Loves the Pool... Just Like Her Momma!

On Saturday we took Addy swimming for the first time with her Aunts and Uncles! I was very surprised that she did not scream when her little toes hit the water. She seemed to enjoy it even though it was cooling off for the night. I am excited to take her back out to the pool when it's hot out!




















She's such a babe in her little swimsuit!

The Prestigious White Coat

On Friday Tyler received his white coat from OHSU. Having just completed his first year they will be spending more time in the Lab throughout the next 3 years. The white coat is kind of worthless to a dental student... they wear them in their group huddles. However, the white coat is symbolic of becoming a doctor and working with patients. We are so proud of Tyler!

This is how Addy was throughout the whole ceremony... so good!












Receiving of the white coat and his bridge group.










Friends and Family!

Not so Little Anymore

Addelyn is getting so big! I cannot believe she turned a month old yesterday! She is so fun to have around. We love just sitting and watching her. She has some pretty funny faces, especially when she's sleeping. I took her to get her pictures taken today. She was so good for them! She was even awake... very lucky! Here's a slide show... and if you want to see the pictures just click on the slide show.

Relaxin' in Hermi Town

Tyler had a week off between his 1st and 2nd year of dental school. We decided to go to Hermiston for the week to show Addelyn off to Tyler's family. Addelyn was so good in the car! She slept almost the whole way there... needed a bottle about 1/2 way through. She was pooped after the long drive.












While we were in Hermiston we had a nice relaxing time. We visited Dad at the office twice, and Mom showed Addelyn off to Glenda, and some some others that work around their office. Everyone just loved her! She was being pretty cute for them. We made a couple trips to Tri-cities. I was able to learn how to can cherries and make jam! I feel confident that I could now do it on my own! I'm excited about that! Thanks Momma B! Addelyn hung out in her carseat and just watched.











She is getting chunky, as is evident in this picture! She has outgrown a lot of her newborn clothes already.

I finally got my hair cut after having wanted to do it for a couple months! I like it and am very happy with it. It definitely needed to be majorly thinned and it now feels so good!

On the fourth we hand washed our car, played some games, went to a barbecue with friends and family, and then watched the fireworks! Hermiston has a pretty good show for being a small town. Addelyn was surprisingly good throughout the fireworks. She didn't even jump or cry at the big booms. She was awake at the beginning and then fell asleep towards the end.









We came home today (Sunday). Addelyn slept the whole way! She has been doing so good. The past two nights she has slept so well. She's starting to only wake up once! Friday night she slept until 5 am and Saturday night she slept until 6:15. I am loving it! She is growing and changing everyday. We love her so much!

One Down... Three to Go!

Tyler has finished his first year of dental school! It went by pretty fast and he is now officially a Second Year Dental Student. He will get to do more lab work and have more patients this year, so he is excited about that. We are so proud of him and impressed with his hard work and determination to do well. Congrats babe!

21 inches... really?

Addelyn had her 2 week checkup on Tuesday. I cannot believe it has already been two weeks! It is going so fast! She is doing so well. A very healthy and happy baby! Here are her stats:
Weight: 8 lbs 8 oz 65th percentile
Height: 21* in 75th percentile
Head: 14.4 in 60th percentile

*When she was born they measured her at 21 1/2 inches long. I told her pediatrician this and so she measured her again to be sure that she hadn't messed up. She was right... 21 inches. So, the nurse at the hospital didn't measure quite right. Oh well.

I can tell Addy is getting chubbier. It's pretty cute. She's not super skinny anymore like when she was born. I love holding her while she's sleeping. She is such a great cuddler! We sure love our little girl!

A Tribute to the Best New Daddy!

Yesterday we celebrated Tyler's first Father's Day! Addy got him a card and some new shirts for father's day. She even signed her name in the card! Our friends had a barbeque to celebrate fathers and we had a blast hanging out with them. Tyler is a great daddy to Addelyn. He changes her messy diapers, even though she poops on him, talks to her, lets her watch TV with him, and stays home from school because "Addelyn told him she wants him to". She already has him wrapped around her tiny finger. I love watching him interact with her, it's adorable!








Addelyn watching Crabs with her Daddy.










Tyler with his little girl on Father's Day.


I love these 2 so much!

Introducing Addelyn Nicole Bendixsen

We are so happy to announce that Addelyn was born on Tuesday, June 9, 2009. She was 8 lbs 3 oz and 21 1/2 inches long! She has so much hair and we love her so much! I was induced on Tuesday morning at about 2:30 in the afternoon. They broke my water at 5:30, I took a long nap, woke up and was dilated to a 10! She was ready to come out. After an hour of pushing the doctor told me to reach down and grab her and she was in my arms seconds later. I got to hold her for about an hour before they cleaned her up. It was an incredible experience and I would do it again in a heartbeat.


















We were in the hospital until Thursday at noon when we got to bring her home! She is such a good baby and has been so cute! She gets cuter and cuter everyday. I feel like she has grown a ton since we brought her home!









It is so fun to dress her up! I am surprised at how alert she is for a new baby. I feel like she isn't really a newborn anymore. She has changed so much! We have taken so many pictures of her. She has so many facial expressions already! We haven't been able to catch too many of them on camera because she doesn't like to show off for it very much.








We love her so much and are so excited for this new addition to our family. It will be fun to watch her grow and she her little personality develop.

For more pictures than you ever wanted to see go here and here.

Exciting times!!

I had my weekly doctor appointment today! And I have some great news! Little Addelyn is about 7 pounds 3 ounces. She is still in the 50th percentile and growing right along schedule. We got some more cute ultrasound pictures. A couple 3-D ones, which I usually don't like, but I thought it was so neat to see her face and hands and everything! A couple times during the ultrasound she opened her mouth and that was really neat to see! Anyway... back to the exciting news! I am still 90% effaced, dilated to a 2 now, and her head is between 0 and +1... meaning that it is starting its way out of the birth canal! Wow! I have a little extra amniotic fluid... nothing to be concerned about though. My doctor told me that if by next appointment I have not gone into labor that he wants to induce me next Tuesday (the 9th) or Wednesday the (10th)!!! That means that this time next week I could possibly be in labor! And we will have a baby next week! I am so excited, I can hardly wait!








Our baby girl!

We LOVE the Sun!

Much to my enjoyment Portland is not nearly as rainy as I had expected. And it even gets warm here! That's right... it's been in the 80's for the past week and we have been loving it! I often go down to the pool at our complex to work on the little tan that I will be able to get this summer. It has been wonderful! Saturday we had our friends over so the guys could have a rematch in Watermelon Ball (a game played in the pool with a watermelon... kind of like football). The girls of course were glad to oblige because, let's be honest, who would pass up the chance to soak up the sun?!

Disclaimer: I stole these pictures from Megan's blog, so if you already read hers, there is nothing new. Sorry! And thanks Megan! :)




































The game ends when the Watermelon cracks or breaks open! This time it only cracked... luckily! Everyone got to enjoy watermelon and otter pops once the boys were done!