LONG TIME!!!OOPS!!!

First time in the snow

Hanging out with BFF Alexis

Halloween

When I first started this blog I thought it would be great. Well I am realizing having a little one takes up a lot of time. For the past 3 months I have been coaching volleyball and trying to spend time with my family, which takes a lot of time. A lot of things have been happening. Teagan is growing so fast!! Every time we bring her in for her Dr. appointments she is in the 9oth percentile for height and the 80th percentile for weight. She loves eating, and loves foods that are orange. Before we know it she will be crawling (AHH!!!!!!!) Currently, she is sitting up on her own, giggiling tons, standing with help and I am pretty sure she said Mama (I don't think she knew she said it though). Teagan went to New York City and Boston this past summer and did an exellent job flying. I will try to update more, when I have time.. especially the pictures.

Crying and cute feet, fingers etc.

Teagan Crying

Teagan crying during belly time

July 13th

HAPPY!



Belly Time

This is Teagan with Grandpa Barnett on his birthday. The shirt says "If you think I am cute you should see my Grandpa"

One more day until dad's birthday :) His first birthday as a father.

Teagan has been doing really well, and she is a very content baby. It is great that Dave and I are able to go out to eat, go shopping or grocery shopping and she is perfectly fine. I should probably knock on wood now. She is also almost sleeping through the night. She will usually sleep for about 5-6 hours at first during the night, wake up to be fed and then she is off again for another 2-3 hours. This has been helpful with Dave starting summer school, and me not needing as much help at night. I am not saying every night is this great, but most of them have been lately. She is still being breastfed, and hopefully will be for at least another month. I am going to see how things go with school starting and coaching volleyball.

We have been keeping busy, Dave is playing softball twice a week, and I am running almost everyday, trying to get in shape for my upcoming race in August. The baby weight has been coming off, but I am not back to my normal self yet, and I am not sure I ever will be.

Teagan has her 2 month doctor appointment on the 25th and I am anxious to see how much she weighs. She is definitely getting bigger, which is nice, but at the same time sad for me to see.

Hope everyone is enjoying their summer!

June 30th

WOW! Time has flown by. Teagan is already 5 weeks old and growing!!! (She loves eating)

Things have been going very well, Barny the dog is finally adjusting and every once in awhile we will catch him checking up on her and giving her feet little kisses. This morning he even layed next to her. Teagan is now beginning to smile and do it on purpose. Her smile is very precious and I am going to need to start practicing saying no to her now. She is also adorable when she cries and she gets this little frown going, and that is also hard to resist. Last night was another good sleeping night, she slept 5 and half hours through the night. Three nights ago she slept 6 hours in a row! This is great for mom and dad who are bit tired these days.

I am starting to get back into swing of things. Last weekend I played in a sand volleyball tournament (we won the tournament by the way :) ) and I have even started to run. It feels great to be able to exercise.

Dave has been wonderful!!! We have started to give her some breast milk by bottle, which has helped me in so many ways. I am able to go and do things alone, and sleep a little more at night (Dave now gets to get up once in the middle night to feed) He has not complained once! He is a wonderful father, he really seems to be able to calm her down instantly. Teagan adores her dad, and seeing how he is with her it makes me adore him even more.

Dave and I will get some alone time this Wednesday when we head to the cities for a Twins game. Wednesday will be our 3 year wedding anniversary!!! Once again, WOW time flies by!!!

Pictures!!!

Teagan Rayal Barnett: 7lbs 8oz, 21 inches long

I can't believe she is here! Teagan Rayal joined us May 24th at 12:21 in the morning. My water broke the previous morning at 1:30. Therefore, I was technically in labor for 23 hours. However, I did not start getting contractions right away, even when I was put on Pitosum. I actually didn't start feeling painful contractions until 6 oclock in the evening on the 23rd. Things before that were moving very slowly, and I would dilate a cm at a time. Finally at around 10ish they told me I was 8 cm dilated. Dave and I were very excited and the next thing I knew I could start pushing. I only had a push for about a half an hour.

Our hospital stay went very well, there are no major concerns and Teagan is a very healthy little girl. Dave and I didn't seem to think this on our first night home, when all she was cry, but the 2nd night went much smoother. I am interested to see how the 3rd night goes. Cross you fingers.

I will try to keep everyone updated on her progress.