4 week doctor's appointment

SOOO serious!



Wren had her 4 week checkup at the doctor's office today and it was very sad for both of us! She had to get her heel pricked so that they could do the PKU and she just cried and cried. It really hurt my heart, I don't like to hear her whimper, let alone cry. I know that they say that you can't spoil a baby this young and it is a good thing because otherwise, this girl would be so spoiled! 99% of the time, whenever she makes any little noise me or Jeremiah go and pick her right up!!

She weighed in at 8 pounds 3 ounces today, up almost a full pound since her last appointment 2 weeks ago! The only thing that I have had concerns about is her spitting up after every feeding. I talked to the doctor about it and he said that he would not worry about it unless she was not gaining weight properly (obviously, that is not an issue) or if it seemed to bother her (also not an issue, I think that she enjoys having her clothes changed 30 times a day!) so I feel better about that.

She also got a bath today and is doing much better with that also. I do make the water a little warmer than what the temp. gage on her bath spongee thing says to because it just seems so cold to me and she turns purple and mottled in the cold! She also seems to do better when the water is a little warmer! She does give me dirty looks the entire time, but at least she is not crying! I can deal with the dirty looks! :)

Wren's TUTU

Aren't I cute???



Chelsea Jones made this outfit for Wren before she was even born, what a sweet heart she is! I love her and miss her so much!I'm hoping that one of these days soon she will come and visit me!! (HINT HINT!!) OR maybe I will have to go and visit her so that we can go out and eat at all our favorite places!

I also want to point out the cute bracelet that Wren is wearing that Chelsea also gave her (and I am assuming that she made it!)! She is so talented!

My accomplishments at 4 weeks old

Isn't it enough that I was born????



Wren is an amazing baby! For the past month we have fallen in love with her more and more every day. She is such a good baby.

On April 13th, she slept for eight and a half hours. Mom was VERY scared when she woke up and it was light outside! Most nights she has at least one stretch between feedings that is between 5 and 6 hours long. Granted, she does not sleep for the entire first stretch of "sleep" time. She usually will eat at about 11 p.m. then stay awake and want to be held or just suck on her binky and stare around until 1:30 or 2:00 a.m. then she will wake up between 4:00 and 5:00 a.m. to eat again then sleep until at least 8:00 or 9:00 a.m. I usually pull her into my bed after this feeding to cuddle and sleep with me for the next couple of hours until it is time to eat again. I heard someone say on TV last night about breastfeeding moms "What is night? It is just when I get to put my sweatpants on and then it gets dark outside and no one is calling or coming by, but it is like every other part of my life, I just get a couple of naps!" I thought that was pretty accurate!

On April 15th, Wren lost her umbilical cord. I was really glad, it had been hanging on by the smallest of attachments for the longest time it seemed! It did scare me when I went to change her diaper and it just fell out of her onsie!

April 16th was her first doctor's appointment. The doctor (Dr. Bennett) said that she was "wonderfully perfect" and I was inclined to agree with him! She weighed in at 7 pounds 4 ounces. SOOO tiny!

She also had her first bath today, it was pretty sad. She cried and screamed and in general let us know that it was not her favorite thing in the world to do. Since then she has had two more baths and they seemed to have gone a little better than the first. Hopefully she will begin to truly enjoy getting clean because we really really like it when she smells so yummy after bath time!

Wren has also started to smile. It is sooo adorable and makes everyone so happy!! Sometimes it is like she has forgotten how to do it but her eyes will be smiling and she will open her mouth really wide! I like that almost as much as the actual smile!

Within the last week or so she has also started to coo. It is cute! There are times that she will have her Binks in her mouth and try to "talk" around it so she is chewing on the binky and cooing at the same time, I love it!!!

I was very worried about starting to give her a bottle, but I want to be able to sleep through the night every once in awhile so I have been pumping and the one night she woke up right after I had pumped and was hungry, so dad gave her first bottle and she took it like a champ! The reason I was worried is because of all the literature they give you about "nipple confusion" so I was worried when I tried to nurse her at her next feeding but she latched right back on and I actually think that it helped with the latching issues that we seemed to be having. So I have been going back and forth between bottle and breast and she is doing great with both.

She has also learned to be a bobble head. When we hold her upright, or as upright as she can be at this point, she will hold her head up by herself and "bobble" around! It is really quite cute and you can really see how much effort is put into it! Wow, I love this kid!

Overall, she is a very happy, peaceful and content baby. Mostly she only cries when she is hungry or cold (usually when she is naked!!). The car does NOT soothe her at this point, as Aunt Valerie can attest to. We went to eat one day and Valerie took her to her house afterward so that I could go and help Mike do something and Ms. Wren SCREAMED her head off the entire way home, she was starving!!! Poor girl!

Jeremiah and I are both loving being parents and wouldn't trade it for anything in the world. We are so happy to have this girl in our lives and are so thankful to our heavenly father for entrusting us with this special spirit.

April 4, 2009

The Martin 3 generations!


Grandpa Martin, Grandma Martin, Jeremiah Martin and Wren Martin

April 4, 2009

Grandma and Grandpa Martin and Me

Grandma and Grandpa Martin came by to see me today, they thought that I was pretty cute!

I also had to go back to the hospital today because my bilirubin levels were to high. They were still to high and so I have to go back again tomorrow. Mom doesn't like to go with me because they poke my heel and make me bleed!! I don't like it cause it hurts, but they give me sugar water so I am okay with it!

April 3, 2009

Leaving the Hospital



She is just so tiny that she barely fits in the car seats belt! The hat that she is wearing was given to us by the Hospital staff. The outfit that she wore home was given to her by Aunt Debbie Hathaway.

This morning when I looked outside there was 3 inches of snow on the ground and no sign that the weather was going to let up! It was quite depressing but we were ready to get out of there and be home! It wa a little scary that they were letting us take this little tiny baby home... That's trust!

We were in room 103 so we had to get our picture taken in front of the sign! After we left we went to Puerto Vallarta with Valerie, Bella and Isaac. It was quite the fiasco!!! The table was so tiny and the service was questionable! Not the most kid friendly place, that's for sure!

The Hospital Bed

April 2nd

The favorite toy by far at the hospital was the bed. The boys loved it almost as much as getting to hold Wren! They even kicked me out of it so that they could play!

Just relaxin'! Watchin' some TV!