Makaeda's First Trip to the Pool

Makaeda's first trip to the pool (Water Mine Park in Reston, VA)...we had a fun filled day in the pool and out and about with Mrs. Tamara and Kennedi who is only 4 days older than Makaeda.

Carrots..

So we tried Sweet Potatoes this past Saturday but she was NOT having it..which means we're just going to move on and try them again in a few weeks...

On to carrots, at first she didn't really know how to feel about them...but she spit most of them out..


On the second day, I mixed them with rice cereal and she LOVED them..wanted to help me..



After a few spoonfulls, she decided I just wasn't going fast enough and she wanted to do it by herself...

Needless to say..carrots were a success so it's on to peas...stay tuned!

Our 1st Independence Day!!!

Here are a few shots from July 4th (and the 5th)...Enjoy

Memories from 3 months - 4 months

Here are a few memories from Makaeda's 3rd month and the very beginning of her 4th. :)

We took our first family trip to NC on Memorial Day weekend. Makaeda was able to meet her Nana and Grandpa (Reggie's parents) for the first time, going to cousin Jasmine's HS graduation, getting cozy with Godmommy Alicia, meeting all her Chapel Hill fam, and visiting Grammie and Pawpaw (Jessica's parents) at Jordan Lake. Makaeda did excellent during the ride, only throwing a fit an hour outside of Alexandria on the way back home...she, like her mother, realized that it was only a matter of time before we had to wake up and get ready for the "real world" again.



The next 2 slideshows are from Makaeda's 3rd month. We just cannot believe how much she's grown in such a short time...it's so amazing. And it's SO TRUE what they say about enjoying every second because they just seem to fly by..





And so the fun really begins..Makaeda had her 4-month pediatrician appointment on June 25th, 2009 and she was a whopping 15 lbs, 4oz and 24.5 inches long..what a healthy baby we have! She also had to get 4 shots which she was not loving Mommy and Daddy about but alas..

She's started "talking" up a storm and now instead of fussing before she heads off to snooze, she starts talking until she eventually just passes out (so much like her Mommy). She's really starting to look like Reggie (even though Mommy hates to admit it)...and she's starting her first solids of rice cereal. WOOHOO.



Crazy, right? Jessica is going to try to be better about updating this blog..we have so many pictures that we need a new computer just to house them all. :)

Hope all is well with everyone..love and happiness!

Almost 3 months old...

Makaeda Hope is almost 3 months old (10 weeks to be exact) and just the most precious child ever.  It's crazy how big she's gotten in just these past 10 weeks and it's amazing how much she's already learned to do or figured out.

She can now lift her head (although it's gotten a little difficult as of late b/c it's increased in size..haha), she's scooting along if she can get her feet together, she smiles just about everytime you say anything to her and she's started cooing and talking back to us.

She started daycare last Tuesday and she loves it.  Every night when we come home from work/daycare - she will coo until she falls asleep, almost as if she has SO much to tell us about her day.  Next week/weekend (Memorial Day weekend), we're traveling to NC to visit family.  This will be the first time that Reggie's parents will be able to see her so it'll be really nice, then we'll visit my parents who are camping and then it's out and about through Chapel Hill visiting various friends...

Here are some latest pics of our cutie..enjoy!

Happy Easter 2009!!

Our little empress is officially 6 weeks old - hard to believe that much time has passed already.  She's holding her head up pretty steady with a bobble here and there, smiling at us and attempting to have some sort of conversation with us through coos, yells and sighs.  She's starting to develop her own little personality with her father's stubbornness and her mother's attitude. :)

Here are a few pictures of her in her Easter outfit..enjoy until next time.

Our Little Sweetie - Miss Makaeda Hope

Our apologies (mainly mine - Jessica's) for not having posted updates sooner...as you can imagine our life has been a whirlwind over the past month, especially considering that our little bundle of joy came a bit sooner than expected.

On Saturday, February 28th, 2009, I woke up and thought my water had broken but it was no where near the "gush" that everyone tells you it will be.  Reggie had already gone to work so I hung around the house to see if there would be the "gush" or if I should just call my doctor to see about heading to the hospital.  After about an hour, I started having mini-contractions and called Doc who told me to make way to Labor and Delivery at Inova Alexandria.  The nurses and Doc admitted me, tested my fluid and confirmed that my water had started leaking and I was dilated 2cm.  They immediately put a catheter with pitocin into my cervix in order to speed up the process and regulate my contractions.  After about an hour and a half, I had dilated to 4cm.  After making it to 5cm I asked for my epidural.  

As soon as they administered my epidural, my blood pressure dropped severely as did Makaeda's heart rate.  Apparently I had had some type of reaction to the epidural so all of the nurses on the floor and my doctor ran to my room and turned me to my side so that Makaeda would get enough blood flow.  Talk about a scary situation!!  To remedy the issue, they gave me a shot of epinephrin, lowered my epidural levels, and made me wear these socks with massagers to help with my circulation (I couldn't move at all.)  After 11 hours of labor the doctor found that I had only dilated to 6cm and I was feeling the need to push ..because my body wasn't ready, Makaeda's head had already started to cone...so the call was made to head to the OR for a cesarean.

At 10:31pm, we finally - after all that time - welcomed our little empress, Miss Makaeda Hope Padgett Fuller into to the world.  She was 7lbs, 13.7 oz and 19.8 inches long.

It's crazy to think that it has already been 1 month since she arrived..and she's grown so much already.  At her 2 week pediatrician appointment, she weighed 8lbs, 8oz and had grown in length almost 5 inches!  She's such a joy and we cannot wait for everyone to meet her.

Enjoy the slideshow below with pictures from her 1st month of life...and leave some comments if you can.

Love, life and happiness...