Pretty in Pink

Our little baby is growing so fast! We have been so busy with learning how to be parents that we have not been able to update! But here is a picture that Jon and I took, yes it was a joint effort!

First Bath

Hi Everyone,

We are doing great! After a little scare we are all home and doing well. We spent two days in Children's Mercy with our little Addison. The doctors seem to think that she had a virus and became dehydrated. But after a little treatment and our constant feedings, she has gained all of her weight back which makes us proud!!

Here is a picture of her first bath!! (I dont think she liked it)
Love ya,
Hannah

We are home......

We are so glad to be at home! We have enjoyed our little bundle so much already! We do however miss our sleep, but thanks to my mom and dad we have been able to catch up during the day.....there are many more pictures to come.

Here are a couple of our first family photos!

Addison Claire Matlock

We are pleased to announce that Addison Claire Matlock was born on January 5, 2009 at 12:44pm with weight of 6lbs 11oz, 20 inches long. She's healthy and beautiful. Hannah's doing great too - so far recovery has been easy! She had a total labor time of around 5 hours which is great for a first pregnancy. I delivered our wonderful baby and therefore I was the first person to hold our wonderful little rascal. The Lord has really blessed us! We will have more updates soon.

Enjoy the pictures!
Take care,
Jonathan

I delivered a baby today...

So... I am in my OB/Gyn rotation this month and I delivered a wonderful healthy baby boy today.  It's pretty amazing to be the one that helps bring the little rascal into the world for the first time.  The doctor I am training with talked me through the entire process and the delivery was very smooth and quick.  I still think delivery of a baby is one of the coolest parts in medicine.  Later in the day we did a C-section and we delivered a little girl.  Pretty exciting day.

I feel I am pretty prepared for our delivery process now since I know whats going to be happening and all the medicine behind it.  I just hope our little Addison is healthy and that delivery goes quick and easy.

Sorry we haven't updated in a long time.  We've been busy.  Oh yeah the other day I was 1st assist in another surgery... a laproscopic assisted  bilateral salpingo oophorectomy (LAP BSO) (basically we removed teh ovaries).  It was so much fun.  I like to work with my hands and so this was pretty rewarding and I was very comfortable assisting, running the laproscope and equipment during surgery.

Anyway... I just got home from a 13 hour day at the hospital so it's time for bed.

Good night. 
Jonathan

A wonderful husband!

Hi Everyone,

I know it has been forever since you last heard from us on our blog! I am so sorry! So for a quick update, Jon stayed here instead of going to Hoisington for a month! He was able to move it with no problem! I am finishing up school this week with finals and make up work from our recent stay at the hospital. I am doing much better and glad to be home! I stayed there way too long, even the nurses were starting to get used to Jon and me being around! Before we left several of them came by our room to say bye. I was glad to meet them all; since they will be helping to deliver our little baby! I think it eased my mind a little about the whole delivery idea!

Not only were the nurses and doctors wonderful but so was Jon! He was great during our stay and still even afterwards! I know husbands and wives are to help each other, but he has went far beyond and I am so grateful to have such a wonderful husband! So I wanted to share a few things he did for me while I was sick.

There are so many things I am going to abbreviate I hope they make sense!

1) He let me cry when a student tried to get an IV started and couldn’t! (It was horrible, I don’t cry over IVs)

2) He also told me that I did not have to let students practice on me! (he never told me I had too, I just did it because he was a student and I wanted people to let him practice)

3) He did not laugh at me when I was medicated!

4) He helped me make it to the bathroom in the middle of the night while medicated!

5) He fed me while medicated!! ( I am so glad he did not have a camera to record me)

6) One night he was feeding me cheerios while I continually fell asleep. I thought he was being slow so I fussed at him!! When I WAS THE ONE falling asleep! He was so patient every time he would just say, “honey I am trying but you keep falling asleep……..”

7) He helped me look for the cows when I was medicated. (yes Andrea there are cows outside our Labor and delivery too…weird huh?)

8) He yelled at one of our lovely nurses! (He felt so bad afterwards, but it was so funny to me and her!) She came in really early like 4am, and this poor husband had been up all night with a sick pregnant wife so he was fast asleep. She was checking my vitals and reflexes……well she asked me to sit up. (This action made me very very sick) But I did it anyway, trusting in her. He jumped out of his couch/bed and yelled what are you doing? She gets sick, when she sits up! She said “oh no I am so sorry” He said if you need me to I can get them from her lying down; she said oh no I can do it. She told me how sorry she was and I told her it was absolutely ok. And told her I was sorry for Jon too and told her that he and I both had a long night.

9) He apologized a million times to her when he woke up and realized what happened! She told him that she left our room and read my chart and felt so bad that she asked me to do that. He still told her that he should have never ever talked to her that way! She told him a story about herself, and it was perfectly natural! She also told him, “wait till our little one gets here.” She ended up being one of our favorites!

10) He went grocery shopping for me, when we got home! If you know Jon you know how he hates that chore!!!

There are so many things he did for me and I am grateful! What a wonderful husband!

I also wanted to say that they did an ultrasound of little Addison and she is 6lbs and 1oz. She seems so big to me now, but in a few weeks I know she will seem so small!

Time for an update!

Hi Everyone,

I am so sorry that we have not been good about updating! We have been extremely busy with school over the last few months! Jon is getting ready to take another big test! We both can not wait for him to be done with those things. He takes the test on Tuesday, so say a little prayer........Then that weekend he will be leaving me for Hoisington Kansas! That is about four hours away! I have to say with recent events I am nervous about him leaving me for a month! But since we live in a community that has mostly medical students, I should be ok........

We are waiting ever so patiently for our little Addison to get here. Over the last few weeks her movements have become stronger! I love that, and that is one thing I like about being pregnant! The third trimester has been interesting so far, and now I know what they say I cant wait to have this baby! I don’t think I quit understood that until now…….

I will try to post pictures soon!
We love you!

Hannah