Mee Maw bought Wee Baby a super cute pink hoodie and purple pants!  She was so warm and cozy, not to mention she is totally adorable in that outfit! :-)  Mee Maw got to come visit for several days after she spent some time with Wee Baby’s Nanny.  We were so happy to have her come visit again!  Wee love you Mee Maw!

Mariella is wearing her cute jacket that her Nanny and Parran got her!  She is so freaking adorable, I just can’t take it!  lol  She was being so sweet when I took these pictures, if only you could have seen it in person.  It probably would have made  you cry, she is so darn precious! :-)  I love you Wee Baby!

Thanks for coming to visit mom!  So happy Mariella has been able to spend some time with you.  I think it calms her knowing there is an experienced mom in the house! 

Wee Baby’s First Valentine’s Day!  For Valentine’s Day, Pat bought me a Snickers bar (king size of course) and I bought him nothing.  We didn’t need any presents with this enormous bundle of joy named Mariella!

We don’t want candy, because Wee Baby is all the sweetness we need.
We don’t want  roses, because Wee Baby smells better than roses!
We don’t want presents, because the money we have we spend on Wee Baby.

Pat and I watched the Olympics, I had hot chocolate instead of Guinness, and we just spent time together as a family.  A perfect way to show our love for each other. 

Today Pat and I took Mariella to her 2 month check up.  Even though she is nearly 10 weeks old!  We had some car malfunctions and some scheduling conflicts and finally we got her in today to see the doctor.  She weighs 11 pounds and 5 ounces, she is 22.5 inches long.  So she is doing fine gaining weight and growing.  She checked out fine and dandy.  I am worried about her poo, she seems to go several days between poops and it freaks me out.  The Dr says not to worry.  So I will try not too.

She had several shots today… poor Wee Baby.  It was so traumatic for her and for Pat and I.  I held one hand and Pat held the other.  She screamed and cried for a few minutes but I was able to calm her pretty quickly.  She fell asleep in the car seat when we left the office.   The Doctor told us she would sleep a lot so we decided to go to Target to get some groceries and household items.  We were there 5 minutes and Mariella woke up.  She did so well though, she didn’t make a peep and just looked around as we went up and down the isles. You could tell she was feeling crappy from the shots…

such a good Wee Baby.

She had a few reactions from the shots, she had a little fever for the night, she vomited after her dinner, and she was crancky before bedtime.   All in all she was such a trooper and I am so proud of her!

Mariella is such a good baby!  She typically takes a nap in her swing in the mid morning.  She wakes up in such a good mood (most of the time) and she starts cooing and ahhing.  She is totally adorable.  I love her so much and I almost wish I would have started having kids 10 years ago and had one each year!  : -)  I love this baby so much!

shhhh Wee Baby is sleeping!  She must have some gas or a tummy ache.  She didn’t want to lay on her back, so I curled her in a ball and placed her inside this boppy pillow thing.  She rarely takes a pacifier, but she took one for this nap.  Sweet sweet Mariella….  enjoy your nap my little Angel.  She did wind up feeling better later that evening…  when daddy got home, she decided it was time to have a “rocket poo”  kind of poop.  :-)  I took a video of it below…

Later in the evening she felt much better!  Good enough for some tummy time on Daddy!  :-)  Look how long she is getting!  My little big Wee Baby!

Wee Baby brought the Saints luck their entire season.  Then she helped them win the Superbowl!  I told Pat if he wants the Saints to win again next year, we better get cracking on another Wee Baby! Maybe a Wee Baby Boy!  :-)  Oh lawd..  Pat is freaking out already!  hahahahaaa.   Here is my little family for the first Saints playoff game of the season.

February 4, 2010

I knew babies with colic were fussy.  I knew they were uncomfortable.  I knew they cried a lot.  But I was not prepared for this!

Thursday my DH came home and watched Wee Baby so I can go to the gym (in the apartment complex) and have a little me time.   I was on the elliptical when he cam running in saying “somethings wrong!” I ran to see what was happening, my husband said she started screaming after a diaper change.  I heard her screaming and immediatly got worried.  She had never made such a ruckus before…

She was screaming.  Arching he back. Couldn’t catch her breath.  Lips were completely dry.  Arms and legs flailed about.  Her face was red.  She was stiff like a board.  She wouldn’t look at me… it was absolutely the most frightening thing ever…

My husband in on the phone with a nurse, and I said lets go to the ER, and the nusrse on the phone said not to because she was not blue and could still breath. She said to bring her to urgent care and off we went.

She calmed down on the way there, and started up again when the nurse weighed her…     after all is said and done, the Doctor said it was colic.   I couldn’t believe it…  I thought she was going to scream her self silly…    It was so traumatic to me…    it was so scary I didn’t want to change her diaper in fear she would have another fit.

I just wanted to say to the parents who have a sweet baby with colic, that I love you and your babies!  And I pray all the discomfort in these babies are resolved sooner than later.  It broke my heart to see her inconsolable, and I suspect if you are a mom/dad with a colicky baby it breaks your heart too.  So much love and respect to these parents..  being patient, loving and nurturing to your baby in their times of discomfort.

The picture was taken the night before….  who knew she would have such a hard night the next day.   I hope she never has to go through that again.