Months 0,1,2,3

Since I'm obviously not awesome enough to do a monthly update I am just posting pictures of Afton showing how much she has grown and changed.

My only excuse for neglecting to post about my baby these past three months is the wiggly baby sitting in my lap.

Rewind 3 months and no amount of advice wanted or not could have prepared me for the adventure I was about to begin. The first couple days of parenthood were a breeze. A nurse at my beck and call 24/7. Being able to ask why my baby was making random gagging sounds and getting an educated response... she had swallowed some amniotic fluid. The best part was finally having Afton in my arms. It was most certainly love at first sight. We were in complete awe. The first night we decided not to send her to the nursery because by the time everything was all said and done it was pretty late. But really we didn't want to let her go. She slept right next to my bed. I didn't sleep much. It was like having Christmas morning a little early. Only I already knew what my present was. I also was extremely hot.Stupid hormones. Every time a nurse came in to take my blood pressure I asked her to turn down the temperature. Then I would get checked for a fever that I knew was nonexistent. In the morning my nurse asked me if I wanted to start to taking some pain killers. I told her I was fine with just some ibuprofen. I hadn't felt any pain yet. She thought I was crazy and brought me the strong stuff anyways.  The second night we sent Afton to the nursery. Yeah that lasted for about an hour. The nursery was just down the hall. I kept waking up thinking I could hear her screaming. I called the nurse's station and asked them to bring her to my room. Yeah she was sound asleep. but I was able to get some peace of mind and a little sleep. We had to stay an extra day at the hospital because I had tested positive for group B strep. They have to monitor the baby for 48 hours to make sure everything is okay. We weren't able to be discharged until 6 pm Friday night. By the time we finally got discharged I hadn't eaten anything since lunch and I needed pain killers badly. We said goodbye to the wonderful luxuries of the hospital and headed to Spanish Fork. Like I said I was starving at this point. So we went through the drive thru at Artic Circle. That's right my first meal after the hospital was a country chicken sandwich. When we got home I pretty much collapsed on the couch. I was crying and shaking from being in so much pain. I am pretty sure this freaked Trevor out. The next morning we had to take Afton to get a bilirubin test to confirm her jaundice. There is nothing like watching somebody milk blood out of your child's heel. It made my stomach churn. Later that day home health brought the bili lights. That was not fun at all. We had to leave her on the lights 24/7 except to feed and change her. It was so hard. She cried and cried. Being that my hormones were completely out of wack. I cried and cried along with her.

I'm not even going to try and up on the past fourish months so these are just some random things about miss Afton.

She started rolling from her tummy to her back at 6 weeks. We have to keep a close eye on her.

When she wakes up in the morning she growls like a baby bear and stretches for about ten minutes. After that she is all smiles and giggles.

She talks a lot. We regularly have long mother daughter chats.

She has a teddy bear that she absolutely loves. She loves to coo at him and eat his leg or pull at his fur.

She fake cries whenever she wants attention or to be picked up.

She only wakes up once a night to eat or sleeps through the night completely. It is awesome!

We love her so much. I tell Trevor all the time how I love her so much I want to squish her. Now for some pictures....

An education

Having a baby and going to school has been quite the challenge for me. I know people do it all the time but that doesn't make it any easier. Because my schedule is so different from traditional routes I am only allowed one absence per class. We were crossing our fingers that Afton would wait to born at a time when I could more easily miss a class and be fine. She of course didn't want to wait. I ended up being in labor on a Tuesday night and has to miss that night of school plus my groups presentation on top of that. I had talked to my counselor beforehand and found out that in certain cases such as mine the university will excuse a second absence. So I wasn't planning on going to school the next week after giving birth. Well my teacher emailed me and basically made it clear that she wanted me in class the next week. So off I went six days post partum. Afton was an angel and took a bottle like a champ for Trev. I on the other hand cried most of the way to school. While in class all I could think about was how weird I felt without my baby. I rushed home right after.
Since having Afton I have realized I can't procrastinate homework but..... I still do. It's just a lot more stressful now. Every Tuesday Afton goes to one of her grandmas houses while I go to school. We are so lucky to have our parents so close and so thankful for all the help they give.
And now some pictures of the different and creative ways I get homework done....