Sunday, November 14, 2010

Visitors at Home and Hospital

Addison and I got lots of visitors in the hospital and at home.  Here are some people that came by to see us.
My dear friend Leslie, Aunt Leslie to the girls
My father-in-law Bill, aka Grandpa
Auntie Ryann
Dulce, one of the moms from the studio
Dear friend Jamie and her husband Leo, Aunt Jamie
Robert, Pa to Mikaela and Addison
Brittany, Auntie
 Paula's Dad, Chief
Mother-in-law, aka Grandma
Mama J with Addison
The Clark Family, this is Debbie
Gina, Cameron, and Cole
Cameron was excited to hold her
Tanya, another studio mom
Ericka and Russ
I missed taking a picture of a few of you that came by to meet Addison, sorry. 

Thank you everyone for coming to see us and also thank you to those of you that brough us food.  We really appreciate everything you have all done for us.  We are blessed to have good friends and a wonderful family.

Saturday, November 13, 2010

Time to Come Home

Today was the day I got to come home.  Dr Saade released Addison first and then Dr Bender released me.  I was so happy to go home and be with my family.  Matt said that Mikaela was ready to go this morning to come and get and sister to come home. 
She took over my bed and TV while I was getting ready to leave


First family photo of the 4 of us

I love the bow
Welcome home baby girl
We all belong to each other
Matt with his 2 girls
Mikaela asked to hold her baby sister before going to bed
Cuddles
Kisses

Friday, November 12, 2010

Addison Meets her Big Sister

I was looking forward to this day, when Mikaela was going to meet her little sister for the first time and it could not have been any more memorable.  She ran in and jumped on the bed and said "where is my baby"  She was thrilled to meet her, kiss her, hug her, and hold her.  It was a blessing.
 
Dr Saade came to check on Addison this morning.  She was doing great he said


First glances at her baby sister


Addison gave Mikaela an Aquadoodle to play with while at the hospital.
Helping daddy burp her
Sisters


Thursday, November 11, 2010

Addison Lynn

Welcome to our new blog:
Mikaela and Addison's Adventures
I am pleased to be taking over the blog to now be writing about the 2 girls.  Mikaela got you all caught up on our newest little member of our family and here are some pictures of her. 
Just getting to the hospital after my water broke

Getting ready to meet our little one

IT'S A GIRL!
Daddy cutting the umbilical cord
Time to get her footprints
Dr Bender is the best.  He is such an amazing doctor and cares for his patients.  The neatest thing he did for us is let Matt deliver Addison.  He also came in on a night he was not on call just to deliver for me.  I thank him very much for watching after me for the last 9 months.


Such a proud daddy


Grammy (Paula) and Addison
Auntie (Brittany) and Addison
I was also very fortunate to be able to have Lisa (ChiChi) and my dear best friend Rachael in the delivery room with me.  It was such an amazing delivery. 

Name Change: Miakela and Addison's Adventures

Well the change is offical.  Mikaela's Moments has now been changed to Mikaela and Addison's Adventures. 
The new URL to follow us is:  www.mikaelaandaddisonsadventures.blogspot.com

Make sure to save it in your favorites. 

MAJOR CHANGE!!!!

My Dearest Family, Friends, and Followers (if there are any of you out there),
I am writing to let you know this is going to be my last post.  But don't worry I am turning over the blog to my wonderful mommy.  You will still get to read all about Mikaela's Moments but under a new name and with a new addition.  This has been in the works for about 9 months now and mommy has been telling me all about it.  The reason for the change is we have a new member in our family, her name is Addison Lynn.  I told mommy that I wanted to be the one to introduce her to you all and then she could make the changes she wanted later.
Here is the story of how my little sister arrived
Let me start from the beginning.......I was very luck to have got to spend the day with mommy and daddy.  They decided since daddy was staying home for Veteran's Day that we would spend it as a family.  We went to breakfast at Corner Bakery, went to the the Long Beach Town Center where I got to play on the playground before going to watch Megamind.  We went to mommy's doctors appointment to check on the baby and mommy took me to dance class.  From there things began to happen.  Mommy started having contraction that morning but they were very random and sporadic (Braxton Hicks she called them).  When she was sitting at the dance studio at about 6pm they started to become more regular, 5 minutes, 6 minutes, 4 minutes, 6 minutes, 3 minutes, etc.  We drove home and my choice for dinner was Jack and The Box (yes you all know I can point out fast food restaurants, hahaha). While in the drive thru the lady at the window was asking mommy how far a long she was and what her due date was and they were talking about kids.  Mommy was still having contractions while driving home and she had a very big one when we pulled into the driveway.  It was now 7:00pm, we came inside, mommy sat down her stuff got my try and blanket out for me and then needed to use the restroom.  She called for my daddy while in the restroom, her water had broke.  It just so happen that Grandma and Grandpa had just pulled up to the house with their moving truck.  Mommy got on the phone to call the doctor, Nonna and Grammy.  Her and daddy then left and I got to stay at home with Grandma and Grandpa and play till it was bedtime.  In the mean time mommy called Grammy, ChiChi, Aunt Ryann, Aunt Rachael while on her way to the hospital.   She got checked into her labor and delivery room and things began to move forward.  While at home with Grandma and Grandpa, Pa came over.  He told me that I was coming over to his house to stay the night, mommy was having the baby.  Mommy called me from the hospital and talked to me and told me I was going to be a BIG SISTER soon, so exciting!!!!!   She had also been calling Nonna to let her and Papa know what was going on.  Mommy told me that Grammy, Auntie Brittany, Chi Chi, and Aunt Rachael all got to be in the room with her when Addison was born.  At about 11:40pm Dr Bender, mommy's doctor arrived and at 11:52pm Addison came into this world.  Daddy got to deliver her just like he delivered me, what a memorable moment.  She weighed 6lbs 13oz and was 18 inches long.  Mommy said she had a very smooth, comfortable, wonderful delivery.  She did say that when Addison was born she thought it was a boy.  If you all remember correctly we didn't know what the baby's gender was, so the first thing mommy and daddy were trying to see was if it was a boy or girl.  Well mommy shouted out the wrong thing and then the nurse corrected her a few seconds later.  She said the laughter in the room carried out into the hall and become a story to tell around the hospital.  It's moments like that, that make the story even more memorable.  
Well like I said this will be my last post because I am turning over all the narration to my mommy so that we can share with you the moments and adventures of me and my new baby sister Addison.  
Lots of love to all of you that read Mikaela's Moments,
Mikaela Shea 

Megamind

Today mommy and daddy took me to see Megamind 3D in the theater.  I got popcorn and M&M's.  I enjoyed the movie and crawled into daddy's lap about half way through.   After movie we went to see mommy's doctor to check on the baby.   It was a nice day with my mom and dad.

Sunday, November 7, 2010

Christmas List

Tonight I sat down with mommy and daddy and we went through some toy catalogs and circles things to put on my Christmas list.  We looks at The Great Holiday Toy Sale from Target, the Toyland Catalog (Walmart) and The Greatest Big Christmas Book by Toys R Us.  I can't wait to send Santa my list.

Roly Poly Bugs

I have found a new favorite thing to do with Pa at breakfast on Sunday mornings is look for Roly Poly bugs.  I got to take 2 of them home today and release them in my front yard.  I named one Ice Cream and the other Butterfly.