My favorite American Idol Contestant!

My favorite American Idol contestant this year is Chris Sligh.

He is a worship leader at Seacost Church. He is hilarous, and has a great voice. Check him out HERE

Go Chris! I am pulling for you!

Funny Lauran Quote..

If you have never tried to change clothes on a squriming baby, it's a pretty hard thing to do.

The other day, Lauran looked down at Elizabeth Anne and said,

"I should've played with dolls more when I was little".


We got a kick out of that one.

Doctor Visit

We have our first doctor visit coming up Monday morning. Elizabeth Anne will be two weeks old! We have tons of questions:

How much should she cry?

Do you think her tummy hurts? If so, how can we fix it?

Her poop is turning yellow now - that's good right? How yellow should her poop be? (I think I am becoming infatuated with poop colors)

What's the best routine we can put her on? Should we put her on a routine?

How much should she be sleeping? What should we do if she isn't getting enough sleep? Or too much sleep?

I think that Elizabeth Anne is smarter than we are - so we just need help getting caught up.

Normal...

After 3 hours of crying last night, we decided to call the doctor:

Elizabeth Anne has been crying loudly for 3 straight hours, is that normal?

What was her birth weight?

7 lbs 15 ounces.

Any complications at birth?

No.

Describe her stool. (Who knew monitoring poopy was so important!)

It took her a couple of days after we brought her home, then she unloaded on us.

Was it yellow or still brownish?

Brownish.

Well, it seems like things are OK. This is normal.

What? Surely crying for this long is not normal. We think something is wrong.

Trust me. It's normal. It took a couple of extra days to get her digestive system in order. She is going to be like this for about a week or two. Just hang in there and feed her every 2 hours. It will be tough going for a while.



After the conversation, we looked at each other and decided we were a good team and will get through this tough time together. I then looked down at Elizabeth Anne and told her I will be holding this against her. She owes her mother and I some serious Mother and Father's day gifts.


30 minutes later she rewarded me with a midnight messy diaper.... After that she slept. Looks like things are normal.

New Dad

You know you are officially a new dad when...

- Words like swaddle, boppy, latching-on, and poopy fill up your day.

- The highlight of the weekend is monitoring poop amounts. And you are thrilled when she poops!

- Sports and TV are not an option, neither is sleep.

- You stare at her for hours praying that she won't stop breathing.

- Life will never be the same again as part of your heart is now moving around outside your body. (I read that somewhere and it's so true.)

- You never thought you could love your wife this much as you glance over at her holding the daughter God created for you both.

This is so great! My friends told me that I had no clue what I was getting into. They were right, it's so hard to explain, but having Elizabeth Anne here with us is so wonderful.

Ok that's my post for today. Besides, it looks like it may be poopy time!