it's been almost a month, but I'm slowly starting to catch up. I'll keep posting a few things at a time until we're up-to-date.

Here are pictures of Adon's Birthday and his hospital stay. Please don't judge my really fat face in the delivery pictures. The doctor said I was getting that pre-eclamptic look. As you can see here, I looked normal just a week earlier. I'm still working on the post for Adon's birth, but I want to make sure it's just right, because the Lord did so many amazing things that I want to capture them all. I want to have it on record so I don't forget anything and can tell my children of the wonderful things God has done for us.

And, because most of you have seen these pics already, here are a few more from when Aunt Donna came to visit and was a tremendous help. However, she spoiled Adon by holding him so much that now he hardly sleeps unless someone's holding him. We still trying to let him cry it out at bed time.

J's mom and Ben and Grandpa came to visit the following weekend. Here are some from their visit. Enjoy and stay tuned. More will be coming!!

Picture Update

Thank you for you patience. New pictures are coming. I'm learning how to use photobucket so I'm not limited to blogger's photo limits. I'm in the process of uploading a month's (oh my gosh, Adon is almost a month old already!!!) worth of pictures. I'll post links as I get them finished! Keep checking back for those links. :o)

The Roller Coaster Continues...

03-25-08: Easter Saturday was very busy at the bakery. I suppose it was a good thing that Adon wasn't born BEFORE Easter, because my parents would have been very tied up at the bakery. Easter Sunday (Resurrection Sunday as we've started calling it, because even the pagans celebrate Easter) came and while I got ready for church, I was very sober. We were still wondering if Adon would arrive that day as we hoped to celebrate new life. I felt so much (self-inflicted) pressure in my spirit for him to make his arrival because we thought it would be perfect to have an Easter baby. We were late for church, as usual, and I didn't want to talk to anyone or answer any questions. Fortunately, my family had saved us seats really close to the back. As we entered the meeting room at the hotel where the church was gathered, I was instantly overcome by the Holy Spirit. The musicians were singing and the only lyrics I can remember are "You're my Master, You're my Owner, and I love serving You." My eyes welled up with tears as I repented for trying to control the circumstances surrounding Adon's birth and for praying so desperately for him to be born on Resurrection Sunday. I confessed,"Lord, you are my Master. You are a good and kind Lord. I am your servant and my body is for your service. I'm carrying this baby for Your glory. Please forgive me for trying to tell you how and when things should happen. I love you and I'll be content to serve you and allow you to determine the details." I felt a huge weight lifted from my shoulders as the Holy Spirit continued to minister to my heart.

The rest of the day was spent with my family. We had a lovely ham dinner with our favorite Parmesan potatoes and a delicious oreo mint cake (my favorite!!). We played games all afternoon and it was incredibly wonderful. I was able to enjoy spending time with my family without worrying about the baby or when he was coming. It was such a nice relief.

Tuesday (the 25th), something in my mind started wondering why the doctor was so concerned about the position of my cervix. I began to worry and searched the internet for what was causing it and how to fix it. The Lord directed me to a site that explained that Adon, while face down, was facing the wrong direction. His forehead was pressing on the bottom of my uterus (instead of the crown of his head) which was pushing the cervix backwards. By feeling his feet and his little rump, I could tell Adon was facing almost exactly the opposite direction that he was supposed to be. This really concerned me, because someone we know just had a C-Section because her daughter was "sunny-side up" just like Adon. The website recommended some exercises that may help spin the baby into the correct position. However, since he'd already dropped, getting him to spin would be quite challenging. I called our chiropractor to find out if he knew anything about spinning babies and if he could help. He said he'd check into it and call me back. I also called my mom and a good friend Libby to explain what I'd learned and the urgency to spin Adon. Both of them prayed with me and put me on the prayer chain at church. Throughout the rest of the day, I did some of the recommended exercises. My mom called me that afternoon and excitedly explained what her sister (Aunt Donna) shared with her about being aligned with God and that they were praying that the Lord would align Adon into the perfect position. Also that afternoon, Jer and I went to the Christian bookstore to use some gift cards and we just happened to find a book filled with prayers about childbirth. Wouldn't you know I flipped right to one that prayed about proper alignment!! My eyes filled with tears as I read through it and prayed that prayer. We bought the book and quickly shared it with Mom, who cried too.

Before we went to bed that night, Jer and I both prayed over Adon and the delivery. We were in complete peace with our good Lord and Master in control and able to do the impossible!