Dispite My Best Efforts

The past week and a half I have been working on a project that should have been really simple. The project was not my idea, but I thought that I would enjoy doing it and it would provide a service to a group of people I enjoy working with. Little did I know that this supposedly easy project would turn into craziness. The problem started when I decided to ask some questions. There were a few things that were uncertain and I felt that it would be better to make sure we were doing things right, instead of finding out later that we did things wrong. So I called and asked my "should have been easy to answer" questions, but one person told me one thing and then sent me to another person who told me something different, who then sent me to another person. In the end I ended up talking with 5 different people at this one company. The last two people I talked to were the most helpful. Joyce (the second to last person) was very honest with me and said that she did not know the answers to my questions, but she knew who would and she was going to get the answers for me. The last person I talked with, Todd, was extremely helpful and answered all my questions. The problem is that it took 5 people (including Todd) and almost two weeks to get to were I am now. Another problem, and probably the one that bothers me the most, is that during this process of trying to find the answers to my questions, I annoyed and bothered the people I was trying to provide the service to. Now there was a way to find out my answers in an easier method, but that method just happen to be home with a newborn. Since I just had a baby myself, I understand that she is busy and very tired and the last thing she would want to be bothered with is my questions. So I do take responsibility for the fact that I might have taken the harder route to find my answers, but you would think that a company would be able to answer questions about its own products.



Okay, now that I have vented, I feel much better.



Thanks for listening.

Addison at Two Months

Today Addison is 10 weeks and 2 days old. Yesterday she went for her two month check up. She weighs 11 lbs 13 oz and she is 22.75 inches tall. She is growing so fast and she is changing so much. She loves to look around. One of her favorite things is to be held facing away from the person holding her so she can see everything. She has started making more noises. She smiles when you talk to her and she will stick her tongue out at you. I have started reading baby books to her and she seems to enjoy them. It is incredible to see how quickly she is developing.

The doctor was impressed with the fact that she already sleeps about eight hours at night and during the day she goes four hours between feedings. Last night she actually slept 10 hours, though that is a rare occurrence. The doctor said that she is developing wonderfully.

Addison's eyes are a beautiful bright blue. They are actually more blue now then they were when she was born. We asked the doctor if they would stay blue. The doctor said that there is still a chance that they might change, but it is very likely at this point that she is going to have blue eyes. It also looks like her hair is going to be very light brown. It is so funny to think of Daniel and I having a blue eyed, light haired child. With Daniel having black hair and brown eyes and me having brown hair and green eyes, it doesn't look like she is going to look like either of us. The doctor said this is just Addison's first way of showing us that she is her own person.

Addison also got her first shots while she was at the doctor's office. It was heartbreaking to see her cry in pain when they were giving her the shots. But she claimed down pretty quickly afterwards and she didn't seem to having any problems last night.

She really is such a good baby. She is happy most of the time and she is easy to entertain. I am very thankful that she is sleeping eight plus hours at night. God has blessed us so much.