The Ford Family

Officially announcing the birth of our little girl.
She was born on March 13, 2009 and weighed 6 lbs 12 oz and was 19 1/2 inches long.


She is a great baby, not very fussy at all. She prefers to be held and does not like to lay in her crib by herself, but she sleeps well and is starting to put a little weight on and get some chubby cheeks :)

Aiden is adjusting very well to being a big brother and loves to give his sister hugs. At first, he was very creeped out by her umbilical cord stump, but now that it has fallen off, he has decided that she can stay.
It is amazing how much the two of them look alike and we look forward to seeing how our little girl turns out.

She was officially due April 3rd, but was born 3 weeks early. With Aiden, I experienced pre-eclampsia at a pretty early stage and was induced when my kidney and liver function started declining. The same thing started happening with Adeline, although at a much later stage and with some different symptoms, but we were induced again when my kidneys started going downhill. After about 30 hours of contractions and oh so much fun, the nurse discovered that Adeline was breech. She called the doctors in to make sure, and very soon after that we were rushed off for a c-section. It was a very different experience than that of Aiden's birth, and we are just glad everyone made it okay.

After Adeline was born, she was not breathing well, and after Mom got to sneak a quick peek, she was rushed off to the NICU. Ty went with her, and after a few minutes, she was doing extremely well, and was transfered to the well baby nursery before Mom even made it to the recovery room. Her Apgar Scores were 2 and 8, and if you know about the Apgar, 2 is obviously not good at all. Apparently she just needed a little jumpstart :)

Adeline is finally here. We just made it home today, but she was born on Friday the 13th of March after a long and crazy series of events. I will go into full details later, but after about 30+ hours of induced labor, the discovered that her head was not the end that was coming out, and we were rushed in for a c-section. I will post a few pictures and update more when i am feeling a bit better :)


Mom's First look at her little girl.




Aiden's First look at his little sister.


Adeline Roxanne 1 day old.

I had my doctor's appointment yesterday, and as some may know, I have not been feeling well for the past several weeks. My feet and ankles and everything else are swollen beyond belief (I apparently gained 4 lbs of water weight) and I am lightheaded and feel like passing out 24 hours a day (which is probably caused by swelling in my head compressing things it shouldn't). Apparently the pre-eclampsia that was so much fun in my pregnancy with Aiden is returning. This pregnancy has been a breeze compared to the last one, but it seems to be changing.
After my appointment, I was sent to the hospital for a Non Stress Test, which was totally normal, and I have another one scheduled for Monday. I have an appointment again on Thursday, at which point they were talking about setting an appointment for inducing labor. So it is possible that our little girl will be here at the end of next week. Yikes!