The Baptism of Addison Rose Seghi

Saturday Aug 14, 2010.

4:15 Mass and baptismal ceremony following

God parents: Lauren Seghi, Brian Jones

What a beautiful day it was for Addison's baptism. We wanted to have it be an intimate day with our immediate families, including aunts, uncles and grandparents. Addison was an angel during mass, as she fell asleep in my arms during the gospel...and Monsignor Dan Deutsch gave the most perfect homily. Ironically enough it was the mass of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, which really hit home to me as a new mother. Monsignor's homily discussed that we never really leave our children, they are always in our care, but may not always be in our sight. This was perfect for us as we were thinking all week about putting her in daycare, and being anxious and worried about this. But, I know that she is always in God's care, and that she will be okay.

The baptismal ceremony included 3 other babies, and was performed by one of the newer priests Father Fasano. Addison slept through most of it, until Fr blessed her head. Then she was awake and just hanging out, smiling and taking it all in. None of the babies cried at all, it was great!! And boy was it crowded in there with 4 babies families!

Afterwards, we went back to our house and had a little reception, catered by Portillos! Yummy!

Addison enjoyed hanging out with the family, and getting passed around from one person to the next. It was a great day, and Adam and I couldn't feel more blessed to have such a beautiful precious baby.

*P.S. Those are the new French doors in the picture above that Adam worked so hard to install the week before!

First cross from Grandma Jones

Family christening gown ( Mine originally)

Close up!

Getting dressed

Sleeping in Mommy's arms

Didn't even cry once!

God Parents

Our Family

Grandma and Grandpa Jones

Grandma and Grandpa Seghi

Great Grandma Carlson and Addy

The party afterwards at our house

Long day!

Uncle Brian and Sarah with somel of Adams little cousins

Great Grandma Peszek, Addison, Julianna and Kelly (9 months)

4 Generations

August update

Hello again!

I can't believe it's been 2 weeks since my last posting...I guess I've been enjoying my time with the lil peanut.

Big happenings in the past 2 weeks...

Addison had to have her tongue clipped on Monday Aug. 9th because she was a little "tongue tied". Basically, her frenulum (the ligament that attaches your tongue in the front) was attached to the tip of her tongue instead of at the base, making it difficult for her to move her tongue, stick it out, etc. This was affecting her ability to eat sometimes, because she would get frustrated she couldn't suckle well. ( But, she obviously has had no trouble gaining weight!!) It just would take longer sometimes for her feedings. Also in the future it could affect her speech development and her oral hygiene ( couldn't clean her teeth with her tongue as well). So, we went to a highly recommended pediatric ENT on Monday and they did it right in the office. It went a lot easier than we thought. They placed her in her carseat, the assistant held her head, the doc applied a local anesthetic and then snipped it. There were a few drops of blood, and she cried for maybe 10sec from the startle of it. No pain though, because there aren't any nerve endings there. Then I nursed her, a natural anesthetic and soother, for 5 minutes and she was smiling and laughing like nothing had happened!! :) So now our little lady is sticking her tongue out and has been exploring this new muscle over the past week.

Daycare visit and preparation. The inevitable is coming and I will be going back to work next Monday, sniff sniff :( I must say that I never realized it was going to be this hard to leave my baby. We went to visit daycare on Thursday Aug 5th and I cried the whole way home....and for several hours there after. Not neccesarily because I didn't like the place, they are very nice and well qualitfied. I just didn't like the fact that I will be leaving her with a stranger and a couple other children. Also, it was nap time when I visited, and they were all in their cribs...and of course no one was asleep because there was a stranger (us) in the room looking at them. So, the whole "cage" mentality is what it felt like at the time.

However, Adam and I went to visit again this past Friday, at 10 am, when they were all on the floor playing and smiling and laughing. The teacher, Melissa, is very sweet and seemed to have a great relationship with the kiddos. There will be up to 4 infants in the room when Addison is there and range in age from her 12 weeks to 7-8 months. They are all "immobile" and the mobile infants are in another room that she will eventually "graduate" to.

So, Addy will be going to daycare Monday, Tuesday and Friday. Then I will be home on Wednesdays, and Grandma and Grandpa Seghi have really stepped up to watch her on Thursdays!! I couldn't be more thankful to them for this and I know they will enjoy the time with their grand daughter! And I am so blessed to be able to have Wednesdays off to spend time with her as well. :)

And most importantly of all Addison Rose was baptized on Saturday Aug 14. I will do a separate post for this.

Also my dad came to visit for a few days!

Since her tongue clipping she has also really "found her mouth"...and wants to put everything in it. Especially her own hands, and often time tries to get the whole fist in. People say this may be the start of teething, as it has also accompanied a lot of drooling... (as you can see in the pics) I just hope for the sake of breastfeeding the teeth hold off for a bit. We shall see.

Also the smiles and laughter continue and she is starting to be more and more of a squirmer!

Now for some pics of the past few weeks, which is why you all really check out this blog. :)

Napping in my crib for the first time

First meal out at Steak and Shake with Grandma Jones and Mommy

Lazy Saturday with dad

Cheese!

Meeting Uncle Tom and Aunt Laya on their road trip into town

Look how big I've gotten!!

Now for some precious facial expressions I've captured:

Chuckle house!!

Hello!

Eating my hand!

I really like to play with my toys now....reaching, touching, putting them in my mouth, tracking them back and forth! But, my ultimate favorite "toy" is still the ceiling fan that I can't seem to keep my eyes off of...even if it means contorting my head backwards and sideways to watch it when someone is holding me!

Bert and Ernie finger puppets!

Two Months

Well...I can't believe it's been 2 months already...the time is really going by so fast. Addison has continued to grow and change so much this past month, and she really is getting to be a lot of fun. She is smiling, laughing and squealing more each day and responding and trying to repeat our facial expressions. :) so cute!

Her big accomplishment in the past week is that she slept 7-8hrs 3 different nights!! How awesome! For the most part she is sleeping 4-5hrs, which is still wonderful! I think because she has such a full belly , she can sleep longer. Her tummy really is so big and cute!

Her 2 month Dr appointment was yesterday, shots and all. She screamed and cried, of course...but was able to fall asleep on the ride home after I nursed her in the office. Then when we got home she got a little fussy and spiked a little fever. After tylenol and a bath, she was able to calm down enough to go to sleep. To our surprise she then slept through the night...

Her current stats: 12lbs 4 oz and 23 1/4 in long.... almost outgrowing her 3 month clothes!

We went to visit Great Grandma Carlson and Uncle Dick with Grandma Jones last Tuesday and got some great 4 generation pictures. I think the Grandmas are just a little in love with her, what do you think!?

The "hands" pictures were my mom's idea...I think they turned out pretty cool. The rings on their fingers are their "mother's rings" and the heart pendant is the mothers pendant my mom gave to me when Addison was born.

To celebrate Addison's 2 month birthday we went to The Arlington Horse Race Track on Saturday with Uncle Brian, Sarah, and our friends Scott and Julie and their daughter, Kayla. It was her 4 month birthday too! We had a great time, it was a beautiful day out, and we even won a little money!

Here are a few more pics of the little lady...

Working on holding my head up and sitting in my bumbo seat ( look at those cheeks!)