Sweet Baby!!

I think I may have the sweetest baby ever! She wakes up in the best mood and smiles at me as soon as she can see me over her crib, when we walk around the house she always hold on to my shirt and "kisses" my shoulder. No matter who is holding her or what she is doing as soon as she sees me and I tell her Hello she has the biggest smile on her face. I know a lot of babies do this but it makes me feel so special!!

Tinsley has started sitting up on her own, tripod style mostly. She grabs her toys with her hands and then immediately puts them in her mouth! She has started holding her own bottle, it works out about half the time! She has been eating cereal and just started eating stage 1 baby foods, so far she likes squash and sweet potatoes... those are the only two things she has tries though. I am hoping this is going to mean she will be a good eater!! I have a friend that just started making her own baby food and I am thinking I am going to do the same! Here is a picture of her first taste of cereal!


Tinsley has also become an avid sports fan thinks to her dad! We went to our first Family Rangers game and Tinsley loved it!! She has an outfit for every team we watch! Here is a picture of her in her Mav's gear!


We also went to the Colonial this year on Saturday and she was really good!! We watched David Toms and his partner for a while and walked around the course. It was warm so we did not stay all day but we did have fun!! Here is a picture of the two of us waiting for the shuttle!

April 2011 Update and Pictures

Here are some pictures of Tinsley from April 2011

Rangers opening day was April 1st and she is ready to cheer them on!


First Trip to the Duck pong in Keller!


Tinsley likes to help mommy make Daddy cookies!


She also loves to help with Laundry!! Can you find the baby?

Picture Updates

She loves to play on her play mat and grab the toys and make them sing to her. She would play there all day if I let her.




Now that she is able to control her head we have been putting her in the jumperoo and she loves it! She bounces around, coos and smiles, and I don't mind letting her sit in there as long as she wants so her head will round out.





Her baby ear muffs came in last week!! We are now ready for Rangers games and Fireworks!!

3 Months

Time keeps passing me by and I can not find the time to update the blog. Lots of things have happened in a month. We have had a couple physical therapy appointments for Tinsley's head, the left side is flatter than the right side. She has a mild case of torticollis so we learned stretches and movements that will help loosen the muscle so she can have a full range of motion in her neck and head. I have been doing the exercises at home with her and she seems to be doing much better, and she now moves her head in both directions. We had a fun shopping trip with GG, Mi Mi and aunt Alesia, I got a new dress and Ethan got a new shirt. But for the first time we did not get anything for Tinsley, until GG and I went to TJ Maxx after we dropped off Alesia and MiMi. :) we could not resist!!

Here is Tinsley's 3 Month picture!



She loves sticking out her tongue and blowing bubbles.

2 Months!

Wow how time flies!!
Tinsley had her 2 month appointment on February 11th, she weighed in at 13lbs and 24 inches long! She has been growing and changing so much!! She smiles at us when we smile at her, she has found her thumb and she will almost turn over trying to get it when she is falling asleep! It is so cute!!



Ethan's mom watched Tinsley on Valentines evening so Ethan and I could have a nice dinner out! We went to have sushi and a drink then I talked Ethan into taking me to the new Kroger that just opened. I know it does not sound romantic, but I really wanted to go see the new store. There is a jewelry store, furniture store, and it is like a mini Target with a better grocery side!

One Month!

Time has been flying by and I can not seem to keep up with this blog!

Christmas was great and Tinsley got a lot of gifts from everyone but us... does that make me a bad parent? I was going to get her something small but we decided she would not remember and we just had our baby shower so she didn't need anything. I told people if they wanted to get her something get her diapers! LOL Ethan suggested we open her a savings account for Christmas that way we can say we did get her something, so we did!
Here is a picture of her with some of her gifts.



For New Years we went to our friends house and had dinner and played games then toasted with a glass of champagne. Tinsley did not make it to 12 but she did wake up just after and celebrated with a bottle! :)

Here is also a picture of her on January 9th her 1 month birthday!!


Sunday, January 9th it also snowed here. So Ethan and I took pictures of Tinsley in her "snow-bunny" outfit!

Baby Tinsley is here!!

Well I have been a little busy the past few weeks!! Here is what we have been up to!
December 6th my dear friend Selina came over and took some maternity pictures of me so we could see how fat I got before giving birth to Tinsley. LOL! Here is one of our favorites.


December 8th we arrived at the hospital at 6pm and were admitted with all our bags in tow! The nurses got started on softening up my cervix and I was looking forward to getting a last good nights sleep, so I thought! I did not get any sleep and neither did Ethan, as soon as they gave me the pill it made my contractions come on strong! I was apparently already having some mild contractions when I arrived but I did not know it. They gave me a pain pill and I got a few hours of sleep but the next thing I knew it was Thursday morning and Dr. Moser was on her way to break my water and get labor started.

December 9th the nurse started my Pitocin about 6am, Dr Moser broke my water about 8am, and I was told to go ahead and get my epidural about 8:30. I was so glad I did!! Apparently getting the epidural relaxed me enough to let the Pitocin work quickly! At 9am I was 75% and a 2, the next thing we know it is 11:30 I am 100% and a 10! Dr. Moser told me to relax and labor down for an hour and they turned the Pitocin off, I started pushing at 1:00pm and finally delivered Tinsley Rose Gingras at 2:20 pm!! She weighed 8lb even and was 20 1/2 inches long.
She came out with her face upwards, they said I did really good because normally the baby's head will not come out that way and they have to do an emergency c-section. I was extremely relieved she was able to come out on her own and I did not have to have a c-section! Ethan was able to watch the entire birth and cut the cord! I have never felt such relief and happiness in my entire life! After the nurse cleaned her and I was able to feed her we let our visitors come see her! Ethan's mom, grandmother, sister, father, and my aunt were all in the waiting room patiently waiting to see her and get to hold her! We got to move down the hall to our postpartum room and had a few more visitors, and more alone time with our new bundle of joy.

December 11th we got to take Tinsley home, we packed up the room and all the goodies and made our way downstairs to buckle her in and slowly drive her home! I think Ethan was a nervous wreck driving her home for the first time. Our first night at home alone with our princess was a little scary! I don't think I slept at all! Every time she would make a coo, or grunt I woke up and just looked at her!

December 14th we had her first Dr appointment with Dr Hunt. She looked her over and said everything looked great, she had lost a few ounces but that was normal, but everything else looked great! Back home we went and we all took naps!

December 15th I had my postpartum appointment and they said I looked good, and sent me home, even thought i told the NP that I was having some shortness of breath when I would lay down. She said I was probably unlucky and I was getting a cold. She said to take it easy and I should be feeling better soon...

December 16th Ethan woke me up from my evening nap telling me he was going to take me to the ER, I did not think it was that bad so I convinced him to just take me to CareNow. Ethan's mom came over to watch Tinsley because we didn't want to take her with us since there would be sick people there. Good thing we didn't! They called the hospital and sent me straight to the ER! The Dr. at CareNow thought I may have a blood clot. That scared Ethan and me, so we drove back to the hospital I had just left a few days prior, without my new baby! They took blood, gave me a CAT scan, chest x-ray, an EKG, and an echocardiogram. They admitted me to the hospital and told me I have Postpartum Cardio Myopathy. Basically I had liquid in my lungs and around my heart and they were not working how they should. My heart was only closing 50% and in people my age it should close about 65%, that made my other organs not work as they should so I could not get all the liquids out of my body. They gave me a diuretic and almost immediately I started peeing out all the liquid, in a 24 hour time period I lost 20lbs!! Needless to say I started feeling a lot better! I got to go home on Friday night and I am doing good now. I have to monitor my blood pressure and weigh myself every day to make sure I don't start retaining water again, and in a few weeks I have to go back for another echo to see if getting the liquid out and the medicine is helping repair the damage from my pregnancy and giving birth.

December 19th I am feeling great, and Tinsley is doing so good! She sleeps about 75% of the time and I can not help but to hold her and give her kisses every chance I get!! As for Ethan, he is sick, and can not hold her or help me out right now, so that is a bummer but at least I know he is here if I really need him! Poor thing, I can tell he is jealous that mommy is getting all the love, but I promised as soon as he is feeling better I would share her with him! :)

Here are some pictures from the past couple of weeks! Enjoy!!