The Coleman Family

Sunday, August 8, 2010

The deck is finally finished!

Marlie and I enjoy sitting out on the deck each morning and reading a good book and looking at the flowers. She has her first baby pool up there too but she's not sure if she likes it yet.

Our mini flower garden

Opal and Marlie are the best of buds.

Evidence that Poppop will now hold Marlie on the couch. :)

Those cheeks are getting chubbier.

Her smile is the cutest thing in the world.

Monday, July 19, 2010

Oma, Opa, and Chris' Trip to Jersey/ Marlie's Blessing and much more

My two girls

Marlie at 3 Months

There is so much to update everybody about. Oma, Opa, and Chris came out for Marlie's blessing. It was so nice to see them. We had a blast. We went to Ocean City, Atlantic City, and the Amish Market just to name a few. It was so nice having both sides of the family here. Marlie was a good little girl. Her blessing was perfect. Nick was a little nervous but he did great. She slept through the whole thing and added a couple of smiles in the middle. That's my girl.

Uncle Chris playing with Miss. Marlie. He was so good with her. It must run in the family.

Marlie's first time to the Atlantic City Outlets. I'm sure we will be back there soon. :)

Marlie and her Great Grandfather, Poppy.

This picture is classic.

Why so sad baby girl?

I melt when I see this picture! Nick is the perfect Dad.

Marlie's blessing

Oma and Marlie. I love this picture!

Marlie's first trip to Ocean city!!

Hanging out after a long day down the shore!

Marlie has already changed from these pictures. She is already 3 months now and weighs 10 1/2 pounds. She has doubled her weight, the little chunk. :) She is talking up a storm, baby style that is and drooling like crazy. She constantly has her hands in her mouth and loves to kick her legs. She slept through the night for the first time the other night. It may have been a fluke because it didn't happen last night. We will see. I love dressing her up in cute little dresses with her little bows. Everybody stops us everywhere to say how beautiful she is. Sorry, I had to brag a little. That is what Mom's are supposed to do.

What else, lets see, we finally got our deck built. I was so excited you don't even know. I love it. Now Marlie and I have somewhere to hang out outside. I can't wait till the fall. It is going to be so beautiful in our backyard. We are going to get a little baby pool to put on the deck as well. Marlie has a bathing suit that she hasn't even worn yet. Gotta get on that one.

As for Nicholas, he is definitely moving up in the world. He is in the process of buying a pretzel route now. Some of you already know he has a bread route. He is going to have somebody run the bread route and he will run the pretzel route. His first employee. I am so excited for him and proud of him as well. These routes are allowing me to stay home with Marlie Marie. I have always wanted to be a stay at home Mom. I don't know what I have done to be so blessed.

My Mom and I have been hanging out almost everyday. I love being with her. It is so much fun. Marlie fits in nicely. We are molding her well and she is becoming quite the shopper. I wish my Mom didn't have to go back to school. Only 3 more years left. My Dad is doing well. He is now holding Marlie on the couch without anybody there. This is a big improvement. I think it will take him a few years to hold her standing up. He is so afraid he is going to drop her. It is so cute.

Poppy and Jo are well. Jo is in the hospital recovering from surgery on her colon but she is healing really well. Poppy is so funny. He talks to Marlie in his baby talk and she looks at him like he is crazy. It is so adorable.

Till next time.

Tuesday, June 15, 2010

My baby girl!

Just a warning, this blog should probably be called, "Pieces of Marlie," since Nick and I are obsessed with her. Parenthood is wonderful. I feel like I finally found my calling in life. The only hard part for me is the lack of sleep. Those of you who know me well, I love to sleep. Ten hours plus. If I get 5 hours I am lucky. She usually wakes up every 3 hours in the night. That is definitely a challenge for me. It's ok though, she is well worth it. The first 4 weeks were really tough. I was nursing her and all she did was cry. I didn't know what to do. We found out that she is allergic to milk protein and now she is on a specific and yes, expensive, formula but all worth it because she is so much better now. She has her moments but what baby doesn't.

Marlie has many nicknames- Here are just a few.

1. Poopy pants- this is because she has projectile poop and it always seems to get on me.

2. Little Miss Marlie Marie- this is what my Mom sings to her. She just keeps repeating it in a very high cheesy voice that Marlie loves. I do it now too so I can get her to sleep.

3. Chubby cheeks- the formula is definitely fattening her up. I think my milk was skim. :)

4. Balding baby- for some reason all her hair has fallen out in the front. It is so funny. She really looks like an old man. I am investing in some cute headbands until it grows back. Good thing she is adorable and can put off the balding look.

5. Princess- this is another one that my Mom calls her and she is right on. Marlie is a demanding and impatient little thing. Like I said it is all about her and it should be. We worked hard to get her here. And of course here are some pictures of our princess! Notice in the pictures that she has red hair, especially the eye brows. Her Daddy has a little red in his beard and hair so I'm guessing that's where she got it from or there was a mix up at the fertility clinic. :)

Wednesday, May 19, 2010

Welcome Miss Marlie!

Miss Marlie Marie has arrived and in a big way. We love her so much. Life really couldn't be any better. Granted I would like more than 2 hours of sleep each night but other than that everything is wonderful. It is so adorable to see Nick with her. You can tell she already has him rapped around her finger. It's all about Marlie now. :)

The birth went so smoothly. I was very blessed. My water broke at 4:30 am on Thursday, May 6th. We went to the hospital around 6 am. My contractions weren't consistant so they decided to give me pitocin. Thank goodness I got my epidural first. They told me that I most likely won't deliver her until late at night so Nick and I prepared for a long haul. Then all of a sudden I felt horrible and could still feel the contractions a little. They checked me and said that I was 9 1/2 centimeters. This was at 12 pm. We coudln't believe it. We called my Mom to rush over and I started to push at 12:37. I wasn't scared at all which was nice and couldn't feel much. Her heart rate kept dipping so it was a little scary at times. I pushed with all my might for 20 minutes and then she arrived at 12:57 pm. She shares her birthday with Grandpa Coleman which is always fun. Six is my lucky number too so that worked out well. She weighed 5 lbs. 6 ounces and 20 inches long. Everybody kept calling her peanut because she is so tiny. She is a skinny little thing but very long and she has some good lungs on her too. She still doesn't fit into any of her clothes yet. Hopefully soon. They said that she is perfectly healthy which is a blessing. Her one foot is turned out a little from how she was in the womb. Probably because she ran out of room in there. Sorry Marlie. We are going to a orthopedic to check up on it.

Now she is 11 days old and a ball of fire. She is definitely a night owl. We really need to break her of this habit. Everybody says that it will pass. We will see. I hope so. I love holding her and watching her look up at me. It is priceless. I could hold her all day. She loves to make all different faces and sounds at you. It is so cute. She also loves to pee on you when you are changing her diaper. It's pretty funny. I swear she times it. The kitties are curious but really good with her. They just look at her like she is from mars and smell her. I have posted a lot of pictures because they are all my favorite and can't get enough of her. I hope you enjoy them. Until next time!