One Week Old!

Well, it has been one crazy week but we made it thru. Addison is doing well! She still has her days and nights mixed up but we are working on it. Nathaniel is enjoying his new little sister and hopefully that will continue!

Fun Pictures.

Nathaniel is loving his sister right now! He keeps asking "what's that?" We keep telling him that it is his baby sister Addison and when he tries to say her name it comes out "Medicine".

The Story behind the birth!

So we are finally home and trying to get life back to normal. The past 5 days have been very exciting and crazy. Everything started Thursday morning at 3:30a.m. when our alarm went off to get ready to go to the hospital. We arrived at Southern Regional at 5:30a.m. ready for a nice and easy repeat c-section. I was wrong about the nice and easy part. The C-section was scheduled at 7:30a.m. but they have you get there 2 hours earlier to torture you before the surgery. First, they put in the very painful I.V. then they put in my catheter. After that some blood work and other fun things. Then at 7:30a.m. I walked down a long hall pushing my I.V. stand and holding my catheter bag into the Operating Room. Once in the room they realized the table I was to be operated on was broken so I stood in the middle of the room for about 15 minutes until they got a new bed into the room. Now, things are starting to roll. I get my spinal and they strap me down to the table. House comes in and then the cutting begins. After a few minutes my chest begins to hurt and I ask what is going on. The Doctor says that my organs are resting on top of my chest and that is where the pressure is coming from. I look at House to tell him I am hurting and I see a reflection in the cabinets of my uterus sitting on top of my chest outside my body. YIKES! I realized then why I was hurting.
The baby then arrives and things are looking up. They bring her over and House and I finally decide on a name....Addison Dian Houseworth. We were so excited to finally have a name.

After the surgery, I get rolled to recovery then off to my room. Family is waiting to come in and visit and I am just excited that the worst was over...so I thought. As the day continues my body starts to have a reaction to the spinal medication and I begin to itch. For the next 24 hours my body itches like it never has before. I itched from head to toe. I felt like there were needles poking my skin all over. I thought I was going crazy. They gave me many different medications but nothing seemed to be working. Finally on Friday, my husband runs to the store and buys a bottle of Gold Bond medicated cooling lotion for me to try. When he returned I bathed from head to toe then covered myself in lotion. I then laid down on the bed and tried to calm myself down. Believe it or not the lotion began to work. From that point on the itching slowed down and stopped and I was starting to feel like normal again. Now things are looking up again!!

Saturday morning I was ready to come home. The doctor said it would be fine and dismissed me. YEA, we were going home but home was not ready for us! We arrived home to a broken air conditioner and more ants. (We have a small ant problem) Well, we spent the afternoon in our basement trying to get cool and working on the breastfeeding thing. I was having a hard time with breastfeeding so a few friends came to the rescue. Heather Barr brought over some heating pads, Nick Rowland came over to fix the air and The Robinsons came over for moral support. Well, after a few hours, Nick fixed the air, House killed the ants, and breastfeeding was going better.
So now, two days later things are going smooth. Addison is doing great. She has her days and nights mixed up so there is not a lot of sleeping at night but I guess that is to be expected. Mom is in town helping out for the next week so hopefully things will run smooth around here until my body heals and I am able to move around like normal.

Addison Dian Houseworth

Addison Dian Houseworth. Born on September 20th @ 7:59 a.m. Weighing in at 8 lbs 8 oz. and stretching 19 inches long.

Georgia Tech Photo Day!

Nathaniel, Daddy, Mommy, Pawpaw and Nana went to Georgia Tech's photo day. Even though Mommy is a Georgia fan, she went and took pictures of the boys with all the players, Chan Gailey, the cheerleaders and Buzz.

8 Weeks Left!

It is the last week of July and we are counting down until baby number 2 comes. The c-section is planned for September 20th at 7:30 a.m. We are excited and Mommy is ready. The summer heat is killing her and the house stays like an ice box. Still no name yet, so if you have any ideas let us know.

Summer Vacation

This year the McFarland's, Meadow's, Houseworth's and Wilder's all went to Edisto Beach in South Carolina. It was an intersting week. Of course, Nathaniel got sick the first day and ran a high fever for about a day. He was sick for about 3 days and then when he got better the air in our rental house went out. It was so hot we thought we would have to pack up and go home. By Thursday, everything was fixed and we had two days left to relax. It was a crazy week and we have decided that vacations are not really vacations when you have children. It is just relocating your life to a different location for a week. kids still get sick and the terrible two's still follow you where ever you go.

Best Friends!

Nathaniel has a best friend from Church named Brody. They love playing together and look forward to seeing each other every Sunday and Wednesday.

Playtime

Nathaniel loves to play with his

toys especially Hot Wheels cars. His favorite thing to do is line up the cars in a straight line or stack them in his blocks.

Getting ready for Baby Sister

Nathaniel helped Mommy and Daddy get the baby's room ready. We painted it pink and green stripes with a chair railing around the room. Nathaniel knows that something is fixing to happen but we are still not sure if he is ready for a little sister.

World Changers 2007

House and I were involved in another year of World Changers. House was the speaker and I was the project coordinator for the week. We also took 45 of our own teenagers to be involved and there were about 150 people total there for the week. The week was crazy but God did some amazing things. We slept in a middle school in the tampa area and worked all around doing construction projects and community work. In the first picture House is getting ready to do the "great send off" on the first work day of the week. It is a time where all the students gather in a circle and get pumped about heading off to a week of work for God.

They grow up so fast....

Nathaniel turned 2 on June 2nd and looking at him I now realize how fast they grow up. He no longer has that baby look but is turning into a little boy.

Swing Set

For Nathaniel's 2nd birthday, Paw Paw McFarland built Nathaniel a

swing set. It started out as a normal swing set but ended up a little bigger. Nathaniel loves his swing set/fort and will have years of fun playing in it.

Youth Camp 2007

The first week of June we took the teenagers to St. Simmions for Youth Camp. We took

Nathaniel and stayed in the apartments at the resort where the kids stayed. One afternoon we took Nathaniel to ride these fun bicyles. They were two or four seaters and the child would sit in the front basket. Nathaniel loved it so much we went and rode bikes twice during the week.

Nathaniel's 2nd Birthday!

On June 2nd we had a family birthday party for Nathaniel's and Walker's 2nd birthday! The boys had a blast opening gifts, eating cake

and swimming in the pool.

Getting Ready for Summer!

In order to get ready for the hot summer days we had to do a few things: fix the lawn mower and get Nathaniel a hair cut. Here is a picture of Nathaniel helping daddy fix the lawn mower and a picture of him getting his 2nd hair cut. He got a buzz so he looks like a little boy now and not a baby.

It's A Girl!!

We found out last week that we are having a GIRL!! We were shocked and excited. Nathaniel still does not understand what is going on but when you ask about mommy having a baby girl he screams "No".

Nathaniel and Daddy!

Nathaniel loves to lay around with Daddy. Nathaniel is normally a momma's boy but when it is time to play and wrestle he loves being with daddy!

Prom Night!

House and I chaperoned my school's prom. It was a blast! Many of our Southern Crescent youth were there so we had a group picture made of us all. House and I ate at the Varsity before prom. The prom was in

Atlanta at The Academy of Medicine.

Getting ready for Summer!

Daddy has been working so hard to give Nahtaniel a place to play outside. Our front yard has a stream and plenty of briars and weeds. Daddy has been working hard to clean out this area to put down a play set for Nathaniel. It is a great area because it is shaded and for some reason Nathaniel loves to play out front.