Let the craziness begin!

Well I called and canceled Tegan's pedi appointment for this morning and rescheduled it for next Tuesday. We had heavy winds and alot of drifting snow and a temp of -35 so I didn't want to even take Tegan out in it. I can't wait for next tuesday to come so I can hear how much she weighs. I know she is getting big! She is now into 0-3 month clothes and her socks finally fit her feet. To get a guess I weighed myself and then weighed myself holding her and it said that she is up to 11 pounds...I thought that was just nuts so Zach did the same and it still said 11 pounds!!! If that is the case then she has gained almost 2 1/2 pounds in two weeks...that can't be right can it? If so then holy breast milk haha. It is going to be a very very busy rest of the week so Tuesday will be here before we know it! Christmas is always a busy time for Zach and I, even more so this year. We will have our christmas here christmas eve morning..then christmas eve night is christmas with my dads side of the family at my grandmas house, we stay the night at my moms house christmas eve night and awake for christmas morning at my moms, then that after noon we are at my aunts for the family christmas..then we go to Zach's parents for christmas night..then finally we are home and ready to sleep until Jan 1st haha. I am super excited for the craziness to start!!! Tegan will be there for it all :) Expect tons of pics!!! Here are a few new pictures of Tegan to get you by until then! Enjoy :)
one month old!

one month old: a sneeze and a poop-pics and video

Wow, I am so behind in keeping you all updated; for that I'm sorry. Life with a baby is a busy one..even more so when you are a breast feeding mom with a husband that works nights. Tegan is growing sooo fast and will be one month old tomorrow!!! yikes! I can't believe I have a one month old already!!!!

At Tegan's last dr's appointment she was up to 8lbs 6oz and 20 inches long!!! At birth she was 7lbs 11oz 18.5inches long but dropped down to 6lbs 11oz before we left the hospital so she is growing very well!!! Her next appointment is on monday the 23rd :) I can't wait to see how much she has grown since her last time at the dr. She has quite the personality already :) She is changing in looks every day and growing like a little weed!!! She is out growing her new born clothes and before I know it she will be into 0-3 month. NB diapers are now a thing of the past, last week she moved up to size one.

We are now doing only breast feeding when at home. She only gets a bottle when we are in the car or in public, in that case I pump to or from where ever we are going seems how it is always a long trip for my boobies to make it through lol. We are doing so awesome with breast feeding now! You wouldn't even know that we had a bumpy start. I am so glad that I had the strong desire to give breast feeding another shot. We have been bottle free at home for the past 5 days. Tegan is going through a little growth spurt, she is always hungry..the past few days I swear all I do is sit around with her on my boob. She always eats at least 3 oz at every feeding (we know from the bottle feeding when out). I had our first horrible long night the other night. Tegan was up crying all night, come to find out she didn't like the tabasco sauce I had eaten lol.


We went and visited my RE last week after Tegan's appointment Since we were up in rockford already. It was so nice walking through those doors full of happiness instead of nervousness and hope. Everyone welcomed us with smiles and hugs, after all for 2 years we basically lived there. It was nice to see everyone again! I looked at the picture they have hanging on the wall in the waiting room and teared up..it says "the future begins here". So very true!!! Everyone was so excited to see and hold Tegan, they couldn't get over how adorable she is! We visited for about 20 minutes, talking about the pregnancy and delivery, and we showed them the pictures of my belly paintings. Dr Holden walked around the entire time with Tegan Fast asleep in his arms, he didn't want to give her back to me haha! They are some of the sweetest people I have ever met, I can't wait to tell Tegan of all the wonderful people that helped bring her into this world.

Last night I got a little surprise from Tegan, I swear this little girl loves to surprise mommy and daddy. She woke me up around 2am this morning with a dirty butt, I JUST got her all cleaned and had her butt up sliding her new diaper under her when she sneezed. LMAO! WELL when she sneezed she pooped EVERYWHERE!!! I didn't know whether to laugh or cry lol. It was all over my hands and arm all over her whipe warmer and flung across her bedroom floor. I cleaned it off of me and her changing mat and the whipe warmer and went to get the floor and thought that this was something that needed to be recorded and kept forever to show her when she grows up lol. Thankfully the camera is always near by. I can't stop giggling about it today lol. Oh I love her so much, even if she poops all over.

Of course I have a few pictures to share with you all :)

3 weeks tomorrow!

Our little Fuzzy will be 3 weeks old tomorrow! I just dont understand where time is going!! It feels like yesterday we brought her home and here she is getting close to a month old! wow!!! Tegan is doing great!!! She is growing and changing so much every day! It is simply amazing to watch her grow and discover new things. She has a dr's apt on thursday, I can't wait to see how much she weighs and such. We are still breast feeding, she is doing so well with it too!!!! Last night she took 15 mins from each side so I didn't even have to pump yay!!!! She eats ALOT, and thinks she is always starving lmao. I am still pumping all the time, I have a freezer full of milk :) She sleeps pretty good during the night, she wakes every 3 hours or so to be changed and fed. She has been sleeping in her bassinet pretty well, until 3am when she thinks it is wide awake hour lmao so then she comes to bed with mommy for a bit. Don't tell me it is a bad habbit blah blah because I have been told over and over and honestly I dont care! Zach works nights and if I am going to get any sleep I have to do what I have to do. I am doing well. I have now lost all of my pregnancy weight, breast feeding sure sucks it away lol. Here are some pictures for you all..she is getting soo big!!!

2 weeks already!

Two weeks ago I was laying in the OR waiting anxiously for that first cry from my little miracle. I can't believe it has already been two weeks since I had that little head taken out of my ribs!!! She is such a joy to have, every day I am amazed at how much she changes. She is eating more and more and growing so fast! Her personality is starting to show and every day she changes more and more. I am so in love with my little dream come true, she is such a blessing to have and hold. Tegan is starting to actually fit into her newborn clothes and she is now eating close to 3oz every 2-3 hours! We are still trying breast feeding, it isn't something I want to give up on. I want to have that special bonding time with my little girl. She is a growing girl and wants her food fast and now! I have been working on increasing my milk supply and making my let down faster so that I can give her the fast flow that she wants. Tegan took to the breast today for 20 whole minutes!!! I hope this is the start of breast feeding rather than me pumping all day and feeding her the milk through a bottle. Her clogged tear ducts are getting better with each day, hopefully soon they will be all the way open. All is well here in the Wright house. We are happy, healthy and in love with our new bundle of joy. I will update more when I have a chance :) Until then here are some pictures for you all.

my piece of heaven-update and pics

All is well here in the Wright house. Little Miss Tegan is now a week and 5 days old! No one was joking when they told me they dont stay little for long. Tegan already looks so different than that little girl I held at the hospital. She is so beautiful and already has such a little personality. I am so very much in love! Zach and I have never been happier. We had a bit of an issue last week with her weight. After I had her she lost 10% of her body weight, by the time she had her first check up(2 days after we left the hossy) she was down 15% of her body weight..an entire pound smaller than she was at birth. I was crying hysterically when I found out how much she had lost!! The pedi wanted me to supplement with formula to help get her weight up, but that only lasted a few feedings. Tegan hated hated hated formula! It was hell to get her to take it, and when she did she would puke it up. So I decided to go back to strict breast milk and then she ate away with no problems. Two days after her first pedi apt we had to go back again to check her weight and my little stinker gained a whole 8oz back!!! yay for mommy's breast milk!!! I am pumping every two hours, it still amazes me that I can make milk! Tegan eats about 2-2 1/2 ounces every 2-3 hours. She isn't on a feeding schedule..I am a firm believer of feeding a baby when they are hungry and letting them eat until they are content. She seems to have a bit of a cold in her eyes :( I am keeping her eyes very clean and putting drops of breast milk in them and they are clearing up quite nicely (breast milk is the best med!). She goes back on the 8th of december for another check up. Before I know it my baby will be a month old! wow! I am doing well. I healed very fast from the csection. I am a bit tender to the touch but I am back to my old routine. The only complaint I have is the nagging ache in my back from the spinal..the nurse said that discomfort can last for a few months! I am already about back to my pre pregnancy weight, only 4 more pounds to drop!! I clearly dont look it due to my belly still shrinking and such but seeing the numbers on the scale made me happy haha! I think the last 4 pounds is really my boobs lmao! Here are a few new pics of my miracle for you all to see. She is getting soo big!

Tegan Marie is here!!!

The birth of my little piece of heaven on earth

Tegan Marie Was Born Wednesday November 19th at 10:41pm. She weighed 7lbs 11oz and was 18.5 inches long! She is such a little blessing :) I still can't believe she is here and that she is mine.

I finally have a bit of time to sit down and write a blog. So many have asked questions so I am going to take the time to answer them now :) Tegan has a clean butt, a full belly and is passed out next to daddy.

It is crazy to think that my little girl will be a week old tomorrow, and even crazier to think that she wasn't supposed to be here until yesterday!!!! I was trying soo hard to keep her in until my scheduled csection date of nov 24th, but even with bed rest we didn't quite make it. Tegan was ready to come out now, and honstly I was too. I woke up the morning of the 19th not feeling all too well. I had noticed that Tegan wasn't moving as much as she usually does, I was starting to get worried so I ate some sugar and protien to try to wake her up..no luck. I decided to take a shower which sometimes wakes her up and still no luck..so after alot of pondering I decided to take the hour drive to labor and delivery to be sure she was ok. In the middle of the drive there I started having regular contractions, by the time I got to the hospital my contractions were 2-3 mins apart and getting stronger.We got there around 5pm and thankfully my dr was on call!!! He came in and thought that maybe Tegan turned head down so he did a quick ultra sound and found that my little turkey was still breech. I got admitted and told that we would have her either that night or early early the next morning! I couldn't believe it I have never been soo excited in my life!!!! They hooked me up to the IV and filled me full of tons of fluid while I waited. I ended up having my little miracle at 10:41!! That was the happiest minute of my life!

We were in the hospital until saturday afternoon, while there Tegan lost 10% of her body weight before we left the hospital. The nurses all say that it is because of all the fluids they filled me with before the csection. She now weighs 6lbs 11oz, a whole pound smaller than she was a birth. She eats alot and is a peeing and pooping machine so she will be back up to her birth weight in no time. She had her first dr's apt yesterday. She is doing very well, her billie level is down to a 7.

My milk came in two days after her birth, and boy did it come in! So far I can pump 6 onces in 15 mins so I think I am doing pretty good! I am amazed that I am making milk haha! I am pumping and bottle feeding her seems how she hasn't been latching on too well. She gets too mad and doesn't want to work for her food so I felt it was the best thing to do. As long as she gets the breast milk that is all that matters. I have tried pumping a bit to soften up my breast and make it easier for her, but even then she wont take it. She gets that close to me and smells my skin and hears my heart beat and she passes out lol. I actually like pumping and bottle feeding for the fact that I know how much she is eating which is best with trying to make her gain weight anyhow.

I suppose I will end my book here for now and get to the pictures that you are all dying to see. I think she is such a doll, but of corse mothers always think their baby is the cutest baby ever.

my last belly painting

In the excitment of the upcoming holiday Zach and I painted my belly one last time for christmas. We had a few ideas but I decided that I wanted a raindeer with my belly button being the red nose haha. I love getting my belly painted (other than the hour of sitting on the floor with my legs asleep and back hurting) Tegan always plays and kicks daddy while Zach is painting lol it is their bonding time. Enjoy the pictures :) I love having a painted belly..it helps cover the stretch marks haha, screw coco butter! I am proof that it doesn't work!! It is all in the genes, thanks mom!